43--DOL FIXED SPEED VERTICAL TURBINE REMANUFACTURER/RE

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND PURPOSE: A. The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Western Colorado Area Office, utilizes the Dolores Water Conservancy District to operate the Dolores Project for the Bureau of Reclamation, providing seasonal, pressurized irrigation to over 60,000 acres in southwest Colorado. Six pumping plants located along the Dove Creek and South Canals, northwest of Cortez, CO, draw and pressurize water from the canals for irrigation to the surrounding area. Five of these pumping plants Cahone, Dove Creek, Fairview, Pleasant View, and Ruin Canyon contain a number of vertical turbine pumps with approximately 50,000 operating hours. The objective of this project is to rebuild/overhaul and recondition these pumps, 16 in total, to an as-new condition, which will occur over the next three years, between the months of October and April. B. The intent of this contract is to procure all the major hydraulic repairs and equipment needed for complete rebuild/overhaul. Supply the services and equipment required for the Dolores Project Pumping Plants Vertical Turbine Pump rebuild/overhaul, CRSP, in Montezuma County Colorado, in accordance with contract provisions and clauses. COMPETITON: Solicitation No. 140R4018Q0022 is anticipated to be a total small business Set-Aside. The requirement shall be procured in accordance with FAR 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items; & 13.5, Simplified Acquisition Procedures Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. NAICS CODE AND SIZE STANDARD: The NAICS Code for this requirement is 332710, Machine Shops, with a small business size standard of 500 employees. SOLICITATION RELEASE DATE: The release date for Solicitation No. 140R4018Q0022 is anticipated to be February 22, 2018. Interested parties are encouraged to monitor this announcement for updates and the release of the solicitation documents. The solicitation documents for this procurement will be accessible from the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website, www.fbo.gov. It is, and will continue to be, all potential offerors responsibility to monitor the FBO website for any amendments, updates, responses to questions and answers, etc. as the Government will not be providing any other methods of information dissemination. SYSTEM FOR AWARD MANAGEMENT (SAM, www.sam.gov): The System for Award Management (SAM) is a recently implemented Federal Government owned-and-operated FREE web site that consolidates the capabilities in Central Contractor Registration (CCR)/Federal Register (FedReg), Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA), and Excluded Parties List System (EPLS). Offerors must be successfully registered in SAM in order to be considered for a Government contract award. If you had an active record in CCR, you have an active record in SAM. POINT-OF-CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS: The primary point of contact for this solicitation is Mr. Nathan Crane, Contract Specialist: Email contact@example.gov; Phone +1 (555) 000-0000, located at the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region Office in Salt Lake City, Utah. NOTE: THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (SOLICITATION), NOR IS IT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ). It is not to be construed as a commitment by the requesting party to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. Responses will not be considered as proposals or quotes. No award will be made as a result of this Notice. The Government will NOT be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties in responding to this Notice. This FedBizOps Notice is strictly for compliance with FAR Subpart 5.2. As a result of this Notice, the Government may issue a competitive solicitation; however, should such requirements materialize, no basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to the Notice (e.g. use of such information as either part of its evaluation process or in developing specifications for any subsequent requirement).