US Army Engineer District, Honolulu, Building 230, Attn: CEPOD-CT, Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5440

Y -- POWER PLANT, ROI-NAMUR ISLAND AND LIGHTING UPGRADE, KWAJALEIN ISLAND SOL DACA83-98-R-0045 DUE 011999 POC Jody Muraoka, Contract Specialist, (808) 438-8575 WEB: Honolulu Engineer District Contracting Home Page, www.pod.usace.army.mil/ebs.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via, jody.muraoka@pod01.usace.army.mil. Correction: This action originally publicized in the CBD dated October 7, 1998, and amended on November 3, 1998, is subject to the Trade Agreements Act. The Government proposes to exempt from the application of the Trade Agreements Act to this acquisition the following construction materials: Engines and Controls, Generators, Governors, Switchgear and Controls (including 5KV Circuit Breakers), Voltage Regulators, Frequency Controls, Protective Relays, Data Logging Equipment, Power Transformers (PTs), Programmable Logic Controls (PLCs), High Voltage Cables, Radiators, Air Compressors and Overhead Cranes. The Government proposes to restrict acquisition of the named construction materials to those manufactured or produced in the United States, due to the Government's need for technical support and service on extremely short notice in the event that any of the construction materials need technical support or service by manufacturer personnel after installation. Once completed, the Roi-Namur power plant will be required to operate continuously, without interruption; and will power important and sensitive equipment that must be operational at all times. In the event that technical support and on-site technical service will be required from the original manufacturer or manufacturers of the construction materials, the Government may need to invite manufacturer technical personnel to rapidly travel to USAKA/KMR to work with on-site technical personnel. Access to USAKA/KMR is often highly restricted due to security reasons and it has been the Government's experience that non-United States nationals have experienced delays in getting clearance to travel and work at USAKA/KMR. The Government believes that such delays may increase the risk that technical support of, or repairs to, the power plant would be delayed, thereby increasing the risk that the power plant will fail to provide continuous power to the USAKA/KMR facilities. Additionally, the Government believes that USAKA/KMR can acquire and ship to the power plantsite domestically manufactured and produced replacement parts for the named construction materials more quickly than it can acquire and ship non-domestically manufactured and produced replacement parts. Therefore, the Government believes that use of the named domestic construction materials will insure a continuing supply of replacement parts that can be brought to the power plant site in the shortest reasonable time. Posted 12/09/98 (W-SN278652). (0343)

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