USDA, ARS, PPD, Contracts Branch, 6303 Ivy Lane, Rm. 762, Greenbelt, MD 20770-1433

61 -- APPROXIMATELY 3352 METERS (11,000 FEET) OF ELECTRICAL POWER/FIBER OPTIC CABLE CONSTRUCTED AND INSTALLED, TO RUN UNDERWATER FROM ORIENT POINT (OP), LONG ISLAND, NY, TO ARS'S PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER (PIADC), LONG ISLAND, NY SOL IFB 06-3K06-97 POC Contact Lenear Bassett-King, Contract Specialist, (301) 344-3125 or lbassett@usda.ars.gov; or Alvenia K. Pitts, Contracting Officer, (301) 344-3125 USDA, ARS, intends to purchase, for PIADC, Plum Island, NY, approximately 3352 meters (11,000 feet) of submarine electrical power/fiber optic cable, double armored, inclusive of the following supplies and services under sealed bid for construction: 1) the contractor shall furnish and install, near the fifth utility pole west of OP, Long Island, NY, breaker house, a pad mounted 13.2/7.62 kV, 600 A, 3 PH, 4 W, 60 HZ, electrical switchgear, a precast concrete electrical vault, a fiber optic cable box, a chain link fence, and shall perform all associated site and utility work; 2) a combination electrical power/fiber optic cable approximately 3352 meters (11,000 feet) long shall be furnished and installed from OP switchgear pad and fiber optic cable box, running under Long Island Sound and Plum Gut and extending to Plum Island, with the terminating portion of the cable being installed in a micro-drilled boring; 3) at Plum Island, the contractor shall furnish and install two pre-cast concrete vaults and an electrical switchgear; 4) the fiber optic portion of the cable will run in a trench approximately 1500 feet long to the telephone room in the existing warehouse; 5) the electrical power portion of the cable shall be run below grade from the first manhole up to a new pad mounted switchgear similar to the one noted above; and 6) the contractor shall furnish, install, perform and/or obtain all associated and appurtenant submittals, equipment, demolition and disposal, permits, testing and connections as set forth in the solicitation. The Government anticipates the release of an IFB in mid-April, 1997. This procurement is reclassified from total small business set aside to full and open competition. Requests for the solicitation package should be addressed to Bob Kondrath, STV Incorporated, (610) 385-8200. Requests for information can be addressed to the Contracting Office, (301) 344-3125 [faxes and E-mail information requests are acceptable -- E-mail: lbassett@ars.usda.gov, fax: (301) 344-3354]. NOTE: Previous CBD Notice for this requirement, dated June 25, 1996, was the Construction Pre-Solicitation Notice for this procurement. The solicitation number as identified in the Pre-Solicitation Notice is changed from 12-3K06-96 to 06-3K06-97. (0084)

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