Replace Switchgear- FCC Forrest City

Amendment 0001- Incorporate contractor question responses and pre-bid site visit minutes and sign in sheet. Solicitation The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15BFA025B00000020 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace Switchgear at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Forrest City), located in Forrest City, Arkansas. FCC Forrest City is a federal correctional facility located at 1301 Dale Bumpers, Forrest City, AR 72335. The project consists of the following:

The intent of this project is to remove the existing 15KV switchgear and install a new 15KV switchgear assembly in its place. 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 238210 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 $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00.

(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.

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