Replace Fire Sprinkler and Alarm Systems - FCI Texarkana, TX

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 “Replace Fire Sprinkler and Alarm Systems – FCI Texarkana, Texas.”

FCI Texarkana is a federal correctional institution located at 4001 Leopard Drive, Texarkana, Texas 75501.    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:

1) Design, furnish, and install all necessary equipment to provide new complete automatic wet-pipe fire sprinkler systems, and modify/add to existing sprinkler systems;

2) Design, furnish, and install all necessary equipment to provide new complete automatic dry-pipe fire sprinkler systems throughout the cold storage and cooler spaces located in the Food Service area, the Garage building, the VT Shop building, and the VT Classroom;

3) Furnish all labor, materials, permits, and approvals from governing agencies, tools and equipment necessary for and incidental to the purchase, installation, and testing of the specified fire alarm systems.

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 238210 with a corresponding small business size standard of $16,500,000.  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.  You must be logged in to your vendor account in order to access the Interested Vendors List.

The synopsis of 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.