Market Research Questionnaire beta SAM.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Bureau of Prisons

Administrative Division

Field Acquisition Office Grand Prairie, Texas 75051

April 1, 2025

MARKET RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE

Razor Wire

FCI McKean, Pennsylvania

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is conducting market research in compliance with Federal

Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. The contract will encompass the provision of razor wire for the

Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) McKean located in Lewis Run, Pennsylvania. THIS IS A

SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY. SOLICITATIONS ARE NOT

AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. It is anticipated that a solicitation will be issued for the provision of razor wire in accordance with the Statement of Specifications. Data collected from this survey is for informational purposes only.

THIS IS AN ALL OR NONE CONTRACT AWARD FOR RAZOR WIRE.

Please answer the following questions:

1. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for Other

Fabricated Wire Product Manufacturing is 332618, which sets the small business size standard at 500 employees. Based on this standard, what is your business size small or large?

Small Large

________“8(a)” Program

________ Women-Owned Small Business concern

________ Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Business concern

________ HUBZone Small Business concern

________ Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business concern

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

15 days 21 days 30 days 45 days

3. Is your company registered in System for Award Management (SAM)?

Yes No

All potential quoters are advised if a solicitation is issued it will include the clause at

FAR 52.212-4 (July 2013) for Commercial Items. This clause requires all contractors doing business with the Federal Government after September 30, 2003, to be registered in the SAM database. If your company is not registered in SAM, registration can be made at http://www.sam.gov/.

4. Is your company in compliance with FAR 52.219-14 “Limitations on Subcontracting”?

Services (except construction) require at least 50 percent of the cost of contract performance incurred for personnel shall be expended for employees of the concern.

Yes_________ No_______

5. Are there any questions or concerns with the Statement of Specifications? If so, please list your question(s) and/or concern(s) below.

6. The procurement will be in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial

Items. In accordance with FAR 12.301 (e), Discretionary use of FAR provisions and clauses, the Contracting Officer may include the appropriate provisions and clauses in the solicitation(s) and contract (s) by addendum when their use is consistent with the limitation contained in 12.302. Therefore, the following clause/provisions will be included:

• DOJ-03, Personnel Security Requirements for Contractor Employees will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

• DOJ-05, Security of Department Information and Systems the contractor or subcontractor may access, collect, store, process, maintain, use, transmit, or dispose of DOJ Information will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

• DOJ-07, Prohibition on Access by Non-U.S. Citizens to DOJ IT System- acquisition in which contractors will have access to DOJ IT Systems will be incorporated into the solicitation and resulting contract.

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

Name:

Address:

Point of Contact:

Telephone Number:

E-mail Address:

UEI Number: _______________________________________ _______________

Please provide any additional comments or information here:

I am extremely appreciative of the time you have taken to complete this questionnaire. Please email your response to t8johnson@bop.gov. no later than due date listed. Should you have any questions, feel free to call me at 202-598-6012.

Sincerely, Tammie Johnson, Contract Specialist

Federal Bureau of Prisons

U.S. Armed Forces Reserve Complex

Field Acquisition Office

346 Marine Forces Drive

Grand Prairie, TX 75051

NOTE: The resulting solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services

Administration website at www.beta.SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be available. The website provides downloading instructions to obtain all documents relating to the solicitation. All future information concerning this acquisition, including the presolicitation notices, solicitation, and any subsequent amendments, will be distributed solely through the website. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the website to ensure they have the most up-to-date information about the acquisition.

mailto:t8johnson@bop.gov