# FCC Pollock- Replace Chiller #3

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/15bfa025b00000009

- Solicitation number: 15BFA025B00000009
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as presolicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Mechanical Cooling Services, LLC for $685,000.00
- Department: Department of Justice
- Agency: Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
- Contracting office: Fao (15BFA0)
- NAICS: 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
- Product or service code: Z2FF Repair Or Alteration Of Penal Facilities
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Pollock, Louisiana
- County: Grant Parish (FIPS 22043). https://abierto.us/counties/grant-parish-la-22043
- City: Pollock. https://abierto.us/cities/pollock-la-2261580
- First posted: January 3, 2025
- Last posted: April 1, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/12bc79cf84424887be8b25a253bfb0c1/view

## Description

Amendment 000004- Incorporate the updated wage determination.

Amendment 000003- Remove and edit Provisions and Clauses to comply with recent Executive Orders. Extend bid due date.

Amendment 000002- Incorporate revisions to the Statement of Work and extend bid due date.

Amendment 000001- Incorporate pre-bid conference minutes and sign- in sheet, contractor question responses, amend SOW, and extend bid due date. Solicitation The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15BFA025B00000009 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Chiller #3 at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Pollock), located in Pollock, Louisiana. FCC Pollock is a federal correctional facility located at 1000 Airbase Road, Pollock, LA 71467. The project consists of the following:

1. Remove the existing chiller and replace with a new chiller which must operate with R1233zd or R514A refrigerants and must be capable of operating at a 0.45 kW/ton efficiency. It must have the capability to have an operating temperature of 34 degrees F, without the usage of glycol and a capacity of 770 tons at 60/50 Hz. 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 364 Calendar Days from issuance of the notice to proceed. The NAICS code for this requirement is 238220 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 $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 solicitation will be distributed solely through the Contract Opportunity website at https://www.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 vendor registration to obtain access. In addition, only those vendors who have been issued a valid Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) from www.sam.gov will be granted access.

If your firm does not have the NAICS code listed in www.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://www.sam.gov. In order to qualify for award, your business size metrics information entered in your www.sam.gov SAM registration must be less than or equal to the size standard specified above. Each bidder's www.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 www.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 www.sam.gov as a small business for the applicable NAICS code (see FAR provision 52.219-1 in the Representations & Certifications section of your www.sam.gov registration).

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Mechanical Cooling Services, LLC (UEI LGP6JF8N8MK1)
- Contract: 15BFA025C00000019, definitive contract
- Obligated: $725,000.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources, 9 offers received
- Link: award number 15BFA025C00000019 equals the contract number; same awarding office 15BFA0 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15BFA025C00000019_1540_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- January 3, 2025: Presolicitation, due January 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 63bcff816c1d42f5a803ec47a5cfc09b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/63bcff816c1d42f5a803ec47a5cfc09b/view
- January 22, 2025: Solicitation, due February 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST. Notice 8eab8bec86f14c92bf4378480d69b569. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/8eab8bec86f14c92bf4378480d69b569/view
- February 20, 2025: Solicitation, due March 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM EST. Notice 085797ab731b4adab5b6c6dbcfcd6740. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/085797ab731b4adab5b6c6dbcfcd6740/view
- February 26, 2025: Solicitation, due March 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice fd18638f780042128e2f326f1e5ad458. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/fd18638f780042128e2f326f1e5ad458/view
- March 7, 2025: Solicitation, due March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 82bb981096af472784a55bd470eaa065. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/82bb981096af472784a55bd470eaa065/view
- March 7, 2025: Solicitation, due March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice c987e1c1ed914f8c8b320c1b771493e9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c987e1c1ed914f8c8b320c1b771493e9/view
- March 19, 2025: Solicitation, due March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice 04679dac98a04d3b9e86004602788b8b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/04679dac98a04d3b9e86004602788b8b/view
- March 19, 2025: Solicitation, due March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM EDT. Notice d8ac9fa2d373442f95a8f0df1ac4dbf6. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/d8ac9fa2d373442f95a8f0df1ac4dbf6/view
- April 1, 2025: Award notice. Notice 12bc79cf84424887be8b25a253bfb0c1. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/12bc79cf84424887be8b25a253bfb0c1/view

## Points of contact

- Patrick Ford, pford@bop.gov

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