SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- Utilities Support Services
- Notice Date
- 8/31/2010
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541618
— Other Management Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Berkeley Site OfficeU.S. Department of EnergyBerkeley Site OfficeOne Cyclotron Rd., MS90-1023BerkeleyCA94720
- ZIP Code
- 94720
- Solicitation Number
- DE-SOL-0002181
- Response Due
- 10/1/2010
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2010
- Point of Contact
- Maria Robles maria.robles@bso.science.doe.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Byrd, Jacolyn L
(jacolyn.byrd@bso.science.doe.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pre-Solicitation Notice Title:Utility Management Support Services for the Berkeley Site Office This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice only. Proposals are not being requested at this time. See Description for additional information. Description: The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has a requirement for the acquisition of expert public utility management support services for the DOE?s Office of Science (SC) Berkeley Site Office (BSO), on behalf of DOE contractor-operated facilities in northern California, specifically the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), and related sites. Broadly stated, these services will relate to (a) utility requirements and sources, (b) acquisition of utility services, (c) management of utility assets, and (d) protection of utility rights and advancement of utility interests. "Utility" is defined to primarily be electric power. The BSO currently has a contract in place which expires on January 31, 2011. A determination has been made that there is a continuing requirement for these services. Electric power arrangements for the DOE Labs are roughly as follows: Total Lab electric loads are approximately 100 MW of capacity and approximately 900 GWh of energy per year. Power is supplied from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) / Bureau of Reclamation (BuRec) Central Valley Project (CVP) Preference Power allocation, take-or-pay purchase contracts via WAPA, and to a lesser degree supplemental purchases off the market. WAPA has statutory rights for transmission over the California-Oregon Transmission Project (COTP) for the benefit of the DOE Labs, and WAPA has provided a tieline linking LLNL to WAPA?s Tracy Substation. DOE Labs? power is scheduled via WAPA and treated conjunctively. Collectively, the labs and DOE have formed an Electric Power Consortium (the consortium) with the primary objective of delivering reliable power to the laboratories at the lowest overall cost. The BSO has overall responsibility for managing the consortium on behalf of DOE. Th e consortium operates a power rebilling system among the Labs to allocate costs in an equitable manner. Interested parties must have direct experience in all facets of utility management. Additionally, interested parties must demonstrate experience working with federal agencies as wholesale power consumers, including research; planning; technical, economic and market analyses; acquisition, including cost and price analyses, terms and conditions, and support for negotiation discussions; coordination with federal power marketing agencies and regional transmission organizations (RTOs/ISOs); maximization of the benefits of federal preference power; analysis and interpretation of the NERC Transmission Planning Standards and their application to large end users; systems management, including preparation and maintenance of power requirements schedules, rebilling algorithms and procedures; communicating complicated power supply arrangements to end user sites; and intervention support with utility regulatory bodies and judicial systems, including the preparation and presentation of e xpert witness testimony. A five year Time and Material contract is contemplated (one year base period and four one year option periods). The estimated Direct Productive Labor Hours (DPLH) is 4500 hours per year for each of the five years. This acquisition is set-aside for small business with an applicable North American Industry Classifications Code (NAICs) of 541618 and a size limit standard of $6.0M.
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