SOLICITATION NOTICE
Y -- Excitation Systems Replacement - Central Valley Project Powerplants
- Notice Date
- 6/29/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation - Mid-Pacific Regional Office 2800 Cottage Way, Rm. E-1815 Sacramento CA 95825
- ZIP Code
- 95825
- Solicitation Number
- 05SP204038B
- Response Due
- 7/14/2005
- Archive Date
- 6/29/2006
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Bureau of Reclamation intends to issue a Request for Proposal for a firm fixed-price construction contract for the Excitation Systems Replacement at the following Central Valley Project Powerplants: New Melones Powerplant, approximately 40 miles east of Stockton in Calaveras County, California; O'Neill Pump/Generating Plant, approximately 1 mile west of Santa Nella off Highway 33 in Merced County, California; Nimbus Powerplant, approximately 15 miles northeast of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California; Folsom Powerplant, approximately 20 miles northeast of Sacramento in Sacramento County, California; Trinity Powerplant, approximately 9 miles north of Lewiston in trinity County, California; JF Carr Powerplant, approximately 4 miles south of French Gulch in Shasta County, California; and Spring Creek Powerplant, approximately 5 miles northwest of Redding in Shasta County, California. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is: 237990. Award of a contract will be made in accordance with HUBZone Price Evaluation Preference procedures as described in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 19.1307. FAR Clause 52.219-4, Notice of Price Evaluation Preference for HUBZone contractors are listed on the Small Business Administration's List of Qualified Small Business Concerns at website http://ww.sba.gov/hubzone. The magnitude of this project is estimated between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000. The work consists of the following to be performed at each location: (1) Remove and dispose of field breakers, voltage regulators and associated equipment, power potential transformers, semiconductor-controlled output bridges, control cabling, and 480-Volt supply from station service power source; (2) Modify existing rotating exciters to electrically isolate them from the excitation system; (3) Furnish and install new excitation systems, including power potential transformers with high-side interrupter switch and fuses, silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) bridges, voltage regulators, excitation power circuit breakers, control cabling, transducers, and control board instrumentation; (4) Provide field testing of new equipment; and (5) Provide training for operation and maintenance of new excitation equipment. The contractor will have to schedule work in accordance with the applicable outage schedule for each plant. Outage scheduling will depend upon power demand requirements, water constraints, and related operating conditions. At any one plant, only one unit can be taken out of service at a time. Each unit has a maximum outage period that varies from one to three months. The work at each unit must begin and end within the maximum outage period. The contract duration is estimated from September 2005 (award of contract) through December 2008. It is estimated that the award will be made for two units in 2005, and the remaining units will be options that the Government may elect to exercise within 18 months after award of the contract. This procurement will require performance and payment bonds to cover only the amount of work that is open/underway at any one time. Only options that have been exercised will be counted as work that is open/underway. For further information concerning all the principal components of the work, please see the solicitation. Solicitation 05SP204038 will be posted at http://ideasec.nbc.gov on or about July 14, 2005. The estimated date for receipt of proposals is August 15, 2005. The solicitation and specifications must be downloaded at the above site, with the drawings being mailed to you by hardcopy. No paper copy of this solicitation will be distributed with the exception of the drawings. In order to register on the Bidder's Mailing List to receive the drawings, you must register by clicking on the solicitation number and then selecting the "Vendor Interest" tab taking the following steps: 1) click on the Vendor Interest Tab; 2) enter DUNS Number; 3) enter Password or Tax ID Number. **Please note** You will not be able to register on the Bidder's Mailing List until the solicitation is posted, on or around July 14, 2005. Questions concerning this announcement should be directed to Brenda Davis by email at bdavis@mp.usbr.gov.
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