Replace Secondary Electrical Panels at MCC Chicago

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT BIDS. THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED FOR A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION.
 
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation IFBP04011500002 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Secondary Electrical Panels at Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) Chicago.

MCC Chicago is a federal correctional facility located at 71 West Van Buren St., Chicago, IL 60605. The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the complete construction of the work.

The project includes the replacement of existing motor starter modules in existing motor control centers located in the main and lower level mechanical rooms in the parking garage and the upper and lower fan rooms located on the 10th floor of the high-rise building. Motor control center structures themselves (chassis, buswork, etc.) are no longer available from the manufacturer and will remain in place. A majority of the panelboards at the facility will have their interiors (bussing, circuit breakers, etc.) replaced. In many cases, the size of the existing panelboard cans will allow for interiors with higher branch circuit breaker counts to be installed which will provide additional spare breaker capacity for future loads. On floors where the panelboards have been flush mounted with existing CMU block walls, a tub extension will be provided to make getting new branch circuit conduits into existing panel cans. See the Specification and Drawings attached to this posting for further details.

The performance period for the project will be 215 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 $500,000 and $1,000,000. (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 the selected range. It merely conveys that the estimate/budget lies somewhere within that range.)
 
The solicitation will be available approximately on or about February 25, 2015. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.fbo.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions.
 
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The NAICS code for this requirement is 238210 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million.

IMPORTANT: Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the size standard specified above.

Each bidder's SAM registration will be reviewed to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All bidders are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information.

This is a 100 percent small business set-aside. You must be registered in SAM as a small business (see FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your SAM registration).
 
Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency.