Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
FCI McKean Grease Trap Pumping and Cleaning Services
Department of Justice · Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons
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AI summaryThe Federal Bureau of Prisons wants a contractor to pump and clean two grease traps at FCI McKean, Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, about every two to three months. It is a total small business set-aside, and Amendment 2 sets the option years to begin October 1. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EST. More in the summary
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons wants a contractor to pump and clean two grease traps at FCI McKean, Lewis Run, Pennsylvania, about every two to three months. It is a total small business set-aside, and Amendment 2 sets the option years to begin October 1. The response due date is November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EST.
Who can bid
- Must be a small business: total small business set-aside under NAICS 562998
- Licensed or permitted by the State of Pennsylvania for waste disposal
How to submit: Email to m4morris@bop.gov and amcgrew@bop.gov (preferred), or fax to (814) 363-6815. What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch
From the version posted Nov 10, 2026.
- Serious: Pennsylvania waste license needed. Without a Pennsylvania license or permit for waste hauling and disposal, a business can't perform.
- Worth checking: Prison security delays. Vehicles and crews are searched and some staff may be refused entry; a blocked pickup is paid only as a trip fee.
- Minor: Three amendments changed the terms. The wage determination, option-year start dates, clauses, line item months and a new trip-fee line all changed, so price from the latest documents.
Read from the notice text only.
Full summary
What they want
- Pump and clean one 10,000-gallon grease trap behind Food Service (inside the secure area) and one 2,000-gallon trap at the satellite prison camp
- Service about every two to three months, as the contracting officer's representative (COR) schedules, 7:30 AM to 3:00 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding federal holidays
- Haul and lawfully dispose of all grease and pumpings, with proof of proper disposal
- Provide the truck, labor and equipment
- Invoice each service at the time of extraction; a predetermined trip fee (line item 6) applies when a security delay stops a scheduled pickup
- Period of performance
- Base period plus option years in line items 2 through 5, which begin October 1 under Amendment 2
- Place of performance
- FCI McKean, 6975 Route 59, Lewis Run, PA 16738
- Remote work
- No. From the notice:
Services are to be performed on-site at FCI McKean.
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- November 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EST
- How to submit
- Email to m4morris@bop.gov and amcgrew@bop.gov (preferred), or fax to (814) 363-6815
What to include when you submit
- Email the offer to both m4morris@bop.gov and amcgrew@bop.gov
- If you don't get a confirmation email, call to verify it arrived
- Price line item 6, the predetermined trip fee added in Amendment 3
- Acknowledge Amendments P00001 and P00002 and use the corrected wage determination
After award, you must have
- Staff entering the secure area must pass a National Crime Information Center (NCIC) background check From the notice:
All contract personnel that are entering the secure confines of the institution are required to have a clear NCIC background check.
Not in the notice text
- The amendment documents, the questions-and-answers file and the wage determination are attachments not included here
- How offers will be evaluated is not stated
- The contract type and base period dates are not stated in the notice text
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 562998
- How to submit, from the AI summary: Email to m4morris@bop.gov and amcgrew@bop.gov (preferred), or fax to (814) 363-6815. 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.
Notice details
- Posted
- Nov 10, 2026
- Notice type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- Office
- FCI McKean, Bradford, PA
- Product/service code
- S222 · Housekeeping – Waste Treatment/Storage
- Business type
- Environmental & natural resources (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 562998)
- Versions
4 versions have been posted, newest first.
- Nov 10, 2026 · Amendment 0003 (this version)Due Nov 23, 2026
- Nov 3, 2026 · Amendment 0002Due Nov 23, 2026
- Nov 2, 2026 · Amendment 0001Due Nov 23, 2026
- Nov 2, 2026 · Combined Synopsis/SolicitationDue Nov 23, 2026
- 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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