The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) herein issues solicitation 15BFA023B00000023 for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project entitled Replace SPC & USP Roofs, located in Marion, Illinois. United States Penitentiary (USP) Marion is a federally owned facility located at 4500 Prison Road, Marion, IL 62959. The project consists of the following: The United States Penitentiary Marion is located at 4500 Prison Road in Marion, Illinois. The institution has a requirement for a new roofing system to be installed. The existing roof at USP & SPC is a fully ballasted EPDM roof that is failing and has exceeded its expected life. There are roof areas that are of a standing seam metal roofing design that are beyond repair and have exceeded their lifespan as well. Access to attachments will require an active vendor registration (log in). If you encounter problems accessing these documents, please contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. Interested bidders must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at web site Pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 36.204, the estimated magnitude of the project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. (NOTE: This range is one of eight available ranges from FAR 36.204 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.) If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me, Trisha Holm, Contracting Officer, at 202-598-6052 The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238160 with a corresponding small business size standard of $19 million. The solicitation is set aside exclusively for small business contractors. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the website at https://sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. 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 the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov. If you have questions about SAM, Government procurements in general, or need assistance in the preparation of your bid/proposal/offer, a local Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) may be able to help. The Procurement Technical Assistance Program was authorized by Congress in 1985 in an effort to expand the number of businesses capable of participating in the Government marketplace. To locate a PTAC near you, go to http://www.aptac-us.org. *The value for this project is based on a financial range. The value is listed as the highest possible cost from the range provided by a stakeholder or official project document.