Special NoticePosted Aug 6, 2026·Responses due Aug 17, 2026

26Z5AZ2 - REPAIR WATER SOFTENER

Bureau of Prisons · FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM / BUREAU OF PRISONS

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
238220
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
15B50126PR000343
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
PSC
J046
Place
TX, USA
Contact
Daniel Cruz (dcruz-ayala@bop.gov)
CSV Email

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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation 15B50126PR000343 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Aug 6, 2026 · this notice
    Special Notice
Solicitation
None posted
Award
Not yet. Typical award: Sep 2, 2026 to Sep 29, 2026, middle of the range Sep 11, 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 6, 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

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLICIT DIRECTLY FROM SUPPLIERS (RFO FAR 12.201-1(2) and 5.101(b)(1)(i)(A)) Solicitation Number: 15B50126PR000343 26Z5AZ2 � REPAIR/FURNISH AND INSTALL WATER SOFTENER Agency: Federal Bureau of Prisons � FCI Bastrop Classification Code: J046 - MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- WATER PURIFICATION AND SEWAGE TREATMENT EQUIPMENT NAICS Code: 238220 - Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors Notice Type: Notice of Intent to Solicit Directly from Suppliers IAW. RFO FAR 12.201-1(2). Synopsis: The Federal Bureau of Prisons, FCI Bastrop intends to solicit this action as 10… (show all)

0% Small Business, (firm-fixed-price) to repair/furnish and install complete Triplex commercial water-softening system. The statutory authority for this 100% Small Business set aside solicitation directly to suppliers is the RFO FAR 19.104-1(a) (1) and RFO FAR 12.201-1(2). A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED The Government intends to proceed with this 100% Small Business set aside set aside direct solicitation to suppliers. NAICS Code: 238220 - Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS A determination by the Government not to solicit this action on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) is solely within the discretion of the Government, IAW RFO FAR 12.201-1(2). Electronic responses and questions shall be submitted via email to the contracting point of contact listed below. Federal Bureau of Prisons is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. Contracting Office Point of Contact: Lisa Mitchell, l4mitchell@bop.gov Daniel Cruz, dcruz-ayala@bop.gov

Who won similar work

44 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Match: Same agency (Bureau of Prisons), same NAICS 238220.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
NBT CONSTRUCTION AND SUPPLY, LLC3$4.4MJan 15, 2026
SOUTH ALABAMA CONTRACTING LLC2$6.1MAug 25, 2026
MECHANICAL COOLING SERVICES, LLC2$783KJun 17, 2026
LONG BUILDING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.2$262KOct 31, 2024
Sealaska Secure Construction Solutions, LLC1$9.3MSep 18, 2026
BLASCO CONSTRUCTION CORP1$5.7MAug 21, 2026
GUSTAV KEONI San Luis Obispo CA 93401 USA1$5.0MSep 17, 2026
MARRERO, COUVILLON & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.1$4.2MFeb 25, 2026
UTILITY SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS, INC.1$3.7MJun 5, 2025
Everson Peachtree, LLC1$2.7MApr 17, 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.

Latest awards

Competitive landscape

For the 8 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.

  • 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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Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.

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.