SOURCES SOUGHT
J -- Upper Bearing Shoes Repair
- Notice Date
- 7/3/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation - LC - Lower Colorado Regional Office P.O. Box 61470 Boulder City NV 89006
- ZIP Code
- 89006
- Solicitation Number
- 13-033LC
- Response Due
- 7/10/2013
- Archive Date
- 7/3/2014
- Point of Contact
- Alma Harris Contract Specialist 7022938404 ajharris@usbr.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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Point of Contact above, or if none listed, contact the IDEAS EC HELP DESK for assistance
(EC_helpdesk@NBC.GOV)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a sources sought synopsis for acquisition planning purposes and no formal solicitation exists at this time. All qualified concerns may submit capability statements for consideration. Capability statements received will be reviewed to determine the technical, administrative, management, and financial capability of such offers to perform this type of work. The capability statements will be used to determine appropriate procurement strategy, in particular whether a set-aside is warranted or an alternate procurement strategy is warranted. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this acquisition is 332710 Machine Shops. The small business size standard for NAICS Code 332710 is 500 Size Standards in number of employees. The proposed requirement is to refurbish/repair six Westinghouse Hydroelectric Generator Turbine Thrust Bearing Shoes. Refurbish used thrust and guide shoes including finish machining, inspections, and cleaning to match provided customer required bore dimensions and tolerances. The thrust and guide bearings on Parker Unit 1 were damaged from overheating due to loss of the thrust bearing oil wedge on three of the thrust shoes. The oil tub, which is common to the thrust and upper guide bearings, received a significant amount of Babbitt material that plated out on the leading edges of all the thrust and guide shoes fouling their surfaces and plating out the thrust shoe surfaces. The proposed requirement is to refurbish/repair eighteen (18) Westinghouse hydroelectric generator turbine upper guide shoes. Refurbish used guide shoes including finish machining, inspections, and cleaning to match provided customer required bore dimensions and tolerances. The guide bearing on Parker Unit 1 was damaged from overheating due to loss of the thrust bearing oil wedge on three of the thrust Unit 1 shoes. The oil tub, which is common to the thrust and upper guide bearings, received a significant amount of Babbitt material that plated out on the leading and trailing edges of all the thrust and guide shoes fouling their surfaces and plating out primarily the thrust shoe surfaces. The anticipated start date will be on August 1, 2013. Interested Vendors shall provide references; including unit size, type, company name, and work performed; depicting proof of successful past similar work performed for Hydro Electric Francis style turbine thrust and guide bearings. Provide description of basic work approach and methods used to perform the requested work. Additionally, all responses to this Sources Sought shall include company name and address, business size and type (8(a), HubZone, Small Business, etc., and point of contact to include e-mail address and telephone number. Capability statements shall not exceed five pages in length. This information will be used to assist the ContractingOfficer in developing the procurement strategy, in particular, including whether an 8(a) or Hubzone set- aside is warranted or if another socio-economic set-aside strategy is more appropriate. Should you be interested in this effort, please submit a capability package to Ms. Alma Harris at the email address listed below. Statements are to be submitted no later than July 8, 2013 4:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time. All responses to this sources sought notice shall be provided to Ms. Alma Harris, Contract Specialist, via e-mail ajharris@usbr.gov.
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Parker DamParker Dam, CA 92267USA
- Zip Code: 890061470
- Zip Code: 890061470
- Record
- SN03107770-W 20130705/130703235646-3ba321b6474e299a593c227502469292 (fbodaily.com)
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