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.  

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15B30820B00000001 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract to install lightning protection at the Federal Correctional Institution located in Marianna, Florida (FCI Marianna).  The FBOP is soliciting a contract for labor, materials, and equipment necessary to remove the existing lightning protection system and install a new lightning protection system on all buildings on the FCI Marianna property. 

Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $250,000 and $500,000.  (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 238290 with a corresponding small business size standard of $16.5 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 Beta SAM website at https://beta.sam.gov  (must be logged-in to your vendor account).

The synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity. Interested bidders are advised to continuously monitor www.beta.sam.gov for all future updates.