SPECIAL NOTICE
Y -- Notice of Intent for Sole Source of Brand Name Items for the New Cadet Barracks Chilled Water Plant (CBCWP) at USMA, West Point
- Notice Date
- 3/18/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 236210
— Industrial Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, New York, Attn: CENAN-CT, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, New York, 10278-0090, United States
- ZIP Code
- 10278-0090
- Solicitation Number
- W912DS-16-S-0017
- Archive Date
- 4/19/2016
- Point of Contact
- Mohenda R. Surage, Phone: 9177908088
- E-Mail Address
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mohenda.r.surage@usace.army.mil
(mohenda.r.surage@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. The New York District plans to solicit and award a design-bid-build construction project for New Chiller Plant in FY16. 2. This notification serves three (3) purposes: A. To notify potential Offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name(s) only component for this project. B. To identify potential sources that can provide an equivalent to the brand name only item. C. Notification of the Army's intent to solicit brand name components as described below. 3. The items described below, under summary of requirements, are embedded in the construction project. The project will be issued competitively. Only the components described below will be sole source, if no other sources are identified that can provide an equivalent system. In the event no equivalent sources are found the brand name only justification and approvals will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval for sole sourcing. Supplies of the brand name component will be provided directly to the Contractor(s) and not to the Government. 4. Summary of Requirements: A. Hirsch Card Access System by Embrace Technologies (estimated cost = $25K) Embrace Technologies is the only registered and certified contractor to perform all the card access work at the USMA, West Point. Embrace uses the Hirsch Card Access Systems that are also certified DoD security system and used by West Point. B. Water Cooled Steam Turbine Chiller (Estimated Cost = $2,040,000) The CBCWP is intended to serve the nine historic barracks at West Point Military Academy. Renovation of these barracks to date have been LEED certifiable and in compliance with UFC 1-200-02 energy requirements. A hybrid chilled water plant configuration consisting of a combination of water cooled steam turbine driven centrifugal chillers and water cooled electrical centrifugal was recommended. The hybrid chilled water plant option also provides the following qualitative benefits to the Installation: • Allows cost effective chilled water generation using electric chillers to satisfy a majority of the chilled water load. • Allows chilled water generation using non-electric chillers to satisfy a majority of the chilled water load during an NYISO required load curtailment. • Provides USMA operational flexibility based on day ahead electrical commodity prices and natural gas prices. • Increases the USMA summer base steam demand to allow cost effective operation of a potential future CHP plant. • Future flexibility to convert to an all electrical plant if CHP does not move forward and electric utility service limitations are corrected. Only one known source for water cooled steam turbine driven chillers exists (Johnson Controls/York). C. Advanced Utility Meters (estimated cost: $15,700) The Army Advanced Metering Program executes the provision of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT 2005). The program required Army installations to install advanced electric, gas, water and steam meters by 2016. All these meters will be connected to the Army Meter Data Management System (MDMS) which will be used to obtain data that tracks and trends energy usage, enabling identification and improvement of energy efficiency. The metering requirements were defined in the following references: 1. Secretary of the Army Memorandum; Subject: Army Directive 2014-10 (Advanced Metering of Utilities dated 4 June 2014. 2. Undersecretary of Defense Memorandum; Subject: Utilities Meter Policy dated 16 Apr 2013. 3. FRAGO No. 1 to HQDA EXORD 028-12 dated 111810Z April 2012. Reference 4.C.1., Paragraph 3.a, states that "Advanced Meters must comply with DoD Instruction 8500.01 (Cybersecurity) dated 14 March 2014 and DoD Instruction 8510.01 (Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT) dated 12 March 2014. In addition, Reference 4.C.1, Paragraph 3.b (5) states that "Advanced Meters will be installed and connected to MDMS on all new construction projects, and major renovation projects." West Point, in order to comply with those requirements, embarked on a program to standardize and install advanced meters throughout the installation. The initial installation of forty three (43) "smart" meters was accomplished through a contract by the Huntsville Engineering & Support Center. Due to above stated requirements and current post wide compatibility issues, the following meters which meet the above requirements are required: A. ABB Water Master Electromagnetic Flow meter (estimated cost = $7,875) b. American Meter Company AC-250 Gas Meter (estimated cost = $4,325) c. Electro Industries/GaugeTech Shark 200 Power and Energy Meter (estimated cost = $3,000) d. IMAC Systems, Inc. Domestic Meter Pulser (estimated cost = $500) The Contractor will be required to purchase these meters and provide all labor required for their installation and connection to West Point Meter Data Management System (MDMS). 5. Any vendor that wishes to provide an alternate source to the brand names above that is compatible with the above must provide a response with data supporting the claim within 15 business days of this announcement to New York District Corps of Engineering, Contracting Division. 6. This is a notice of intent only this is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project will be solicited at a future date. Send responses to: US Army Corps of Engineers New York District 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1843, ATTN: Mr. Mohenda Surage New York, NY, 10278-0090 This is NOT a commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract as a result of this notice or to pay for any information received. This notice of intent neither constitutes a Request for Proposal or Invitation for Bid, nor does it restrict the Government to an ultimate acquisition approach. This notice of intent should not be construed as a commitment by the Government for any purpose. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submittals will be used for market survey information only.
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