Cooling Tower Media Fill Replacement

REPAIR POWERHOUSE EQUIPMENT - AT FMC DEVENS THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION TO SUBMIT QUOTATIONS. THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15B20519Q00000018 for the award of a firm fixed-price contract entitled Repair Powerhouse Equipment (Cooling Tower) at Federal Medical Center (FMC) Devens.

FMC Devens is a federal medical facility located at 42 Patton Road, Ayer, Massachusetts 01432. The project will consist of the replacement of the evaporative cooling tower fill media in one (1) cell of the cooling tower at FMC Devens. All fill media, supports and retainers for a Baltimore Air Coil Model #3642-3R cooling tower will be removed, disposed of, and replaced with new media, supports and retainers. While the media fill is out, the entire basin of the cooling tower will be blasted down to bare metal and coated with two (2) coats of a 2-part epoxy at the manufacturer's recommended thickness, to protect against chemical corrosion. The Contractor will provide all material, labor, freight, disposal, and any supplies needed for the replacement of the media. In addition, the Contractor will be responsible for coordinating and providing any and all rigging and crane services as required. See the Statement of Work included with the solicitation posting (to be issued, at a later date as described herein) for the complete requirements of the project.

The solicitation will be available approximately on or about August 28, 2019. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. Any secure/locked documents (if applicable) uploaded with the solicitation will require an active FBO vendor registration for access. If you encounter problems accessing these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. All future information about this solicitation, including any amendments, will also be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for continuously monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most recent information about this proposed contract action.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million.

IMPORTANT: 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 small business size standard specified above. SAM's registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All vendors quoting are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information.

This is a 100% small business set-aside. You must be registered in SAM as a small business for the above NAICS code (reference FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your SAM registration).

Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources may submit a quote which shall be considered by the agency.