Inactive 8(a) Set-Aside (FAR 19.8)

INSTALL FOOD SERVICE HOODS AT FCI MANCHESTER 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 ... INSTALL FOOD SERVICE HOODS AT FCI MANCHESTER 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 16 DAYS PRIOR TO POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) anticipates issuance of solicitation 15B11022Q00012 for the award of a firm fixed-price construction contract entitled Install Food Service Hoods at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Manchester. FCI Manchester is a federal correctional facility located at 805 Fox Hollow Road, Manchester, Kentucky 40962. The project consists of providing all necessary equipment, labor, materials, services, and incidentals required to install the kitchen hood system upgrading the water mist type fire suppression to wet chemical. The 6 hoods are housed in two different building locations and a demo and dispose of 4 hoods. See the Specification attachment included with the solicitation posting (to be issued at a later date as described herein) for the complete requirements of the work. The performance period for the project will be 56 working days from issuance of the notice to proceed. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $100,000 and $250,000. The solicitation will be available approximately on or about April 4, 2022. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website at www.betasam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. Any secure/locked documents (if applicable) uploaded with the solicitation will require an active FBO vendor registration for 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. The NAICS code for this requirement is 238220 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% 8a 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). Faith-based and Community-based organizations can submit offers/bids/quotations equally with other organizations for contracts for which they are eligible. All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the agency. The Government will award to the responsible offer whose offer, conforming to the solicitation, is considered to be most advantageous to the Government, with past performance and price considered.