Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Install Generator- FCI Bastrop
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
More open Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons contracts
AI summarySmall businesses are the only firms that can bid on solicitation 15BBNF27Q50100001 according to SAM.gov, though one attached document calls it unrestricted. The Federal Bureau of Prisons wants the existing 750 kilowatt (KW) generator, load bank and 3-way main switchgear replaced at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Bastrop, Texas. It installs one new 2000 KW diesel generator and switchgear system, finishing 420 calendar days after the notice to proceed (the Government's order to start work). More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 3 of 7 attachments weren't read (Wage Determination TX20260285 Modification 1.pdf, Statement of Work.pdf and 1 more). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
Small businesses are the only firms that can bid on solicitation 15BBNF27Q50100001 according to SAM.gov, though one attached document calls it unrestricted. The Federal Bureau of Prisons wants the existing 750 kilowatt (KW) generator, load bank and 3-way main switchgear replaced at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Bastrop, Texas. It installs one new 2000 KW diesel generator and switchgear system, finishing 420 calendar days after the notice to proceed (the Government's order to start work).
Who can bid
- Small business set-aside: your SAM.gov registration must show you as a small business for NAICS 238210, with size at or under the $19 million size standard.
- Active SAM.gov registration with a Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN, a SAM.gov access code) and NAICS 238210 listed, to get the controlled solicitation files.
- Bid guarantee (SF 24 bid bond) for 20 percent of the bid price or $3,000,000, whichever is less, with the wet-signed original received before the deadline.
How to submit: Upload to the JEFS Box folder at https://jefs.app.box.com/f/4e4f2bea75a149e2a95b05109fbfcbad; email to pford@bop.gov only if Box is down and the Contracting Officer approves first. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (11)
From the version posted Oct 23, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. SAM.gov and the notice say this is a total small business set-aside, so only firms that are small for NAICS 238210 (under $19 million) can bid.
- Serious: Set-aside conflict between documents. SAM.gov and the notice say small business set-aside, but the Instructions to Offerors call it unrestricted; ask the contracting officer which governs.
- Serious: Controlled files need SAM.gov access and an MPIN. The Statement of Work and Specifications are locked until you request access; without them you cannot price the job.
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- Serious: Bid bond original must be mailed to California. A scanned bond goes with the upload, but the wet-signed original must reach the Stockton, CA office by the bid time; deliveries are accepted only 8 am to 1 pm PST.
- Worth checking: Performance and payment bonds after award. The winner must provide two bonds, each 100 percent of the contract price, within 10 days after award, so a surety must be ready.
- Worth checking: Past performance references and bank letter. You must line up at least 5 references and a bank questionnaire sent straight to the contracting officer by the response due date; missing items may make the bid nonresponsive.
- Worth checking: Pre-bid conference and site visit on November 18, 2026. Held at 9:00 AM local time at FCI Bastrop; attendance is not mandatory, but each attendee needs a criminal history check form sent by November 10, 2026.
- Worth checking: Worker background checks before entry. Every prime and subcontract employee needs a Bureau of Prisons clearance package, sent only by the prime within 10 calendar days of the notice to proceed, and the Bureau does not say why someone fails.
- Minor: Criminal history forms due November 10, 2026. Forms for every site visit attendee go to Billy Sullivan by 12:00 noon local time with a cover letter listing the company and attendees.
- Minor: Questions due November 20, 2026. Questions go to the contracting officer by email in Word format; later questions may not get answers.
- Minor: Magnitude of the project. The project is sized between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, so the bid bond and the two later bonds are for large amounts.
Read from the notice and 4 attachments. 3 of 7 not read. Show which files.
- Instructions to Offerors.pdf (read)
- Solicitation Document.pdf (read)
- Bid Bond SF24.pdf (read)
- Criminal History Check Form.pdf (read)
- Wage Determination TX20260285 Modification 1.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
- Statement of Work.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
- Specifications.pdf: not read (access is restricted): request it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Replace the existing 750 KW generator, load bank and 3-way main switchgear at FCI Bastrop.
- Install one new 2000 KW diesel generator and switchgear system.
- Provide all materials, labor and equipment, following the Statement of Work and Specifications (attached but controlled, not read).
- Finish within 420 calendar days from the notice to proceed, which includes time for worker security clearances.
- Send submittals for approval within 10 calendar days after work starts, and a Schedule of Values (a priced breakdown of the work) before the first payment request.
- Work a normal 40-hour week, Monday through Friday excluding Federal holidays, inside an active correctional institution.
- Attend monthly progress meetings and give 10 working days' written notice before final inspection.
- Finish contract closeout within six months of physical completion, including as-built drawings, warranties and manuals.
