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AMENDMENT FOR CLARIFICATION: Line Item 1- Natural Gas, 208-240V/60A/3 Phase

The Federal Bureau of Prisons plans to issue 15B20123Q00000010 for supply of one (1) Rotating Double Rack Gas Oven to the Federal Correctional Complex Allenwood located in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333241. The small business size standard is 500 employees. Any contractor interest in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered at www.sam.gov. Faith-Based and Community-Based Organizations have the right to submit offers equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources are encouraged to submit a written offer which will be considered for award. The solicitation will be available on or after, April 26, 2023, with a due date of May 10, 2023, at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. The solicitation will be distributed solely through sam.gov website. Hard copies of the solicitation document will not be available. The site provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments will also be distributed solely through this site. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring this site to ensure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. This acquisition is a Total Small Business Set-Aside. Any and all questions concerning this solicitation will need to be submitted in writing to Garrett Moser, Contract Specialist at gmoser@bop.gov and Adam Simmonds, Supervisory Contract Specialist at asimmonds@bop.gov.

This requirement is a Firmed-Fixed-Price contract. The Government will award to responsible vendor(s) whose offer, conforms to the solicitation, and are considered to be most advantageous to the Government. Past performance will be considered approximately equal in value to price. The Best Value Determination method will be used to make award for this requirement. FAR defines “Best value” as the expected outcome of an acquisition that, in the Government’s estimation, provides the greatest overall benefit in response to the requirement. Please include shipping in all pricing Considerations for this best value determination include 1 – Price; 2 - Past Performance to include timeliness of delivery, providing correct product as specified, completing order as awarded/quoted, quality of items provided, and providing the correct quantity of items awarded, as well as FAPIIS and PPIRS reports; (poor past performance, failure to deliver awarded items in the past, not meeting required specifications, etc.), may result with the vendors quotes being considered as a non-responsible vendor. 3 - Technically Acceptable Item.

Documents attached: RFQ 15B20123Q00000010, Cover Letter, Synopsis, Letter to Offerors, Baxter OV500G2-EE Spec Sheet (for reference brandname or equal to)