Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
Elevator Control System Modernization – FCC Yazoo City (Low II)
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AI summaryThe Bureau of Prisons at FCC Yazoo City (Low II) in Mississippi wants quotes to modernize the control systems of four hydraulic passenger elevators. This is a small business set-aside combined synopsis/solicitation for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) job. Quotes are due November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, and the work runs 250 calendar days from notice to proceed. More in the summary
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This summary may miss requirements: 1 of 3 attachments weren't read (Update Elevator SOW.pdf). Check the attachments on SAM.gov.
The Bureau of Prisons at FCC Yazoo City (Low II) in Mississippi wants quotes to modernize the control systems of four hydraulic passenger elevators. This is a small business set-aside combined synopsis/solicitation for a firm-fixed-price (FFP: one set price) job. Quotes are due November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern, and the work runs 250 calendar days from notice to proceed.
Who can bid (4)
- Small business: this is a total small business set-aside
- NCIC (National Crime Information Center) criminal history clearance form submitted for anyone who will attend the site visit
- Active SAM.gov registration, or include representations and certifications with the quote
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- Technician and manufacturer certifications for the elevator work
How to submit: Email to C. Tate, Supervisory Contract Specialist, at c3tate@bop.gov. Quotes sent to any other address are considered non-responsive.. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (6)
From the version posted Oct 20, 2026.
- Serious: Small business set-aside. Only small businesses can bid on this total small business set-aside.
- Worth checking: Site visit highly recommended; NCIC form due October 27, 2026. The site visit is October 29, 2026, 11:00 AM ET and is highly recommended, not required. Each attendee must send the NCIC form by October 27, 2026, 1:00 PM ET, or cannot enter.
- Worth checking: Statement of work is a scanned file that was not read. The full requirements are in Attachment 2, the SOW, which is attached but not read here; check it on SAM.gov before bidding.
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- Worth checking: Quotes must go to one email address. A quote sent anywhere else is non-responsive, so double-check the address before sending.
- Worth checking: Elevator certifications required. The quote needs technician or manufacturer certifications, which a general contractor may need to get through a qualified elevator subcontractor.
- Minor: Three past performance references. Businesses without similar elevator control work to cite may have trouble on the past performance factor.
Read from the notice and 2 attachments. 1 of 3 not read. Show which files.
- Combined Synopsis.pdf (read)
- NCIC Form.pdf (read)
- Update Elevator SOW.pdf: not summarized: open it on SAM.gov
Full summary
What they want
- Replace obsolete controllers on four hydraulic passenger elevators with modern, non-proprietary microprocessor-based controls with variable frequency drive (VFD) drives
- Install new wiring, selector systems, safety upgrades and communications equipment
- Install new hall and car fixtures
- Complete all testing, certification and training
- Finish within 250 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed
- Contract type
- Firm-fixed-price (FFP): one set price, whatever the work ends up costing; request for quote (RFQ) under FAR Subpart 12.6 commercial procedures
- Period of performance
- 250 calendar days from issuance of Notice to Proceed
- Place of performance
- FCC Yazoo City (Low II), 2225 Haley Barbour Parkway, Yazoo City, MS 39194
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- How they'll choose
- Best value tradeoff
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 1:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email to C. Tate, Supervisory Contract Specialist, at c3tate@bop.gov. Quotes sent to any other address are considered non-responsive.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Capability
- Past Performance
- Price
What to include when you submit
- Send a technical proposal addressing the statement of work (SOW)
- Send a firm-fixed-price quote
- Send a project schedule that meets the 250-day requirement
- Send technician and manufacturer certifications
- Send three past performance references for similar work
- Send representations and certifications if you are not active in SAM
- Keep your quote valid for 60 days
Not in the notice text
- The statement of work (Update Elevator SOW.pdf) is attached but not read because it is a scanned file; details such as elevator makes, drawings and testing standards are not known.
- The notice does not give a dollar estimate for the contract.
- Whether a Davis-Bacon wage determination applies is not stated in the notice or the combined synopsis.
- Page limits or format for the quote are not stated.
- Bonding requirements are not stated.
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 238290
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to C. Tate, Supervisory Contract Specialist, at c3tate@bop.gov. Quotes sent to any other address are considered non-responsive. Check it in the notice before you send anything.
- Service contracts usually set minimum pay rates (the Service Contract Act). Price the labor with the SCA price calculator.
- 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 20, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FCC Yazoo City, MS
- Product/service code
- J039 · Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment – Materials Handling Equipment
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 238290)
- 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
This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial services prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ).
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