FCI LEWISBURG - REPLACE ROOFING

Dear Offeror:

Please review all sections of this solicitation packet, the solicitation, and all attachments. This information is essential to submit a valid and complete offer.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15B20726Q00000016 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled REPLACE ROOFING at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Lewisburg), located in Lewisburg, PA.

FCI LEWISBURG is a federal correctional facility located at 2400 Robert F. Miller Dr., Lewisburg PA 17837.  The Work of Project is defined by the Contract Documents and consists of the following:

All offers must come with an offer guarantee. All offers are also subject to the (1) work requirements, and (2) other provisions and clauses incorporated in the solicitation in full text or by reference. Offers must provide a minimum of 90 calendar days for Government acceptance after the date that offers are due. Offers that do not provide this minimum acceptance timeframe may be rejected. Should the offer be accepted within 90 calendar days following the date offers are due, offerors must also perform the work at the prices they specify on the attached SF-1449 solicitation document in strict accordance with the solicitation. The contractor will provide all necessary equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals unless stated otherwise in the Statement of Work to perform a complete replacement of the existing metal roof of the institution RDAP gym with a new roof as specified in the Statement of Work. See the Statement of Work included with the solicitation posting for the complete requirements list.

The contractor is expected to begin work within 10 days of receiving the notice to proceed. The performance period for the project will be 118 Calendar Days from issuance of the notice to proceed.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 236220. Pursuant to Justice Acquisition Regulation (JAR) 2836.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $100,000.00 and $250,000.00. (NOTE: This range is one of 5 available ranges from JAR 2836.204 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 offeror’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 offerors 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).

System updates may lag policy updates. The System for Award Management (SAM) may continue to require entities to complete representations based on provisions that are not included in agency solicitations. Examples include:
• 52.222-25, Affirmative Action Compliance, and
• 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services, paragraph (d).

• 52.223-22, Public Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Reduction Goals—Representation, and
• paragraph (t) of 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications—Commercial Products and Commercial Services.
Contracting officers will not consider these representations when making award decisions or enforce requirements. Entities are not required to, nor are they able to, update their entity registration to remove these representations in SAM

Pre-Bid Site Visit 

(a) An organized site visit has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 11, 2026, at 9:00 A.M. EST

(b) Participants will meet at 2400 Robert F. Miller Dr., Lewisburg PA 17837 at the front lobby entrance to the institution.

(c) A criminal history check must be completed for all site visit attendees, and all site visit attendees must pass the criminal history check. For convenience, the applicable form has been included to the attachments of this solicitation named “Criminal History Check Form”. Forms must be submitted to Matthew Adler at (m2adler@bop.gov). All documents must be sent in PDF format. No call, fax, or other forms of correspondence for submission will be accepted. Forms must be submitted by August 6, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST.

Q&A

All Q&A submissions must be sent by email to Matthew Adler at (m2adler@bop.gov). No call or fax submissions will be accepted. All documents must be sent in PDF format. All Q&A submissions must be turned into this email no later than August 12, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST. Any late submissions are subject to not being accepted.

Evaluation Factors

This acquisition will be utilizing FAR policy 15.103-1, Tradeoff approach. Therefore, the award will be made based on an evaluation of both price and non-cost and non-price factors to determine the best value to the government.  

Best Value Tradeoff

Under this method, the Government will evaluate quotes using the best value trade-off approach. The following evaluation factors that will be used are listed in descending order of importance:

Factor I – Technical / Management Approach: Evaluation of the Offeror’s understanding of the work, construction phasing, site coordination, staffing plan, safety and quality control approach, and ability to perform while the facility remains operational. Offerors are required to provide a technical proposal addressing ability to perform all sections of the statement of work (SOW).

Factor II – Specialized Experience: Evaluation of the relevance and depth of experience on projects of similar size, scope, complexity, and security environment.

Factor III – Schedule: Evaluation of the realism, completeness, and feasibility of the proposed construction schedule, including identification of critical path activities.

Factor IV – Past Performance: Evaluation of prior performance information obtained from CPARS, PPQs, and other Government sources for similar construction projects.

Factor V – Price: Evaluation of price for reasonableness and consistency with the proposed technical approach.

Proposal Submission

All submissions must be emailed to Matthew Adler at (m2adler@bop.gov). No call or fax submissions will be accepted for this acquisition. All documents must be sent in PDF format. No call, fax, or other forms of correspondence for submission will be accepted. All proposal submissions must be turned into this email no later than August 21, 2026, at 3:00 PM EST. Any late submissions are subject to not being accepted.