Y--CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION

This is a Notice of Intent of the US Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District located at 167 N. Main Street, B-202, Memphis, TN 38103 to negotiate a Sole Source Award with North Little Rock Electric Company (NLRED), PO BOX 159, No. Little Rock, AR 72115-0159. The NAICS code for this project is 237130. The estimated value of the acquisition is between $5,000,000.00 and $10,000,000.00. This contract action is being accomplished using other than competitive procedures due to statue that exists and expressly authorizes or requires that this acquisition be made from a specific source or through another agency; specifically, FAR 6.302-1(b)(3) states: quote mark When acquiring utility services (see FAR 41.101), circumstances may dictate that only one supplier can furnish the services( see 41.202); or when the contemplated contract is for construction of a part or a utility system and the utility company itself is the only source available to work on the system. quote mark The work consists of furnishing all plant, labor and materials for constructing a substation with two electrical services to support the Bayou Meto Pump Station No. 1. Construction will provide high voltage power (both 4160 and 480Y/277 volts) to the pump station site by the fabrication of 4 high voltage transformers and 8 miles of transmission lines utilizing existing and newly acquired rights-of-way provided by the contractor. Construction will consist of an on-site sub-station and its associated equipment, the power distribution to the sub-station, all service transformers, primary side conductors, grounding, and other work as required to provide electrical energy at the utilization voltage levels indicated.