SOURCES SOUGHT
48 -- Sources Sought for Cone Valve Fabrication for Summersville Lake, WV.
- Notice Date
- 2/11/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332911
— Industrial Valve Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- USACE District, Huntington, ATTN: CELRH-CT, 502 8th Street, Huntington, WV 25701-2070
- ZIP Code
- 25701-2070
- Solicitation Number
- W91237-14-R-SS08
- Response Due
- 2/21/2014
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2014
- Point of Contact
- Brandon H. Lewis,.
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE District, Huntington
(brandon.h.lewis@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 16.SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE FOR MARKET RESEARCH ONLY - This notice does not constitute a solicitation announcement or restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach and NO AWARD will occur from this notice. NO SOLICITATION, SPECIFICATIONS, OR DRAWINGS are available for this notice. Responses to this Sources Sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potentially qualified small business sources to include small businesses in the following categories: Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Certified HUBZone, Woman-Owned, and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned. The contractor would perform work to fabricate, assemble, test, and deliver one fixed cone valve, electric operator, and appurtenant items. The fixed cone valve shall consist of a body, a gate, screw stems, seat rings, and thrust nuts. The operator shall include the floor stand, mounting bracket, shafts, reducer, and screw operating shafts. The valve shall be 106 3/4 quote mark diameter and designed to operate at a head of 350 feet. The valve body shall consist of a cylinder, a fixed internal deflector cone on the downstream end, internal radial vanes, and an upstream flange for attachment to a flanged pipe spool piece. The sealing and sliding surface of each valve body shall be stainless steel. Bearing surfaces of the body upon which the valve gate will slide shall be stainless steel. The valve gate shall be constructed such that the bearing surfaces on the gate which slide upon the valve body shall be bronze to provide a stainless steel on bronze sliding contract bearing surface. The operating gear unit for each valve shall consist of two threaded nut, two jacking screw stems, two bevel gear reducers mounted to the valve body, a miter gear box, drive shafts and one vertical shaft extending into the actuator mounted above the valve. The operating equipment shall consist of a pedestal stand, vertical worm gear reducer, hand operating mechanism, electric motor and control equipment, and visual gate position indicator, and removable support bracket. The valve shall be completely assembled and hydrostatically tested in the shop as well as performance and leakage tested. Field inspection by a representative of the manufacturer shall also be supplied to verify correct installation. The completed valve shall be delivered via tractor trailer with adequate supports to eliminate damage or deformation of the valve during shipment. The submission is limited to 15 pages, to include: 1) Offeror's name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address. 2) Offeror's interest in proposing on a solicitation if issued. 3) Offeror's capability to perform a contract of this complexity and comparable work performed within the past 5 years based on the above criteria. 4) Describe the professional qualifications of your firm. Provide the number and qualifications fabricators and key personnel.. 5) Describe your firms' capacity to perform the described fabrication work in less than a one-year period and accomplish the anticipated work in an efficient and quality manner. 6) Verification of Small Business Administration (SBA) certification when applicable. All interested contractors should provide a response by close of business, February 21, 2014. Submit your response to Brandon H. Lewis via email at Brandon H. Lewis@usace.army.mil, or via fax: (304) 399-5281. Electronic submission via email are preferred.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USA/COE/DACA69/W91237-14-R-SS08/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE District, Huntington 502 8th Street Huntington WV
- Zip Code: 25701-2070
- Zip Code: 25701-2070
- Record
- SN03285913-W 20140213/140211234312-e7825fe4fcc266619d2fe63fa9c52042 (fbodaily.com)
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