Repair Water Tanks - FCI Fairton, New Jersey

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) herein issues solicitation 15BFA022B00000010 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled - Repair Water Tanks at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Fairton located in Fairton, New Jersey. FCI Fairton is a federal correctional institution located at 655 Fairton-Millville Road, Fairton, New Jersey 08320. The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials, and labor for the complete construction of the work. The project involves the repair and painting of two 500,000-gallon water storage tanks to bring them into current NFPA and OSHA requirements. Further information may be obtained in the attached Statement of Work, Drawings, and Photographs. The Statement of Work, Drawings, and Photograph attachments included in this solicitation synopsis are the same documents that were previously included in the sources sought notice and pre-solicitation notice. The anticipated performance period for the project will be 260 calendar days from the issuance of the notice to proceed. Access to the attachments will require an active https://sam.gov vendor registration (log in). 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 this project lies between $250,000 and $500,000. (NOTE: This range is one of eight 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 distributed solely through the website at https://sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. 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. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 237110 (Water and Sewer line and Related Structures Construction) with a corresponding small business size standard of $39,500,000. The solicitation is set aside exclusively for small business contractors. 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. If you have questions about the System for Award Management (SAM), Government procurements in general, or need assistance in the preparation of your quote, a local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) may be able to help. The Procurement Technical Assistance Program was authorized by Congress in 1985 in an effort to expand the number of businesses capable of participating in the Government marketplace. To locate a PTAC near you, go to http://www.aptac-us.org.