High Voltage Emergency Repairs

SOURCES SOUGHT FOR HIGH VOLTAGE EMERGENCY REPAIRS Sources Sought Number HHSNIHOFRSBSS12002RC THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING A MARKET SURVEY AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, PROPOSAL ABSTRACTS, QUOTATIONS, OR INVITATION FOR BIDS. NO AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS NOICE. The National Institutes of Health is conducting a MARKET SURVEY for Full and Open Competition to determine the availability and capability of businesses capable of making emergency repairs to the High Voltage Distribution Systems at National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda and Poolesville MD Campuses. The purpose of the High Voltage Emergency Repairs Services is to provide Emergency maintenance and repair of equipment generally defined as: Making Emergency repairs to High Voltage cables (PLIC/EPR), the equipment current to the latest firmware and software updates, verifying proper operation, troubleshooting to the device level, and fine tuning device, communications, and/or reconfiguration equipment. The Contractor is to provide high voltage emergency repairs to the National Institutes of Health as needed. Each emergency job shall be issued by the Project Officer using unique task order number. The North American industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 238210 and the business size standard is $14.0 million dollars. It is the intent of the NIH, Office of Research Facilities (ORF) to procure services to provide emergency repairs to the High Voltage Distribution systems. These services may be performed at NIH facilities which include NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, MD, and NIH Animal Center, in Poolesville, MD. The Prime Contractor shall perform no less than 50% of the contract; sub-contract shall perform no more than 50% of the work. FAR Clause 52.219-14 Limitation on subcontracting rules applies. The Contractor is responsible for repairs and/or replacement of High Voltage cables PLIC and EPR cables, splicing and testing of cable, repair equipment various sizes and style circuit breakers 2400 Volt to 15 KV, repairs to various size and style Motors (120 Volt AC/DC to 13KV) and up to 6000 HP. Assist NIH/High Voltage group in trouble shooting of existing equipment - inductive motors and controls system. Critical Response Service shall include 4 hour response time for the specific events described below: - a. Loss of 15KV Feeder Cable - b. Loss of Transformer/Switchgear down or problem - c. Loss of substation switchgear The anticipated period of performance is for a base year with four option years. It is the intent to award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity Contract (IDIQ). Work shall be identified under individual task orders issued by the Contracting Officer. The contractor will be required to respond to High Voltage Emergency repairs. POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN THEIR RESPONSE: The contractor must include in their Capability Statement, (1) the company name, address, phone number, e-mail address, NAICS Code http://www.sba.gov/size, certification of business size, and Duns and Bradstreet Number (DUNS), (2) staff expertise, including their availability, experience, and formal and other training, (3) current in-house capability and capacity to perform the work, (4) prior completed projects of similar nature, (5) corporate experience and management capability and (6) examples of prior completed Government contracts, references, and other related information. The Capability Statement is limited to 25 pages in size. Interested vendors capable of furnishing the government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice should submit their Capability Statement to the e-mail address below. Capability Statements will be due fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this notice, or March 1, 2013, at 1:00PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). The Capability Statement must reference Sources Sought Number HHSNIHOFRSBSS12002RC. All responsible sources may submit a Capability Statement, which if timely received shall be considered by the agency. Capability Statements must be submitted via e-mail only to coler@mail.nih.gov. Faxed or postal mailed copies will not be accepted. DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provide in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No Proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any no-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).