REPLACE OVEN

(1) NEW BAXTER ROTATING SINGLE OVEN AT FCI Bennettsville THIS IS A SYNOPSIS OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTATIONS. 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 15B31721Q00000017 for the award of a firm fixed-price entitled (1) New Rotating Rack Gas Oven OV500G1-EE at Federal Correctional Institution FCI Bennettsville. FCI Bennettsville is a federal correctional facility located at 696 Muckerman Road Bennettsville South Carolina 29512. The Contractor shall provide to the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) all necessary labor, equipment, materials and related services for the installation of (1) New Rotating Rack Gas Oven at Federal Correctional Institution. The contractor will provide (1) New Rotating Rack Gas Oven, delivery, install and startup on the new BAXTER rotating single rack oven energy efficient gas or approved equal. BAXTER rotating single rack oven energy efficient gas OV500G1-EE or approved equal will be accepted. Should a quotation be issued by a contractor for equal products, the contractor shall submit all product information/specification for the equal products in the contractor's bid/proposal. Failure to submit the product information/specifications with your bid/proposal will be considered non-responsive and the contractor's bid/proposal will not be considered. The project consists of (1) New Rotating Rack Gas Oven OV500G1-EE furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the completion of work. The purpose of the project is to replace oven at FCI Bennettsville. The performance period for the installation and project will be 90 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $25,000 and $50,000. (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 solicitation will be available approximately on or about April 8, 2021. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration's (GSA) Federal Business Opportunities website at www.Beta.SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. 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. The NAICS code for this requirement is 333994 with a corresponding small business size standard of $15 million. 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 small business size standard specified above. Each offeror's SAM registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All offerors are urged to double check their SAM registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information. This is a 100% small business set-aside. You must be registered in SAM as a small business for the above NAICS code (reference FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your SAM registration). If you have questions about the System for Award Management (SAM), Government procurements in general, or need assistance in the preparation of your bid/proposal, 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.