Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

12/22/2025: Abstract of Offers published in the attachments section. 12/9/2025: Amendment 0002 issued. This amendment incorporates mechanical/piping layouts, photo sheet, extending Bid Opening Due Dat... 12/22/2025: Abstract of Offers published in the attachments section. 12/9/2025: Amendment 0002 issued. This amendment incorporates mechanical/piping layouts, photo sheet, extending Bid Opening Due Date to Monday, December 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST. See attachments for details. 12/1/2025: Amendment 0001 issued. This amendment incorporates Questions and Answers, extending the Bid Opening Due Date to Friday, December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM EST. See attachments for details. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) herein issues solicitation 15BBNF26B00000001 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Emergency Surface Blowdown Heat Recovery/DA Controls at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Milan, located in Milan, Michigan. FCI Milan is a federally owned facility located at 4004 East Arkona Road, Milan, MI 48160. The project consists of the following: Contractor will provide a temporary Surge/Deaerator System in order to maintain continuous steam service to FCI Milan. The furnishings of this system will include all piping, valves, tie in points, and chemical treatment to include the labor for installation and removal of the system. Contractor will remove the existing combined surge and deaerator tank from the Central Utility Plant and dispose of the tank properly. Contractor is to provide all equipment, materials and labor force necessary to remove. Contractor will provide a two-tank system. Stainless Surge tank and a D/A System in order to maintain continuous steam service to FCI Milan. The furnishing of this system will include all schedule 80 piping, forged fittings, valves, tie in points, controls, wiring, and labor for installation. The Surge tank will also have the capability to be utilized to by-pass the deaerator tank to provide feed water to the boilers during an inspection or failure of the deaerator tank vessel as necessary. Deaerator will also have the capability to by-pass surge tank during an inspection or failure. This will insure redundancy in the feed water system. Contractor is required to attend a pre-work meeting in order to coordinate and plan with the on-site staff prior to the day of work. All work shall comply with local, state, and federal regulations. Access to the specifications and drawings attachments will require an active https://sam.gov vendor registration (log in) AND may require a specific role or domain linked to your registration. If you encounter problems requesting access to these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. Interested bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238220 (Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors) with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 (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. 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 the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov. If you have questions about SAM, Government procurements in general, or need assistance in the preparation of your bid/proposal/offer, 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. This is a 100 percent small business set-aside. You must be registered in www.sam.gov as a small business (see FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your www.sam.gov registration). Pre-Bid Site Visit (See Instructions to Bidders): (b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for November 12, 2025. (c) Participants will meet at 4004 East Arkona Road, Milan, MI 48160. Electronic Bid Submission (See Instructions to Bidders): Upload Bid Electronically to JEFS App Box: https://jefs.app.box.com/f/9d0ebe7cfd6542888c2e9d8c010ee143 Electronic Bid Opening: Held on Microsoft Teams see Instruction to Bidders Section V. ELECTRONIC BID SUBMISSION & BID OPENING