RFP #N40083-10-R-2324, HIGH VOLTAGE MAINTENANCE/REPAIRS/CONSTRUCTION AT NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY (NSA), CRANE AND GLENDORA TEST FACILITY, SULLIVAN, INDIANA THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE RELEASED VIA THE INTERNET. This will be the only method for distributing solicitation documents and amendments. THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING & DOWNLOADING AT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE. www.neco.navy.mil The official planholders list be maintained and can be printed on the website only. Amendments will be posted to the website for viewing and downloading. IT IS THE OFFEROR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PERIODICALLY CHECK THE WEBSITE FOR AMENDMENTS. ALL PROSPECTIVE OFFERORS AND PLAN ROOMS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO RESISTER ON THE WEBSITE. All contractual and technical questions shall be submitted to Debbie Dills via facsimile at (812) 854-3800 or email at
[email protected]. The Government will award a contract resulting from this solicitation whose offer conforming to the solicitation will be the most advantageous to the Government, price and other factors considered. The following factors will be used to evaluate the offers: past performance, experience, management ability, safety and other factors as may be specified in the solicitation documents. These technical factors when combined will be evaluated as approximately equal in value to the price. The proposals will be evaluated on the Offeror's technical and price submissions. Offerors are required to submit separate technical and price proposals for the project. The contractor shall provide and secure support, where specified, to include the potential for multiple task orders for the maintenance, repair, emergency calls and repairs, installation of electrical utility systems including provision of pole mounted and pad mounted transformers, wiring, conduit, underground electrical distribution systems, electrical substations & substation equipment, overhead transmission and distribution systems, trenching, concrete, asphalt, stone, switch gear, generator systems, exterior lighting, transfer switches, isolation switches, earthwork, gabions, clearing and grubbing, seeding, asbestos removal (that is part of electrical utility work), lead in construction (that is part of electrical utility work), as-built drawing preparation, and incidental related work. This work is on High Voltage equipment in a high voltage environment. The contractor shall be regularly engaged in the testing and installation of high voltage electrical equipment and systems. The Contractor shall show a minimum 5 years experience in this type of work. Contract personnel may be required to work in contaminated areas and will be required to be Hazardous Waste Operator and RCRA Trained in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.120(e) and 40 CFR 265.16. Contractor shall comply with "Permit Required Confined Space" in accordance with CFR 1910.146. The contractor shall comply with all requirements of OSHA and the Army Corps of Engineers EM-385-1-1 Health and Safety manual. This contract does not include electrical utility work, generators, etc. that are to be installed to support new building construction and major repairs or renovations to existing facilities. The work is located at Naval Support Activity, (NSA), Crane, and Glendora Test Facility, Sullivan, Indiana. For each Task Order the exact location will be shown by the Contracting Officer. Under the terms of this type of contact, the Government does not guarantee a minimum amount of services to be ordered. However, the Government is obligated to order from the Contractor, and no other source, all supplies or services of the type described in the contract which is contracted for during the contract term. Exceptions are work that will be accomplished by Government forces, work included as part of new mil-con or other new or major renovation building projects, and work under the Government Purchase Card threshold, which is currently $2,000.00. If the contractor does not accept an order, the Government reserves the right to procure the services from other sources. The solicitation contains provisions for a 12-month base period, plus two 12-month option periods to be exercised at the discretion of the Government. The term of the contract shall not exceed 36 months. Contractors are expected to inspect the site where services are to be performed and to satisfy themselves regarding all general and local conditions that may affect the cost of the contract performance, to the extent that the information is reasonably obtainable. In no event shall failure to inspect the site constitute grounds for a claim after contract has been awarded. This proposed contract will be issued as a 100% Small Business Set-aside procurement. The NAICS code is 238210 Electrical Contractors & Other Wiring Installation Contractors. The Small Business Size Standard is $14.0 Million. Approximate release date is Wednesday, June 30, 2010 with proposals due at 2:00 p.m. (local time) on Friday, July 30, 2010. Proposals will be due no earlier than 30 calendar days after solicitation is issued. A pre-proposal conference is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday July 13, 2010 @ 10:00 a.m. eastern time at NSA, building 2516 Conference Room A. The actual date and time will be provided in the solicitation. Attendance at the pre-proposal is not mandatory but is strongly encouraged.