Sources SoughtPosted Aug 4, 2026·Responses due Aug 11, 2026

Upgrade Water Tanks - FCI Texarkana, Tx

Bureau of Prisons · FAO

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
237110
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15BBNF26Q51500001
Set-aside
None stated
PSC
Y1NE
Place
Texarkana, TX, USA
Contact
Jim Seratt (jseratt1@bop.gov)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15BBNF26Q51500001 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 4, 2026 · this notice
    Sources Sought
Solicitation
  • Sep 11, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
  • Oct 1, 2026
    Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Aug 31, 2026 to Sep 27, 2026, middle of the range Sep 9, 2026.
Measured from 169 past early notices at Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Aug 4, 2026).

Next steps for this stage

Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.

  • Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

This is a sources sought notice. This notice is issued for market research purposes only. This is not a solicitation or invitation for offerors to submit qualification documents or proposals. Should this requirement move forward, a synopsis of the proposed contract action will be posted at a later date providing instructions for offerors to respond to this opportunity. Please only respond to this sources sought notice if you are seriously interested and if your company can perform the corresponding work required. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP), Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Texa… (show all)

rkana, Texas, anticipates the issuance of a solicitation for the award of a firm-fixed-price construction contract for a project titled Replace Water Towers for FCI Texarkana located at 4001 Leopard Drive, Texarkana, Texas 75501. The awarded contractor will provide all necessary labor, materials, equipment, tools, and incidentals required to restore and modernize FCI Texarkana�s water storage and distribution system. This includes complete rehabilitation of the 1,000,000?gallon ground water tank and 150,000?gallon elevated water tower, replacement of all pumps, piping, valves, and hardwired control panels, and installation of a fully air?gapped analog monitoring system. All work must meet AWWA, NFPA, OSHA, NEC, and federal security requirements, followed by comprehensive testing, certification, and a 5?year system warranty. The solicitation will be posted at a later date. Access to the solicitation will require an active vendor registration at SAM.gov as well as your Marketing Partner Identification Number (MPIN) associated with your SAM registration. You will need to request access to the controlled document(s) and receive approval prior to being able to view the files. If you encounter problems requesting access to these documents, please refer to the Help section on SAM.gov or contact the Federal Service Desk at 866-606-8220. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 237110 - Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction with a corresponding small business size standard of $45.0 million average annual receipts for the firms preceding three fiscal years. The estimated magnitude of this project lies between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000. Interested offerors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) at https://sam.gov. The FBOP is seeking small business contractors for this project. Your business size metrics information entered in your SAM registration must be less than or equal to the small business size standard specified above to qualify as a small business. You should be certified in accordance with SBA requirements if you are claiming a socioeconomic status (WO, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOB). We verify this information utilizing the SBA website �Small Business Search�. Please verify your status before submission. Interested small business contractors are requested to respond to this notice by adding their names to the Interested Vendors List for this posting on the SAM website at https://sam.gov. You must be logged in to your vendor account to access the Interested Vendors List. Please add your business name only if you are interested in submitting an offer as a Prime contractor and are capable and eligible to compete for and perform this project. This notice is intended only for those who would be entering into a Prime contract with FBOP for the entirety of the project. The FBOP does not award subcontracts. Subcontracts (if applicable/necessary) are the responsibility of the Prime contractor. The FBOP has no privity of contract with subcontractors. Interested parties are also requested to complete the attached Market Research Questionnaire and return the completed document to jseratt1@bop.gov. The synopsis of proposed contract action will include further instructions for responding to this opportunity. Interested offerors are advised to continuously monitor www.sam.gov for all future updates.

Who won similar work

8 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same office (FAO), same NAICS 237110.

Single-winner award sizes (8): middle half $561K to $3.1M, median $2.3M; range $147K to $4.5M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
DFW CAD SERVICES LLC3$7.1MSep 14, 2026
SOUTHERN OAK CONTRACTING PARTNERS JV, LLC1$4.2MSep 14, 2026
AMERICAN WEST CONSTRUCTION, LLC1$2.8MFeb 13, 2025
OCS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES INC1$2.6MAug 8, 2025
PENNS CONTRACTING INC1$569KSep 16, 2026
MECHANICAL BUSINESS HOLDINGS LLC1$147KOct 31, 2025

Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 6 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 0 of these past winners lobbied Bureau of Prisons (BOP) since 2024 (0 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Bureau of Prisons (BOP) job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 1 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 0 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 0 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.