SAM Questionnaire - FPC Alderson.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Field Acquisition Office

U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

March 17, 2025

Sources Sought Questionnaire Field Acquisition Office Building and Facilities Section (B&F) Sources Sought 5BFA025Q00000118

The Federal Bureau of Prisons is conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The FBOP anticipates a single solicitation will be issued for Replace Housing Unit A Boilers, FPC Alderson, located at 1 Glen Ray Rd, Alderson, WV 24910. The FBOP intends to make a single award to a responsible entity that will provide all necessary equipment for two Unit A Boilers. The contractor will provide all necessary equipment to replace (2) two Lochinvar PBN1701-M13 Power Fin Boilers with 2 (two) new hot water boilers. FPC Alderson will install the hot water boilers in-house.

This sources sought questionnaire is for information purposes only. The described requirement may or may not be included in the subsequent solicitation.

FPC Alderson is a federally owned facility located at 1 Glen Ray Rd, Alderson, WV 24910.

Please answer the following questions:

1. Can your firm deliver two new hot water boilers to the institution specified above?

__________ Yes ___________ No

2. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing is 332410, which sets the small business standard at 750 employees.

Based on this standard, what is your business size, small or large?

__________ Small ___________ Large

3. Are you eligible for participation in one of the following small business programs? If so, please indicate the program.

__________ “8(a)” Program __________ Women-Owned Small Business concern __________ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business concern __________ HUBZone Small Business concern __________ Veteran-Owned Small Business concern __________ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern

4. The Delivery Period estimated for this project is 42 days. Does this time frame appear to be suitable for your firm to complete the requirement?

________Yes ________No

If not, what time frame in calendar days would it take your firm to complete?

___________Calendar Days

5. How many calendar days does your firm need to prepare a bid/proposal resulting from this solicitation?

_____________ 30 days _____________ 45 days _____________ 60 days

6. After reviewing the above proposed work, are there any industry recommendations you’d suggest other that what we’ve provide in our description?

7. If you were to deliver the boilers, what do you estimate your price range to be?

_________ Less than $25,000.

_________ Between $25,000 and $100,000.

_________ Between $100,000 and $250,000.

8. Please furnish the following information in reference to your firm:

Name:

UEI:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

E-mail Address:

Please e-mail your responses to abradley1@bop.gov. Responses must be received no later than March 24, 2025.

Notes regarding all FBOP requirements:

Hard copies of the solicitation are not available. Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the size standard specified above. You must also have the NAICS code stated. Each bidder's SAM registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement and the stated NAICS code is listed. All bidders are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information and NAICS code.