The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15BFA023B00000001 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Walkway at the Federal Medical Center  (FMC CARSWELL), located in Fort Worth, Texas.

FMC CARSWELL is a federal correctional facility located at (FMC) Carswell, J Street – Bld. 3110, Ft. Worth, TX. 76127. The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials and labor for the complete construction of the work. The purpose of the project is to provide all necessary labor, equipment and materials and related services to include Replace Walkway.  See the Statement of Work/Specifications attachment included with the solicitation posting for the complete requirements of the work.

The performance period for the project will be 245 Calendar Days from issuance of the notice to proceed.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 238120  with a corresponding small business size standard of $16.5 million. 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 solicitation will be distributed solely through the Contract Opportunity website at https://SAM.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions.

The "Sensitive /Secure package Upload" option will be selected for this procurement. All secure/locked documents uploaded, to include the solicitation, will require an active SAM.gov vendor registration to obtain access. In addition, only those vendors who have been issued a valid Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) from SAM.gov will be granted access. If your firm does not have the NAICS code listed in SAM.gov required for this solicitation, an email may be forwarded to your firm requesting an explanation as to why your firm should be granted access.

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.

IMPORTANT: Any contractor interested in obtaining a contract award with the Federal Bureau of Prisons must be registered in https://SAM.gov. In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your SAM.gov. SAM registration must be less than or equal to the size standard specified above.

Each bidder's SAM.gov registration will be reviewed by the Government to confirm that your business size meets the small business size standard requirement. All bidders are urged to double check their SAM.gov registration and update as necessary, including the size metrics information.

This is a 100 percent small business set-aside. You must be registered in SAM.gov as a small business (see FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your SAM.gov registration).