Perimeter Fence Replacement at FCI McKean

The bid abstract has been posted for review. 

Amendment 0004:

Bid Submission Deadline Extended: The deadline for the receipt of bids is extended from December 29, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
PST to January 5, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. PST

Amendment 0003:

The following is incorporated:

1. Answers to Bidders' Questions: Questions received from prospective bidders and the corresponding Government answers are attached and incorporated into the solicitation documents for reference.

2. Specification Addendum: A formal addendum to the technical specifications is included to codify the changes described in the Bidders' Questions and Answers document.

3. Wage Determination: WD PA20250059 Modification 8, dated 12/12/2025, is hereby incorporated.

4. Bid Submission Deadline Extended: The deadline for receipt of bids is extended from December 22, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. PST to December 29, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. PST.

Amendment 0002:

1) Incorporate changes to clauses and provisions due to FAC 2025-08, effective November 3, 2025:

2) Bid submission deadline extended to December 22, 2025 at 12:00 p.m. PST.

Amendment 0001:

1) Incorporation of Meeting Minutes, Sign-in Sheet, and Photos from site visit conducted on November 6, 2025.

2) Extension of bid submission deadline to 12/8/25 at 12:00 pm PST.

*Answers to questions received by 11/10/25 at 4:00 pm PST will be posted as an amendment to thIs solicitatoin at a later date

Solicitation

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15BFA025B00000032 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Perimeter Fence Replacement at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI McKean), located in Lewis Run, PA. 

FCI McKean is a federal correctional facility located at 6975 Route 59, Lewis Run, PA 16738. The project consists of the following:

The project includes complete replacement of approximately 15,000 linear feet of inner and outer perimeter fencing, including line posts, fence fabric, razor ribbon, vehicular and pedestrian gates, and footings. The scope also includes realignment of portions of the interior zone fencing as needed, replacement of gates located within 30 feet of the inner perimeter fence, and installation of new concrete walkways along the interior fence.

See the Specifications and Drawings attachments included with the solicitation posting for complete requirements of the work. 

The performance period for the project will be 924 Calendar Days from issuance of the notice to proceed.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 238990 with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million. Pursuant to Justice Acquisition Regulation (JAR) 2836.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $10,000,001 and $25,000,000. (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 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).

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 (See Instructions to Bidders):

(b) An organized site visit has been scheduled for Thursday, November 6, 2025, at 9:00 A.M. local time

(c) 6975 Route 59, Lewis Run, PA 16738

Electronic Bid Submission (See Instructions to Bidders):

Upload Bid Electronically to JEFS App Box: https://jefs.app.box.com/f/6f01f99eb2ff4701a3d6fd7eee1fc266

Electronic Bid Opening:

Held on Microsoft Teams see Instruction to Bidders Section V. ELECTRONIC BID SUBMISSION & BID OPENING