61 -- Electrical Distribution System Maintenance

The Defense Logistics Agency, Defense National Stockpile Contracting Office contemplates issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a competitive 100% small business set-aside for inspection, testing and maintenance of the primary and secondary electrical power distribution systems to operate at the levels and capacities for which they were originally designed. These services will be required at six depots located within five States. This requirement will be procured utilizing procedures in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items, Part 15 – Contracting by Negotiation and Part 19, Small Business Program). The contractor selected for award will furnish all labor, supervision, equipment, materials, parts and supplies required to test and inspect all operational components, replace common wear items and performance of routine maintenance as prescribed by the original equipment manufacturers of the applied components of these systems. The contractor must possess all licenses required by local, state and federal government (as applicable for the state in which each of the respective sites are located). The period of performance will be for one year with four one-year option periods, if exercised, with an expected start date of October 1, 2006. The solicitation will be issued on or about June 15, 2006. Offers from other than small businesses will not be considered. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 238210, size standard $13 million. The solicitation and any related documents for this procurement will be made available to interested parties through electronic media. Award will be made based upon Best Value to the Government in accordance with FAR 15 and the terms in the RFP. All firms wishing to submit a proposal subsequent to the RFP described herein MUST be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database and On-line Representation and Certification Application (ORCA) database or their proposal may not be considered. Contractors are encouraged to obtain further information on CCR and ORCA registrations at the following two websites: http://www.ccr.gov/ and https://orca.bpn.gov/. The address for downloading via the internet at Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) is http://www.fedbizopps.gov. No paper copies of the solicitation will be available. Potential offerors shall be responsible for monitoring the internet site for release of the solicitation, amendments (if any), and responses to any questions in accordance with the solicitation provision.