Subject: Performance Requirements Summaries or equivalent for contracts to house ICE detainees From: Jackie Stevens Date: 9/20/2013 2:20 PM To: CC: Samuel Francis Niiro To Whom It May Concern, I write under the Freedom of Information Act to request copies of: *Performance Requirements Summaries* produced for the most recent Requests for Procurement (RFP) or other instruments for contract negotiations providing details of performance requirements per federal procurement laws, regulations, and rules issued from ICE to potential bidders for contracts to house, feed, and guard detainees in ICE custody at the following detention facilities: 1) Florence SPC (AZ) 2) El Paso SPC (FL) 3) Krome SPC (FL) 4) El Centro SPC (GA) 5) Stewart CDF (GA) 6) Houston CDF (TX) 7) Joe Curley Detention Center (TX) 8) Elizabeth CDF (NJ) 9) Eloy CDF (AZ) 10) Tri-county Jail (IL) Please note that someone listed on an RFP indicating circulation of a Performance Work Summary who is likely to have this document for Florence SPC and perhaps other facilities is: Roberta Halls, Contract Specialist roberta.halls@dhs.gov Phone: 949-425-4848 Fax: 949-360-3013 As a scholar, blogger and public commentator and reporter on immigration law enforcement, I am entitled to a waiver of duplication fees because disclosure of this information is in the public interest within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii). The disclosure of this information is “likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government” and is “not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.” As a scholar, blogger and a writer on immigration law enforcement, I am entitled to a waiver of duplication fees because disclosure of this information is in the public interest within the meaning of 5 U.S.C. § 552(a)(4)(A)(iii). The disclosure of this information is “likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations or activities of the government” and is “not primarily in the commercial interest of the requester.” Thank you for your time. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me here or by phone at 847-467-2093. I am making this request on behalf of myself and the Deportation Research Clinic, of which I am the director. Jacqueline Stevens -- Jacqueline Stevens Professor Political Science and Legal Studies Board Northwestern University Director Deportation Research Clinic Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies http://www.cics.northwestern.edu/programs/deportationresearch/ phone 847-467-2093 fax 847-491-8985 Mail 601 University Place Department of Political Science Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208 http://www.jacquelinestevens.org http://stateswithoutnations.blogspot.com