SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- Gas Insulated Switchgear
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, HQ Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) - Arnold, 100 Kindel Drive, Suite A-335, Arnold AFB, Tennessee, 37389-1335, United States
- ZIP Code
- 37389-1335
- Solicitation Number
- AEDC-RFI-Switchgear
- Point of Contact
- Tyler S Payne, Phone: 9314546372, Christopher M. Fanning, Phone: 9314544458
- E-Mail Address
-
tyler.payne.9@us.af.mil, christopher.fanning.1@us.af.mil
(tyler.payne.9@us.af.mil, christopher.fanning.1@us.af.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE. Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC), Arnold AFB TN intends to award a sole source contract to Siemens AG, for Type 8DA10 medium-voltage gas-insulated switchgear. No solicitation package will be issued. However, all interested sources may identify their interest but must provide proof of capability to provide an acceptable product by submitting pricing data, an accurate description of the equipment offered and make and model numbers of the equipment. Only responses containing this data will be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Award will not be made on the basis of responses received to this synopsis. If no favorable responses are received by 2:00 PM CST on 11 January 2016, a contract will be negotiated with the above named source. AEDC has the need to procure medium voltage switchgear that is reliable and safe. Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) is the latest technology that provides power without requiring personnel be equipped with arc flash personal protective equipment (PPE) while operating or maintaining the GIS equipment. Hours of industry wide research, competitive bidding, and accepted maintenance and reliability practice have resulted in the conclusion that Siemens Type 8DA10 Gas Insulated Switchgear is the only switchgear that confines each of the three phases of power in three separate compartments. This is a critical requirement from a safety standpoint and mitigates electrical fault severity to avoid costly shutdowns of the entire system. Competitors' designs have all three phases in a single compartment. With the isolation of the phases a factory-trained Siemens employee can remove the damaged phase and replace it with the identical part from a spare cubicle, and return the cubicle to service in a short amount of time. In most cases this work can be completed with the remainder of the switchgear lineup still in service. In these situations, all competitors' GIS, in most cases, require that the entire switchgear lineup to be de-energized while the entire enclosure is removed (all three phases) and sent to the factory for repair. If spares are available, a new enclosure could be installed from the spare cubicle but the entire lineup would be unavailable throughout the duration of the repair. The competitors also have sections of conductors that are not housed in gas compartments and if the failure occurs at these points in the circuit it could result in much more severe damage.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AEDC/AEDC-RFI-Switchgear /listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: 100 Kindel Drive, Arnold, AFB, Tennessee, 37389, United States
- Zip Code: 37389
- Zip Code: 37389
- Record
- SN03967867-W 20151213/151211234340-28d8b1315490b16128e07be0421bdf8b (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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