SOURCES SOUGHT
N -- Sources Sought for Geomembrane Demonstration at El Vado Dam
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2018
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 238990
— All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation Upper Colorado Region Regional Office 125 South State Street, Room 8100 Salt Lake City UT 84138 US
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- DOIRFBO180003
- Response Due
- 6/27/2018
- Archive Date
- 12/31/2018
- Point of Contact
- Vance, Lisa
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought for Geomembrane Demonstration at El Vado Dam REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS UNDER NAICS 238990 El Vado Liner Test Demonstration Construction SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS This request for information is open to all interested parties, however small businesses are strongly encouraged to respond. For the purpose of this enquiry, a small business is defined as a Small Business Concern under NAICS Code 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors. The Small Business Size Standard $15 Million in Dollars. The Government shall verify all submissions meet the small business requirement per the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) in addition to the Small Business Administration Dynamic Small Business Search website. BACKGROUND The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) requires a geomembrane installation field demonstration to be conducted at El Vado Dam, in north central New Mexico, to aid in the selection of a geomembrane system for a possible larger planned rehabilitation project. The field trial will allow selected contractors to construct an approximately 20-foot-wide by 30-foot-tall demonstration panel on the upstream face of El Vado Dam with installation scheduled during September and October of 2018. The demonstration panels will be installed over the existing steel faceplate, spanning at least one V-shaped expansion joint. The demonstration panels will include all components required for rehabilitation of the dam as a whole (i.e. drainage layer, drain/vent through the steel faceplate at the base of the demonstration panel, geotextile cushion, top and bottom perimeter seals, expansion and contraction control methods, connection to the concrete plinth at the toe of the dam, at least one vertical and horizontal field constructed panel seam, tensioning members, and intermediate mechanical anchorages to the underlying steel faceplate). El Vado Dam is located on the Rio Chama, approximately 25 miles southwest of Chama, New Mexico. The dam is accessed using New Mexico State Highway 112, which runs across the dam crest. Originally constructed in 1935, the embankment is a compacted gravel/rockfill structure. The primary water retention features at El Vado Dam are the steel faceplate liner on the upstream face of the embankment and a cutoff wall/grout curtain at the upstream toe of the dam. The upstream slope of the dam is 1.5H:1V (horizontal:vertical). The steel faceplate was constructed using approximately 8.3-feet tall by 24.4-feet wide steel panels that are about 0.25-inches thick. The individual faceplate panels were welded together to form a continuous liner. The steel faceplate is secured to a concrete plinth along the upstream cutoff wall alignment. Vertical expansion joints were positioned between each of the faceplate sections at 25-foot centers. The vertical expansion joints are continuous, extending from the upstream toe of the dam to the base of the curved parapet wall/wave deflector, and consist of a V-shaped channel about 6-inches deep and about 6-inches wide. The expansion joints were bolted and then welded to adjacent faceplate panels. Temperature related expansion and contraction, reservoir operation and hydraulic loading, left abutment landslide movements, and point loading at the base of the liner have caused cracks and tears to occur in the steel faceplate. The cracks and tears mostly occur in the base of the expansion joint channels or where the expansion joint was welded to the steel faceplates. New cracks and tears are typically noted by a spike in the seepage rates measured downstream. The steel faceplates not adjacent to the expansion joints are in relatively good condition. The dam location is at high elevation at 8,914 feet at the dam crest. Temperature considerations for the area are available at Western Regional Climate Center for EL Vado Dam, New Mexico, Station 292837. The data indicates temperature extremes of lows of minus 45 degrees to highs of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY This is a Request for Information (RFI) as defined in FAR Subpart 15.201(e). This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes “ it does not constitute a Request for Quote (RFQ) or a promise to issue an RFQ in the future. This request for information does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. At this time, Reclamation is not seeking any quotes or proposals and will not accept any unsolicited quotes or proposals for this project. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of the submission of information; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party ™s expense. The Government shall not be liable for, or suffer, any consequential damages for proprietary information not properly identified. Proprietary information will be safeguarded in accordance with the applicable Government regulations. Response to the RFI will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.201(e), responses to this notice are not offers and will not be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFQ, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) website and on Fedconnect.net. It is the responsibility of the interested parties to monitor these sites for the possibility of additional information pertaining to this requirement. REQUESTED INFORMATION The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify interested contractors, capable of supplying and demonstrating the test panels as identified in the requirements. Capability will be determined by the requirements below: A.Past Experience: a)The contractor shall be an established company that has specialized in geomembrane design and installation for not less than five (5) years. b)The contractor shall provide evidence of the following minimum experience with design, supply, and installation of similar exposed geomembrane systems on at least three (3) water storage embankment dams with the following characteristics: 1.At least 50 feet tall on a slope steeper than 2H:1V. 2.At least 50,000 ft2 upstream face surface area. 3.Experience with the use of mechanical anchorage systems to fasten the geomembrane to a rigid embankment facing such as steel, concrete, asphalt, or roller compacted concrete. 4.The contractor may also list projects involving tunnel lining or other non-dam work which required placement of a geomembrane system to an existing rigid facing for consideration. RESPONSES Interested parties are requested to respond to this RFI with the following data: a.Administrative Data: i.Name, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail of designated point of contact. ii.Information regarding business size and/or socioeconomic designation. b.Technical Data: i.Basic confirmation of capability to perform as listed under past experience above. B.Submission: a.Responses shall be submitted no later than 27 June 2018, 16:00 (MT). b.Responses shall be submitted via electronic mail only to Lisa Vance at lvance@usbr.gov any responses after the due date and time will not be accepted. c.Proprietary information, if any, should be minimized and MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED. To aid the Government, please segregate proprietary information. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. QUESTIONS Questions regarding this Request for Information shall be submitted in writing, through e-mail, to the Contracting Specialist, Lisa Vance at lvance@usbr.gov no later than 27 June 2018 16:00 (MT). Verbal questions will NOT be accepted.
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