Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
MDC Brooklyn - Remove and Replace Shower Partitions
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
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AI summaryThe Department of Justice, Federal Prison System, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn, wants a small business to remove and replace shower partitions and bathroom stall partitions on floors 2 through 6 of the East Building in Brooklyn, NY. This is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) construction contract, set aside for small businesses, with a mandatory site visit on November 5, 2026. The response due date is November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, and a bid bond is required. More in the summary
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The notice looks incomplete: Part of the 174-page solicitation form (SF-1442 QUOTE.pdf) was attached but not read, including the bonds, required insurance, pre-construction conference and wage-rate clause details. Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Department of Justice, Federal Prison System, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), for Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) Brooklyn, wants a small business to remove and replace shower partitions and bathroom stall partitions on floors 2 through 6 of the East Building in Brooklyn, NY. This is a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price, whatever the work costs) construction contract, set aside for small businesses, with a mandatory site visit on November 5, 2026. The response due date is November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern, and a bid bond is required.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business set-aside: only small businesses can bid. You must be registered in SAM as a small business for NAICS 332913 (size standard $15 million), and your SAM size information must be at or below that standard.
- Active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov.
- Attend the site visit on November 5, 2026, and send a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) check form for each attendee by November 3, 2026.
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- Send a bid bond with the quote.
How to submit: Email to b2rodriguez@bop.gov. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid. The Government checks your SAM size information against the $15 million size standard.
- Serious: Mandatory site visit on November 5, 2026, with forms due November 3, 2026. The site visit is at 10:00 AM EST at MDC Brooklyn, 80 29th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232, meeting in the lobby. Each attendee needs an NCIC form sent to John Maffeo by November 3, 2026, or is not let into the facility.
- Serious: Bid bond required with the quote. A bid bond (a guarantee from a surety company) must come with the quote. The bond amount is not given in the text read. SF 1442's offer guarantee line may read differently, so confirm with the contracting officer.
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- Worth checking: Performance and payment bonds after award. SF 1442 appears to require performance and payment bonds within 10 calendar days of award. The bonds clause (FAO-0001) was not read, so confirm the amounts and timing.
- Worth checking: Wage rule is unclear for construction. The contents list the Construction Wage Rate Requirements clause (the Davis-Bacon wage rule), but the attached wage determination is a Service Contract Act one for New York counties including Kings. Ask which wage rates apply.
- Worth checking: Security clearance deadline differs between sections. The Statement of Work says clearance packets are due 14 working days before work starts, and also says workers must be cleared within 14 days of the notice to proceed. Ask which applies.
- Worth checking: Work in occupied housing areas inside a detention center. Expect screening, inmate movement, emergencies and lockdowns that delay work. No cell phones or cameras are allowed inside, and tools are inventoried in and out each day.
- Worth checking: 60 calendar days to finish the work. The 60 days from the notice to proceed cover security clearances, ordering and delivering materials, removal, installation, testing and demobilization.
- Minor: Utilities line in the Statement of Work is unclear. The Statement of Work says the Bureau of Prisons will provide restrooms, water or electricity service of any kind. This may be a typo for "will not provide"; ask who supplies power and water.
- Minor: Contracting officer may ask for references and bank information after bids. After bid opening, the contracting officer may require a list of active and completed contracts from the past two years and your bank information to check that you are a responsible contractor.
Read from the notice and 5 attachments. Show which files.
- SOW.pdf (read)
- SF 24 STANDARD BID BOND.pdf (read)
- SF-1442 QUOTE.pdf (read)
- NCIC form.pdf (read)
- WAGE DETERMINATION NO. 35.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Remove and replace all shower partitions (with attached changing rooms) and bathroom stall partitions on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floors of the East Building.
- Each floor has a North and South side. Each side has 6 bathroom stalls and 7 shower stalls with changing rooms 39.5 inches deep, each with a door. The price schedule shows item 0001 as QTY 1.000000, unit EA (each).
- Partitions are powder-coated steel with 58-inch doors and panels, chrome zamac hardware and Silver Vein color. All partitions are floor- and overhead-braced.
- Remove and replace affected restroom accessories, including grab bars, toilet paper holders, sanitary napkin dispensers, towel bars and soap dispensers.
- Take your own field measurements before ordering materials, and give industrial standard labor and materials warranties from the date of substantial completion.
- Work in occupied housing areas with an escort, coordinated with the contracting officer's representative (COR: the agency's on-site contact). Standard work hours are 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday to Friday.
- After award: equipment and material submittals within 15 days of the notice to proceed, security clearance packets, a daily roster of cleared workers, daily debris removal and a daily tool inventory.
- Finish all work within 60 calendar days from the notice to proceed.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract (combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial construction)
- Period of performance
- 60 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- MDC Brooklyn, 80 29th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232 (East Building, floors 2 to 6)
- Estimated value
- Between $100,000 and $250,000 (a FAR 36.204 size range for the project, not an exact budget)
- How they'll choose
- Best value. The Government awards to the responsible contractor whose quote conforms to the solicitation.
- Offers due
- November 13, 2026, 12:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to b2rodriguez@bop.gov
What they'll judge offers on
- Past performance
- Lowest price
- Delivery time
What to include when you submit
- Send all pages of the written solicitation with your complete quote.
- Attend the site visit on November 5, 2026, 10:00 AM EST at MDC Brooklyn. NCIC forms for each attendee go to John Maffeo (jmaffeo@bop.gov) by November 3, 2026.
- Include a summary of the technical process you will use to complete the work in line with the Statement of Work.
- Include a bid bond (Standard Form 24 is attached).
- Complete Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442: the construction solicitation, offer and award form), Section 10 and page 7, and fill in your unique entity identifier, tax identification number, CAGE code and contractor email on its first page.
- Price item 0001 (firm fixed price, QTY 1.000000, unit EA) on the schedule page.
After award, you must have
- Performance and payment bonds after award (SF 1442 shows these as required within 10 calendar days of award; the bonds clause was not read).
- Security clearance packets for all workers, submitted by the prime contractor only. Packets from subcontractors are rejected. From SOW.pdf:
Security clearance packets for all personnel 14 working days prior to the start of work.
Not in the notice text
- Part of the 174-page solicitation form (SF-1442 QUOTE.pdf) was attached but not read, including the bonds, required insurance, pre-construction conference and wage-rate clause details.
- The bid bond amount or percentage is blank in the bid guarantee provision (52.228-1), and the performance and payment bond amounts were not read.
- Which wage determination applies to this construction work (Davis-Bacon) is not shown in the text read.
- The relative importance of past performance, lowest price and delivery time is not stated.
- The deadline for questions is not stated.
- The number of days the Government has to accept an offer is blank on SF 1442.
Eligibility and how to respond
- Set aside for small businesses: only a business that counts as small under this notice's NAICS code can bid as the prime contractor. The notice also names requirements: More open small business set-asides under NAICS 332913
- The notice mentions a security clearance. Check who needs one, and whether you must hold it by the time offers are due.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to b2rodriguez@bop.gov. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- MDC Brooklyn, NY
- Product/service code
- 4510 · Plumbing Fixtures and Accessories
- Business type
- Manufactured parts & equipment (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 332913)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
- How to respond to a solicitation (8 steps)
- How to read a government solicitation
- How to price a government contract
- Set-aside contracts explained
Terms on this notice: Solicitation, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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