SOURCES SOUGHT
61 -- Dispatch Training Simulator
- Notice Date
- 7/26/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- 12155 W. Alameda Parkway Lakewood, CO
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DE-RQ65-10WA00128
- Response Due
- 8/16/2010
- Archive Date
- 2/16/2011
- Point of Contact
- Todd Tetrault, Contracting Officer, 720-962-7156,Tetrault@wapa.gov;Kim Cooper, Contract Specialist, 720-962-7153,
- E-Mail Address
-
Kim Cooper, Contract Specialist
(kcooper@wapa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This sources sought shall not be construed as a formal solicitationor an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. At this time there are no funds allocated or set aside for the future of this requirement. Any information provided to the Government is strictly voluntary and at no cost to the Government. The Western Area Power Administration (Western), Electric Power Training Center (EPTC), is seeking information concerning the availability of capable contractors to provide labor, equipment, and software to replace an existing Dispatch Training Simulator (DTS) at the Electric Power Training Center, Golden, Colorado with a mobilization start period anticipated of 10/01/2010 through 09/30/2011. This sources sought is only an attempt to locate experienced businesses and collect pertinent information on those businesses that are experienced in electric power operations, dispatch training simulators. Any formal solicitation that may result from this synopsis will be announced separately. Western is only interested at this point in identifying interested and capable contractors for these services. Overview of Requirements: This is a world-class training facility, providing training services to various disciplines within the electric power industry. The EPTC services are first offered to Westerns four (4) Regional offices and second to other electric power entities on a first come, first served basis. So that the EPTC can continue to offer the most up-to-date training services necessary, a potential contractor must be able to comply with the following: Contractor must provide necessary equipment, i.e., dispatcher workstations, instructor workstations, servers, networking, and communications. Contractor must initially build the system utilizing a minimum subset of the West Wide System Model (WWSM), to be provided by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). Upon execution of the proper Non- Disclosure Agreement (NDA) with the contractor, Western will provide the complete WWSM for the contractor to incorporate on site at the EPTC. The Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO) model will be handled in a similar manner. The two modeled systems are to be electrically connected via the back-to-back High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) ties that exist between the WECC and MRO entities. Contractor must be able to interface to existing Regional DTS systems, or if no existing Regional DTS, then provide necessary equipment and interface(s) to do so. The current systems in use are from AREVA T&D, GE Harris, and a MS Windows PC-based system. For Western power system operators, the interfaces need to mimic as close as possible the systems they operate in order to emulate what is currently used in their respective Region. Western will provide current display data to the vendor. Provided systems must be compliant with all current applicable NERC CIP Standards and Requirements. Must allow for updates to model, displays, etc., with low to moderate difficulty. Must allow capacity and capability for performing upgrades to reflect the growth of the power system, new regulatory requirements, etc. A list of current customers that are utilizing a particular vendors system is desirable.
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