New Food Service Building - Package A - FCI Petersburg

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.  THIS NOTICE IS ISSUED FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY.  THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT BIDS.  A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION WILL BE POSTED AT A LATER DATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS TO RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. PLEASE READ ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN BEFORE RESPONDING.  DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE IF YOUR COMPANY IS NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN SUBMITTING A BID OR IF YOUR COMPANY IS NOT QUALIFIED TO PERFORM THE REQUIRED WORK.  DOING SO MAY UNNECESSARILY DELAY THE POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates the need for a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled “New Food Service Building – Package A” at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Petersburg.

FCI Petersburg is a federal correctional institution located at 1060 River Road, Hopewell, Virginia 23860.    The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the complete construction of the work.  The purpose of the project is as follows:

- Demolition of the existing food service building, and the construction of a new food service facility in approximately the same location. The new facility is approximately 23,000SF on one floor, with a mechanical mezzanine encompassing approximately 2,000 SF of additional space.

- The scope of Bid Package A includes, but is not necessarily limited to, abatement of existing hazardous materials, demolition of existing food service building, demolition of portion of existing utility tunnel, site utilities, site grading, site improvements, cast in place concrete footings, poured concrete mezzanine slab over deck, masonry exterior bearing wall assemblies, limited interior masonry walls at structural bearing locations, interior steel column/beam framing, steel roof framing and decking, steel mezzanine framing and decking, stairs, roofing and flashing, doors and frames, windows, and other work as indicated in the construction documents.

The forthcoming solicitation will including specifications and drawings that will provide further details.  Access to the specifications and drawings attachments will require an active vendor registration at https://beta.sam.gov as well as your Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) associated with your SAM registration.  If you encounter problems accessing these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220.

Interested bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of this project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.  (NOTE: This range is one of eight available ranges from FAR 36.204 and is not meant to imply that the project has necessarily been estimated/budgeted to the maximum of the selected range.  It merely conveys that the estimate/budget lies somewhere within that range.)

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 236220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $39,500,000.  The FBOP is seeking small business contractors for this project.  Your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must include NACIS 236220 for purposes of the forthcoming procurement.  

Interested small business contractors are requested to respond to this notice by adding their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting.  You must be logged in to your vendor account in order to access the Interested Vendors List.

The pre-solicitation synopsis of the proposed contract action will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity.  Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor https://beta.sam.gov for all future updates.