SOURCES SOUGHT
Z -- Project 520-18-109, Upgrade Generator Controls
- Notice Date
- 4/22/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 236220
— Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System;Network Contracting Office 16;400 Veterans Avenue;Biloxi MS 39531
- ZIP Code
- 39531
- Solicitation Number
- 36C25619R0074
- Response Due
- 5/6/2019
- Archive Date
- 8/4/2019
- Point of Contact
- Melanie Hawley
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This Sources Sought Notice is for informational and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment by the Government. This notice is intended strictly for market research. The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) or Veteran Owned Small Business (VOSB) set aside pursuant to 38 U.S.C section 8127 and 8128. This is not a Request for Proposal or an announcement of a solicitation and no solicitation package exists at this time. Your responses will be used solely for market research purposes of the Government. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this notice and submittals will not be returned to the sender. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System (GCVHCS), has a requirement for installation, configuration, and commissioning of emergency generator controls and other relative work for a Generator Controls Upgrade project. The generator compound is located near the center of the VA Campus (400 Veterans Ave, Biloxi, MS) and houses four (4) generators tied to a common bus. These generators provide emergency backup power to the campus and, parallel with, and export to, the utility; they are not classified as Life Safety generators. The VA is looking to award one firm-fixed contract to cover this project. The contractor shall furnish all labor, tools, supervision, equipment, materials, supplies, permits, and other requirements necessary to complete the General Requirements and Scope of Work for installation, configuration and commissioning of emergency backup generator controls and other described work for this Generator Controls Upgrade project. The intent of this project is to replace the existing generator and paralleling switchgear controls with non-proprietary controls and other miscellaneous work in the generator yard area. Among the items to be replaced under the Scope of Work include: All PLC s required for generator system control. All Gen-Set Controllers shall be replaced. HMI s and Remote Interface shall be replaced. Offeror s response to this Notice shall be limited to 5 pages and shall include the following information: Offeror s company name, DUNS, Federal Tax ID, address, point of contact, title, phone number, and email address Offeror s interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued to www.fbo.gov. Offeror s capability to meet this requirement including any current contracts (Civilian or Government) to include references (names and email addresses or at least phone numbers). Response must show clear and convincing evidence that your company has the capabilities and qualifications to provide this service to be considered as a source: Expertise with hardware/software/programming and interface of computers/PLCs/controllers and the like for generator equipment greater than 2MW in a mixed configuration of four or more units from more than one manufacturer (variable generator sizes). Extensive knowledge and experience with installing sophisticated control systems for generators varying in manufacturer and varying in sizes greater than 2MW that can load shed/part load/synchronize generators of varying sizes from various manufacturers/synchronize generators in varying configurations to commercial power/manage solar array interface/perform concurrent operation with commercial power/isolated operation/interface with commercial power provider to control system operation/interface with commercial power provider safety interlocks/system load management/and other suitable configurations for the purposes of providing consistently reliable backup emergency generator operations. Specialize in control systems for generators varying in manufacturer and varying in sizes greater than 2MW, including wiring and components necessary to build an automatic control center (paralleling switchgear, etc.) that automatically responds to the loss of commercial power by starting the generators in a selectable configuration, synchronizes all generators in the selected configuration within 30 seconds, communicates and operates all automatic high voltage switches to the selected configuration, provides secure, redundant computer interface for operators (local to the control center (quantity two) and remote, fully functional consoles (quantity two)) that allows one-touch selection of operating modes, one-touch system startup and shutdown. Provide proof of continuous experience since 2009 as the general contractor performing 51% or more of the work, building or rebuilding complex backup generator systems comprised of generator units varying manufacturer and varying in sizes above 2MW and a control center comprised of a computer operable system that provides the operator with graphical control of automatic and manual operation of all key components of the system. This experience shall include work on at least two systems (one within the last three years) dedicated as emergency backup power systems for campus type medical centers or hospital systems that have multiple high voltage commercial power supplies (23kV or higher) and multiple high voltage load circuits (13kV or higher) feeding buildings used for medical purposes including Surgery, ICU, Lab, Acute care, Behavior Health, Food and Nutrition, Community Living Center (nursing home), Imaging (X-ray, MRI, CT, etc), or additional critical medical activities that require emergency generator capabilities (full load within 10 seconds) backed up by emergency backup power (full load within 30 seconds). Capabilities shall demonstrate the SDVOSB and VOSB shall also show evidence that they will perform 51% of the work (additional 5 pages allowed). All parties are asked to identify any subcontractors that potentially could be utilized. Offeror s type of business (small or large) and socioeconomic status whether Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, Hubzone, 8(a), Woman Owned, Small Disadvantaged, etc. Primarily seeking Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned (VOSB) and must be registered with VETS-4212 https://www.dol.gov/vets/vets4212.htm and verified with the seal in VetBiz https://www.vip.vetbiz.gov/ to be considered for this credit. Same for/with subcontractor. The NAICS code being used is 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, and the Size Standard is $36.5 M. Magnitude of Project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000.00. Responses must be received by no later than 2:00 pm local/Central, 6 MAY 2019. Responses shall be emailed to Melanie.Hawley@va.gov using SRC 36C25619R0074 Generator Controls-Biloxi in the subject line. Facsimile or Telephonic responses will not be accepted. Simply responding as an interested party in www.fbo.gov doesn t constitute your company as a source. Offeror must provide the above requested information by the time and date specified to be considered a source. After review of the responses to this sources sought notice, a solicitation announcement may be published on the FBO website in the near future. Responses to this sources sought notice are not considered adequate responses to the solicitation announcement. All interested offerors will have to respond to the solicitation announcement in addition to responding to this sources sought notice. All interested parties are reminded to be registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) at http://www.sam.gov prior to providing an offer/proposal to be eligible for award of Government contracts. ALL INTERESTED SDVOSB and VOSB FIRMS MUST BE REGISTERED IN VETBIZ.GOV AND VERIFIED BY VA CVE. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (22-APR-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: GCVHCS;400 Veterans Ave;Biloxi, MS
- Zip Code: 39531
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 39531
- Record
- SN05288831-F 20190424/190422230021 (fbodaily.com)
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