CAPITOL SOLAR PROJECT FY15

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/ REQUEST FOR INFORMATION GSA NATIONAL CAPITOL REGION - CAPITOL SOLAR PROJECT The General Services Administration (GSA) National Capitol Region, Washington, DC, Office of Acquisition is conducting market research to identify potential small business sources (including 8(a), Veteran Owned Small Business, Small disabled Veteran Owned, HUB Zone, Woman Owned Small Business concerns) with the capacity and technical capability necessary to successfully perform the requirements described herein. The subject requirements is to provide rooftop photovoltaic power purchase agreement (PPA) requiring installations at multiple federal and quasi-federal buildings within the National Capitol Region, Washington, DC. (approx. 18 sites) The Contractor will design, own, operate and maintain the PV systems and furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment and supervision necessary to supply and deliver electricity to the various sites. The Contract Term will be a base contract of 10 years with one 10 year option not to exceed 20 years, and to be commercially funded by the developer and the only reimbursement made by the federal and quasi-federal building owners is the actual per power generated and used at each site after these PV Systems are designed and installed and commissioned. (Note: Any interested party may respond to the RFI, ONLY potential small business sources interested in competing in any future solicitation as a prime contractor should respond to this Source Sought Notice.) This is not a solicitation announcement. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with the providing of information in response to this announcement. The Government will use responses to this Source Sought Notice to make appropriate acquisition decision. Any resultant contract is anticipate to be Low Price Technically Acceptable. The Performance Work Statement (PWS) requirements fall under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 221114 Submittal Requirements: As permitted by FAR Part 10, it is requested that interested and qualified firms submit a statement of interest on company letterhead demonstrating the firm's qualifications to perform the defined work. Responses must be complete and sufficiently detailed to address the specific information. Responses shall not exceed ten (10) single sided pages (including all attachments). PAGES IN EXCESS OF THE TEN (10) PAGE LIMIT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Submit your completed responses no later than August 6, 2015 to Bonita Kenan via e-mail to: bonita.kenan@gsa.gov . The Government is not obligated to and will not pay for any information received from the potential sources as a result of responses to this Sources Sought. The documentation shall address, at a minimum, the following: A. Company Profile to include: (1) Company name and address; (2) Year the firm was established and number of employees; (3) Names of two points of contact (including title, telephone number and email addresses); (4) Small Business designation/status (e.g., SB, 8(a), HUBZoneSB, SDVOSB, etc) or statement that it is a Large Business concern (Note: for purpose of determining business size, the NAICS Code contemplated for any future RFP would be Utilities - 221114 - Solar Electric Power Generation (5) DUNS number; (6) CAGE Code. B. Three projects of similar scope and size completed by the responding company within the last three to five years. C. Documentation of the company's financial capability to perform a contract valued at $10,000,000 to $15,000,000. In addition, provide documentation on the firms' capability to perform or ability to obtain them for renewable energy projects tasking at least one full year to complete and produce a revenue stream assuming no advance payment or financial assistance from Government prior to or during the project construction phase. D. Affiliate information: parent company, joint venture partners, and potential teaming partners. E. Provide statement regarding ability to provide or obtain all necessary expertise, tools and equipment renewable energy projects F. Provide statement of your company's experience in renewable energy development and working with utility companies for access to transmission and interconnection of utilities. G. The firm has held contracts (as prime contractor) for installation, maintenance, operation and warranty of photovoltaic systems as power purchase agreements, and completed such systems, in the last two years. Indicate: - Total installed capacity (in kW) of PV PPA projects in the last 2 years: ____________ kW. - Largest PV PPA project completed in the last 2 years: _______ kW. - Total PV PPA installed capacity at a federal facility in the last 2 years ___________kW. In addition, please include proof of satisfactory past performance on projects mentioned above. Include contract numbers, project titles, contract value, points of contact with current phone numbers and a brief statement as to why the project is relevant to this sources sought notice. Note: Similar project size system is estimated to be around the 3MW range. If there are any additional comments regarding any item above, please provide below: - - - End of Language.