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price construction contract (one set price, whatever the work ends up costing)
- Period of performance
- 420 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed
- Place of performance
- FCI Bastrop, 1341 Highway 95 North, Bastrop, TX 78602
- Estimated value
- Magnitude of the project is stated as between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00
- How they'll choose
- Price and past performance weighted equally (FAR 52.212-2). The apparent low offeror must also be found responsible: enough money, satisfactory past performance, integrity, organization and technical skills, and equipment.
- Offers due
- December 2, 2026, 11:00 AM Pacific
- How to submit
- Upload to the JEFS Box folder at https://jefs.app.box.com/f/4e4f2bea75a149e2a95b05109fbfcbad; email to pford@bop.gov only if Box is down and the Contracting Officer approves first
What they'll judge offers on
- Price
- Past performance
What to include when you submit
- Quotes sent by mail or hand carried are not evaluated; offers are opened virtually at the response due date and time.
- Submit in Adobe PDF format, with narrative parts as searchable PDF text, no embedded sound or video, and file names like OFFER_15BBNF27Q50100001_COMPANY NAME_DESCRIPTION.
- Submit the bid submission cover page and Standard Form 1442 (SF 1442, the construction offer form) pages 1 and 2: complete block 10 and blocks 14 through 20c, with the signer's title in block 20a.
- Block 10 needs your Unique Entity Identifier, Tax ID, CAGE code and email; the block 14 address must match your SAM.gov registration.
- Complete the Section 2 schedule on page 4: unit price (JB = job) and amount, the same as the total in block 17 of the SF 1442.
- Include the representations and certifications, and complete FAR provision 52.229-11 items (d)(1) and (d)(2) as they apply (pages 54 and 55).
- Include a scanned copy of the bid bond on Standard Form 24 (SF 24) with the upload, and acknowledge every amendment as item 11 of Standard Form 30 describes.
- Mail the wet-signed original bid bond so it is received at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Western Regional Office, ATTN: Patrick Ford, 7338 Shoreline Drive, Stockton, CA 95219, by the bid opening time; deliveries are accepted 8 am to 1 pm PST.
- Past performance: send the questionnaire to at least 5 companies or agencies for which you have current work or work finished in the last 24 months, ideally of similar nature and bid-price range; references reply straight to pford@bop.gov.
- If you have no similar references, include a separate letter saying so; this alone does not make the bid nonresponsive.
- Bank reference: send the banking questionnaire to your bank, which must email it to pford@bop.gov by the response due date.
- Get written confirmation from the Contracting Officer that your files were received.
After award, you must have
- Performance bond and payment bond, each 100 percent of the original contract price, within 10 days after award (not required at $150,000 or less). From Solicitation Document.pdf:
(b) Performance and Payment Bonds. Within 10 days after award the contractor shall execute…
- Insurance kept during the whole performance period: workers compensation and employer's liability, comprehensive general liability and comprehensive automobile liability at the stated minimums. From Solicitation Document.pdf:
(2) COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL LIABILITY with a minimum limit of:
- Security clearance packages for each prime and subcontract worker, sent by the prime contractor within 10 calendar days of the notice to proceed. From Solicitation Document.pdf:
…completed clearance packages for their employees within 10 calendar days of the Notice to Proceed.
Not in the notice text
- Statement of Work.pdf and Specifications.pdf are controlled (request access on SAM.gov) and were not read; Wage Determination TX20260285 Modification 1.pdf is a scanned PDF and was not read; the middle of Solicitation Document.pdf was not read.
- The full technical requirements for the generator, switchgear and load bank are in the unread Statement of Work and Specifications.
- Which wage rates apply is not shown: a wage determination (TX20260285 Modification 1) is attached but could not be read.
- Whether this is sealed bidding or a negotiated buy is unclear: the documents say both bid and quote, and the form's checkboxes couldn't be read; check the form on SAM.gov.
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. More open small business set-asides under NAICS 238210
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Upload to the JEFS Box folder at https://jefs.app.box.com/f/4e4f2bea75a149e2a95b05109fbfcbad; email to pford@bop.gov only if Box is down and the Contracting Officer approves first. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Construction contracts over $2,000 pay at least the local Davis-Bacon wage rates, from the wage determination in the solicitation. Price your labor from it: How to price a government contract, and how Davis-Bacon differs from the Service Contract Act.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 23, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- Fao, Grand Prairie, TX
- Product/service code
- Z2FF · Repair or Alteration of Penal Facilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238210)
- 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
Solicitation The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing solicitation 15BBNF27Q50100001 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Install Generator at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI Bastrop), located in Bastrop, TX. FCI Bastrop is a federal correctional facility located at 1341 Highway 95 North, Bastrop, TX, 78602. The project consists of the following: replace the existing 750 KW Generator, load bank, and 3-way Main Switchgear and install one (1) new 2000 KW Diesel Generator and Switchgear system. 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 420 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. 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).
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