Construction Microgrid System - Fort Cavazos, TX

A market survey is being conducted to determine if there are a reasonable number of interested small business concerns to set this future project aside for them. If your firm is a Small Business, certified HUBZone, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Business and you are interested in this project please respond appropriately. Project Location: Fort Cavazos, TX Project Description: Design Bid Build (DBB) Construction of a microgrid system to provide electricity to a cluster of multiple critical loads (2.12MW) and multiple non-critical loads (0.79MW) to serve a total of 2.9MW of load. The microgrid system will include 3MW of natural gas fueled reciprocating internal combustion engines (RICE), 1.5MW solar photovoltaic (PV) parking canopy array, 1MW battery energy storage system (BESS), automated switches required to isolate, island and blackstart the system, and microgrid controls. These pieces of equipment will connect to the 12.47kV distribution system. In non-emergency situations, the RICE will be disconnected and the solar will offset load on feeder 2. The isolating switches will isolate a portion of the grid on feeder 2 and 14. This will power multiple critical facilities as well as non-critical loads in the isolation. Once the system is engaged, these loads will continue to receive power from the installation distribution system as usual. The microgrid will be installed to operate as a stand-alone autonomous electrical power system with capability to provide data link connection to the installation monitoring and control system. The RICE will meet the basic requirement for dispatchable generation at any time as well as establish the voltage and frequency reference for the solar array. The solar array will assist the generators in meeting the power requirements during daylight hours, provide the installation with power daily, and shade vehicles from the sun. This solar generation, totaling 1.5MW AC, will be constructed on canopies above the parking lots behind Building 1001. Contract duration is estimated at 730 calendar days. The estimated cost range is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000. NAICS code is 237130. All interested Small Businesses, certified HUBZONE, 8A, Woman-Owned Small Business or Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business contractors should respond to this survey via email by Wednesday, 11 October 2023 by 2:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Responses should include: 1. Identification and verification of the company's small business status. 2. Contractor's Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 3. Documentation from the firm's bonding company showing current single and aggregate performance and payment bond limits. 4. Description of Experience - Interested construction firms must provide no more than three (3) example projects with either greater than 95 percent completion or projects completed in the past five (5) years where the interested firm served as the prime contractor. Each project must include the name, title, project role, e-mail address, and telephone number of at least one reference. References may be used to verify project size, scope, dollar value, percentages, and quality of performance. Example projects must be of similar size and scope. a. Projects similar in Scope to this project include: DBB Construction of a new microgrid system which involves the following elements: 1. Natural gas (NG) centralized generators 2. Photovoltaic systems 3. Battery energy storage systems 4. Microgrid with automated islanding operation 5. Installation, Blackstart, and Commissioning of Microgrid systems 6. Installation of natural gas lines b. Projects similar in size to this project include: Construction of a new microgrid system which meets or exceeds the following elements: 1. Installation and Construction of generators able to handle loads of 2.0MW-9.0MW 2. 1.0MW or greater solar photovoltaic arrays 3. 0.5MW or greater battery energy storage system c. Based on definitions above, for each project submitted include: 1. Current percentage of construction complete and the date when it was or will be completed. 2. Size of the project 3. Scope of the project 4. The dollar value of the construction contract and whether the project was design build or design/bid/build. 5. The percentage of work that was self-performed as project and/or construction management services or physical construction type work. 6. Identify the number of subcontractors by construction trade utilized for each project. 5. Small Businesses are reminded under FAR 52.219-14, Limitations on Subcontracting; they must perform at least 15% of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials, with the firm's own employees for general construction-type procurement. Include the percentage of work that will be self-performed on this project, and how it will be accomplished. NOTE: Total submittal package shall be no longer than 8 pages. Please only include a narrative of the requested information; additional information will not be reviewed. Email responses and any questions to Mr. Scott Ferguson at scott.ferguson@usace.army.mil. This is NOT a Request for Proposal and does not constitute any commitment by the Government. Responses to this sources sought notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. All interested sources must respond to future solicitation announcements separately for responses to this market survey. NOTICE: The following information is provided for situational awareness and is not required to respond to this Sources Sought. All contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (www.SAM.gov) prior to award of a contract. All proposed contractors are highly encouraged to review FAR Clause 52.232-33 Payments by Electronic Funds Transfer - System for Award Management, which indicates - All payments by the Government under this contract shall be made by electronic funds transfer (EFT). Those not currently registered can obtain registration by going to the website http://www.SAM.gov. The process can usually be completed from 24 to 48 hours after submission. Contractors will need to obtain a Unique Entity Identifier (formerly DUNS number) for processing their registration. If you do not already have a Unique Entity Identifier, one can be obtained from http://www.SAM.gov. Refer to www.SAM.gov for information formerly found in CCR, EPLS, ORCA and FedReg. Please begin the registration process immediately in order to avoid delay of the contract award should your firm be selected. ALERT: You must submit a notarized letter appointing the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. This requirement now applies to both new and existing entities. Effective 29 April 2018, the notarized letter process is now mandatory on all CURRENT registrants at SAM who have a requirement to update data on their SAM record. The notarized letter is mandatory and is required before the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) will activate the entity's registration. Effective 29 June 2018, vendors creating or updating their registration can have their registration activated prior to the approval of the required notarized letter. However, the signed copy of the notarized letter must be sent to the GSA Federal Service Desk (FSD) within 30 days of activation or the vendor risks no longer being active in SAM. 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