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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 30, 2005 FBO #1342
SOURCES SOUGHT

61 -- Cable Repair, Cable Replacement, and Emergency Services, NIH Campus, NIH Facilities

Notice Date

7/28/2005
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

NAICS

238210 — Electrical Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, Rm 538, Rockville, MD, 20892-7663
 

ZIP Code

20892-7663
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-263-2005-P-(DF)-0038
 

Response Due

8/22/2005
 

Archive Date

9/6/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

8a Competitive
 

Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Facilities Development and Operations (ORF), is seeking 8a sources capable of providing all parts, material, installation tools, test equipment and labor for replacement, repairing, and testing of a 15 KV cable distribution system throughout the NIH main campus in Bethesda, Maryland. The 15 KV cable system primarily consists of 3 Conductor Paper Insulated, Lead Covered, Jacketed (PILC) and Ethylene Polypropylene Rubber (EPR), 350 and/or 500 MCM cable(s). Contractor must be able to perform the following three tasks: 1) Make emergency repairs involving the repair or replacement and testing of damaged cable, splices, switchgear, circuit breakers, or any other electrical components that are found to be defective. Please note that emergencies occur 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365/366 days a year. 2) Schedule cable replacement, which shall consist of the replacement of one fee3der at a time in its entirety, from source to final termination in various buildings, the break down and reconnection of splices, testing, and the removal of the old cable. 3) Provide technical assistance to NIH employees which may include locating faults, circuit analysis, trouble-shooting, power system analysis, and back-up High-Pot testing of cables. The vast majority of cable replacement will require the contractor to supply its own cable. Government furnished cable may be provided in limited situations. Testing shall be completed per international Electrical Testing Association (NETA) Section 7 specifications. Currently NIH intends to issue a solicitation for one base year and four one-year options at a total estimated value exceeding 3 million dollars. Any potential contractors should respond with a request to be added to the mailing list to receive a copy of the RFP that will be issued on or about 8/22/05. Potential offerors must include a full mailing address and a point of contact to receive a copy of the RFP. THIS REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE 8(a) BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. All requests must be directed, in writing, to Clint Druk, Contract Specialist, at drukc@od.nih.gov or should be mailed to: Clint Druk National Institutes of Health 6011 Executive Blvd. Rm. 529S Rockville, MD 20852
 

Place of Performance

Address: National Institutes of Health (NIH), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland

Zip Code: 20892

Country: United States of America
 

Record

SN00856665-W 20050730/050728211940 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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