Water Softeners Replace Resin and Re-Bed Media

 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 15B41824Q00000002 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Water Softeners Replace Resin and Re-Bed Media at Federal Correctional Complex 4700 Bureau Road South Terre Haute, Indiana 47802 The following brief synopsis should not be considered inclusive of work required to complete the project. The contractor shall furnish all labor, transportation, equipment, and materials to remove the old resin, replace all membranes and seals, new laterals, install the proper resin, and re-bed the media in the two water softeners located at the Central Utility Plant, FCC Terre Haute.  The contractor shall supply all labor, materials, services, insurance, permits and equipment to carry out the work in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

The performance period for the project will be 90 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 $100,000 and $250,000. (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 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 221310 with a corresponding small business size standard of $41 million. The solicitation will be available approximately on or about August 6, 2024. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the SAM.GOV website.   Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. Any secure/locked documents uploaded with the solicitation will require an active SAM.GOV vendor registration (log in) for access as well as your Unique identity number associated with your System for Award Management (SAM.gov) registration. If you encounter problems accessing these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. All future information about this solicitation, including any amendments, will also be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for continuously monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most recent information about this proposed contract action.

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 by the Government 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.

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.

The Government intends to award a contract or contracts resulting from this solicitation to the responsible offeror(s) whose proposal(s) represents the best value after evaluation in accordance with the factors and sub factors in the solicitation.

Evaluation Factors will be based on price, past performance, and quotes that conform to the specifications in the statement of work.