Replace Fire Pump- FCI Tucson

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. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS NOTICE IF YOU ARE NOT SERIOUSLY INTERESTED AND IF YOU DO NOT PERFORM THIS REQUIREMENT.

IT WILL DELAY THE POSTING OF THE SOLICITATION DUE TO FURTHER MARKET RESEARCH THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. The Federal Bureau of Prisons is conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation, Part 10. A single solicitation will be issued for the project Replace Fire Pump.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Tucson located at 8901 South Wilmot Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85756, intends to make a single award to a responsible entity that will provide all necessary labor, equipment, materials, and related services for the Replace Fire Pump project. This work shall be performed in accordance with the specifications and drawings. The project consists of the following:

SCOPE OF WORK: Contractor shall completely prepare site, including demolition and removal of existing equipment, structures, and furnish labor and materials and perform work for removal of the existing diesel fire pump and replacement of the electric fire pump, including all necessary modifications to power supplies and equipment pads.

The replacement electric fire pump will be a similar size to the existing fire pump, but its new controller will be equipped with a transfer switch, and a new jockey pump will also be installed, as shown on the attached drawings and specifications. The work includes, but is not limited to, replacing the electric fire pump controller with a controller that includes a transfer switch.

The facility will be decommissioning the existing diesel engine-driven fire pump and the controller, jockey pump and controller fuel tank and venturi test meter. The fire pump system will be out of service during this time. The contractor shall provide a temporary fire pump while the existing pump is out of service.

The temporary pump shall be an electrical driven pump on a flatbed truck and connected to the system with hard suction hose connected to the nearby fire hydrant and interfaced to the existing system piping. The temporary pump shall have integral controls for automatic starting upon system pressure drop. The existing fire pump is to remain in service while the temporary arrangement is fitted. The temporary fire pump shall be sized for sprinkler demands.

Additional work includes modifications and upgrades to power supplies and equipment pads as necessary to accommodate the new fire pumps and associated equipment for a fully functioning and operating system. Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00.

(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 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million.

To be considered an interested vendor, you must possess this NAICS code in your System for Award Management (SAM) registration. Interested bidders must be registered in 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 in SAM.gov.