Replace Hot Water Loop - FCI Schuylkill, PA

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 PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS OF THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION WILL BE POSTED AT A LATER DATE THAT WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS TO RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates the need for a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled “Replace Hot Water Loop” at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) – Schuylkill located in Minersville, Pennsylvania.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of this project lies between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.  (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.)

FCI Schuylkill is a federal correctional institution located at Route 901 & Interstate 81, Minersville, PA 17954.  The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the complete construction of the work.  The project involves the replacement of a medium temperature hot water system to serve the FCI with heating and domestic hot water. Work includes selective demolition, earthwork, pipe and appurtenances installation, selective interior pipe replacement, restoration, erosion control, and associated work.  Further information may be obtained in the attached Statement of Work, Specifications, and Drawings.

Access to the attachments will require an active https://sam.gov vendor registration (log in).  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 https://sam.gov.

The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 237110 (Water and Sewer line and Related Structures Construction) 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 https://sam.gov registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above (see provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your https://sam.gov registration).  

Interested contractors are requested to respond to this notice by emailing the Contracting Officer at jseratt@bop.gov.  Your email should be titled “Interested Vendor – Replace Hot Water Loop – FCI Schuylkill.”  In your email, please attach the following:  1) capabilities statement; 2) list of all active and completed contracts performed by your firm in the past two years for projects with a similar scope of work and size.  Your response will be imperative in the Contracting Officer's set-aside decision for the forthcoming solicitation. 

Please respond to the Contracting Officer only if you are interested in submitting a bid as a Prime contractor and are capable and eligible to compete for and perform this project.  This notice is intended only for those who would be entering into a Prime contract with the FBOP for the entirety of the project.  The FBOP does not award subcontracts.   Subcontracts (if applicable/necessary) are the responsibility of the Prime contractor.  The FBOP has no privity of contract with subcontractors.

The pre-solicitation synopsis (to be posted at a later date) will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity.  Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor https://sam.gov for all future updates.