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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. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE IF YOU ARE NOT SERVIOUSLY INTERESTED AND IF YOU DO NOT PERFORM THIS REQUIREMENT AS IT WILL DELAY THE POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION DUE TO FURTHER MARKET RESEARCH THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates issuance of a solicitation for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project titled Replace Boilers 1 thru 3 at the FCI Schuylkill in Minersville, PA.

FCI Schuylkill is a federal correctional facility located at Interstate 81 & 901 W, Minersville, PA 17954. The work to be performed in association with this project includes the following scope:

Replace Boilers 1 thru 3

The contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment for the Replace Boilers 1 thru 3 at FCI Schuylkill. The project includes the removal/ replacement of three Boilers to include pumps and all associated piping to make a fully functional system. The new boiler should be high efficiency dual fuel (natural gas/#2 fuel) fire-tubed not to exceed the PA DEP requirements of NOx3 (below 30ppm), #2 Fuel Oil (below 90 ppm). The contractor is responsible for verifying if the current gas, electric, water, communication, HVAC, etc. supplies are adequate for the new boiler. The contractor will be responsible for sizing the boilers to match existing equipment (Bryan Flex Tube LM1500-W-160-FDGO) (outgoing temperature not to exceed 190 degrees) along with the newly designed Hot Water Loop indicated on the Construction Documents Specifications/Drawings dated 06-04-2021. The new boilers must provide a completely balanced and operational boiler system. Contractor will upgrade (if required) the service in addition to, obtaining dimensional data for installation of the new boiler. The Specifications attachment included with the solicitation will provide complete requirements for the project. The solicitation will be posted at a later date.

Access to the specifications and drawings attachments will require an active vendor registration at https://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.

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. (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 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million.

Interested bidders must be registered in the SAM at www.sam.gov.

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 on the SAM website at https://sam.gov. You must be logged in to your vendor account in order to access the Interested Vendors List. Please add your business name 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 synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity. Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor www.sam.gov for all future updates.