Due: 12 days leftSolicitationSmall businessHI
What: Upgrade fire detection system at Federal Detention Center Honolulu—furnish all equipment, materials, and labor for complete construction. Project estimated between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. Period of performance not stated in this summary.
Buyer: Federal Bureau of Prisons
Where: 351 Elliott Street, Honolulu, HI 96819
Deadline: November 4, 2026
Who can bid: Any business registered in SAM.gov that meets the small business size standard for NAICS 238210 (companies with $19 million or less in average annual revenue). No SBA certification required.
Key requirements: Bid bond required with Step-Two submission. Payment and Performance Bonds required for 100% of contract amount before Notice to Proceed issued. Construction wage determination applies. Site visit was scheduled for July 21, 2026. This is a two-step sealed bidding process; only two firms (American Alarm Co., Inc. and Elite Pacific Construction, Inc.) have been invited to submit Step-Two bids.
Check before bidding: (1) Verify exact technical proposal requirements and evaluation criteria in the "Step-One Technical Proposal Factors" and "Step-One Technical Proposal Evaluation" attachments. (2) Confirm your firm's eligibility status—only firms with acceptable Step-One proposals were invited to Step-Two bidding.
Next step: If you are one of the two invited firms, submit your Step-Two sealed bid by November 4, 2026, at 2:00 pm CST with required bid bond.
Original description
10/21/2026 - Amendment 0005 - Incorporate revised response to bidder's question #13, update construction wage determination, and extend bid due date to November 4, 2026, no later than 2:00 pm CST. -- 10/15/2026 - Amendment 0004 - Invite bidders who submitted acceptable technical proposals in Step-One to submit a bid in Step-Two. Step-Two Bid due date is October 28, 2026, no later than 2:00 pm CST. Only American Alarm Co., Inc. and Elite Pacific Construction, Inc. are allowed to submit bids. Further bid instructions will be e-mailed to these contractors. -- 8/17/2026 - Amendment 0003 - Extend Step-One technical proposals due date to August 26, 2026, no later than 1:00 pm CST. -- 8/5/2026 - Amendment 0002 - Incorporate bidder's question with response. -- 8/3/2026 - Amendment 0001 - Incorporate pre-bid site visit meeting minutes, sign-in sheet, photo, responses to bibbers' questions, increase period of performance. Correct soliciation number on Instructions for Two-Step Sealed Bidding document. -- THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS-SOLICITATION OF PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) is issuing a Two-Step Invitation for Bid (IFB). The solicitation will result in one (1) firm-fixed-price contract for a project titled Upgrade Fire Detection System at the Federal Detention Center (FDC) located in Honolulu, Hawaii. FDC Honolulu is a federal correctional institution located at 351 Elliott Street, Honolulu, HI 96819. The project consists of furnishing all equipment, materials, and labor for the complete construction to upgrade the fire detection system at the FDC Honolulu. The specification and construction drawings included in the attachments of this solicitation provides the requirements for the project. Site Visit: A site visit is planned for Tuesday, July 21, 2026. The details are in solicitation attachment Instructions for Two-Step Sealed Bidding , pages 3-4. Invitation For Bid (IFB) Evaluation Criteria: This solicitation and resulting contract is using the Two-Step Sealed Bidding procurement method as described in FAR Deviation 14.211. The two-step procedure is a combination of competitive procedures designed to obtain the benefits of sealed bidding while ensuring only technically acceptable firms participate in the priced sealed bid. The process allows for the Step-One technical proposal submission and evaluation to be performed to identify firms eligible for Step-Two. Contractors participating in the solicitation will submit a technical proposal in accordance with the solicitation attachments Instructions for Two-Step Sealed Bidding and Step-One Technical Proposal Factors . Submissions will be evaluated for acceptability in accordance with solicitation attachment Step-One Technical Proposal Evaluation . Under this bidding process, Step-One consists of the request for technical proposal, evaluation, and (if necessary) discussion of a technical proposal. The submission requirements of Step One, Request for Technical Pr