REPAIR TUNNEL

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 SYNOPIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION MAY BE POSTED AT A LATER DATE WHICH WILL PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIDDERS TO RESPOND TO THIS OPPORTUNITY. Please only respond to this sources sought notice if you are interested in submitting a bid and capable of performing the work required to complete the project. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates the need for a firm-fixed-price contract for a project entitled Repair Tunnel at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) El Reno. FCI El Reno is a federal correctional institution located at 4205 Highway 66 West, El Reno, Oklahoma 73036. The following brief synopsis should not be considered inclusive of work required to complete the project. The project consists of repairing tunnels. The contractor will be required to repair an underground utility tunnel that is used to distribute steam, water, electric, and communication systems throughout the campus facility. Project work will include but not be limited to the following: (1) repair of concrete tunnel structure, (2) installation/replacement of tunnel sump pumps, (3) installation of tunnel ventilation fans, (4) replacement of steam, condensate, domestic water, and sanitary piping, (5) repair of utility support systems, (6) repair of lighting systems, and (7) abatement of lead-based paint. This project was previously announced with waterproofing included but this element has since been removed. The performance period for the project will be 539 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 $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 238390 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million. Interested parties must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. The BOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in you 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 in FedBizOpps.gov (must be logged-in to your account). The synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instruction for responding to this opportunity. Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor FedBizOpps.gov for all future updates.