Black Rock Electrical Pre-Solicitation Notice.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a set aside for certified small business contractors for the Electrical Modifications project at the Black Rock Lake, located in Thomaston, Connecticut. The NAICS code for the work described below is 238210 (Size Standard $15.0 Million). The project is planned to be issued in August 2018, and will be set aside for Small Businesses. The construction will extend over a one-month period occurring in the fall of 2018. The estimated magnitude of this project is between $100,000 and $250,000. Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a quote to be considered by the New England District. This project has the following major components. • Demolish three existing pole mounted transformers. Transformers should be assumed to contain PCBs. • Contract with the utility to provide pole mounted transformers on the utility pole. • Provide meter socket. • Provide overhead conductors from the utility transformer to the meter socket and from the meter socket to the project office. • Replace the single phase generator enclosed circuit breaker with a non-fused disconnect. • Replace the transfer switch and panelboard located in the project office. • Provide circuit breaker in panel MDP-1. • Provide feeder splice in a new pole mounted junction box. • Replace the service entrance enclosed circuit breaker located in the gate tower. • Provide a main circuit breaker in Panel-B. Please note that this solicitation is set aside for certified small businesses. This is not a request for quotes at this time; the solicitation requirements and contract documents which will include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about August 2018. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at [email protected].