Replace Fire Detection System

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The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates the need for a firm-fixed-price contract for a project entitled Fire Alarm Panel Replacement at the Federal Correctional Complex located at 13777 Air Expressway Boulevard, Victorville, California, 92394.

The following brief synopsis should not be considered inclusive of work required to complete the project. The project consists of providing all necessary equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals to replace the existing Edwards System Technology (EST) 2 fire alarm panels and controls, horns & strobes, with EST3X products. The new panels shall interface with the existing fire alarm system peripherals, resulting in a complete, upgraded and networked campus-wide fire alarm system. No other products with suffice, or be accepted.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $250,000.00 and $500,000.00. (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 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 238210 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million. To be considered an interested vendor, you must possess this NAICS code in your System for Award Management (SAM) registration.

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

The FBOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in your 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 vendor 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.