Replace Cooling Towers (Medium)

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates the need for a firm-fixed-price contract for a project entitled Replace Cooling Towers (Medium) at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) Forrest City, Arkansas. FCC Forrest City is a federal correctional facility located at 1400 Dale Bumpers, Forrest City, Arkansas 72335.

The following brief synopsis should not be considered inclusive of work required to complete the project. The project consists of replacing cooling towers. The contractor will be required to provide all labor, materials and equipment necessary to replace two existing cooling towers. Demolition and installation work inlcudes but not limted to the removal and installation of existing cooling towers, piping, electrical, and controls.

The performance period for the project will be 140 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $250,000 and $500,000. (NOTE: This range is one of 8 available ranges from FAR 36.204 and is not meant to imply that the project has necessarily been estimated/budgeted to the maximum of this 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 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million.

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

The BOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in you SAM registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above . Interested small business contractors are requested to respond to this notice by adding their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting in FedBizOpps.gov (must be logged-in to your account).

The synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instruction for responding to this opportunity. Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor FedBizOpps.gov for all future updates.