NSAW Campus FEEDERS

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE for Market Research purposes only. The Government is trying to determine the availability of certain Brand Name Components for upcoming acquisitions. No awards will be made from this Sources Sought Notice. No solicitation will be available at this time. However, responses to this Sources Sought Notice may be used to determine appropriate acquisition strategies for future acquisitions. The Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District intends to solicit and award construction projects for a customer of the Intelligence Community. The construction projects will be solicited competitively under future separate solicitations. These projects may include Brand Name only components, as described below, unless the results of these sources sought notification indicates otherwise. This notification serves three purposes: (1) to notify potential offerors of the Government's intent to solicit a brand name only component under future construction projects; (2) to identify potential sources that can provide the brand name only item and/or equivalent; (3) notification of the Army's intent to contract sole source for a Brand Name Only, if the market is unable to provide 'equivalent' products. The following items may be included in future solicitations as sole sources, if no sources are able to provide an equivalent system. In the event no equivalent equipment exists, the Brand Name Only justification will be issued pursuant to FAR Part 6.302-1, "Only One Responsible Source." A subsequent market survey will not be published in support of a Justification and Approval (J&A) for sole sourcing the resultant product(s) or system(s) in the event an equivalent product is not submitted for consideration. In such instances, the brand name or equal component will be embedded in the construction project that will be issued competitively. Only that part of the project requiring brand name components will be sole source, if no sources are able to prove an equal product. The construction projects themselves will be competitively solicited. 1. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) by Open Systems International (OSI). 2. Electrical relays and Devices by Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (SEL). 3. Locking Manhole Covers by Neenhan Foundary (model R-1740-D). 4. Dead Break Boxes by Gavan-Graham Electrical Products. Corp. 5. Power Monitoring Systems by Schneider Electric. 6. Transmitters/Receivers/Amplifiers by LuxLink Fiber Optics Communications System 7. Network Switches and Routers by CISCO Systems SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS: 1. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) systems are centralized systems which monitor and control entire sites or complexes of systems spread out over large areas. SCADA systems typically implement a tag database. Each "tag" is a point of data the system monitors. Systems under SCADA monitoring and control include water and power distribution, primary and secondary substations, fire protections systems and building cooling systems. Most control actions are performed automatically; however, there is also a manual override function. The manual override needs to be functional from both inside the facility and also remotely at other central-control sites. Proposed equal products must demonstrate that their products can be integrated seamlessly into the existing campus system. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA) by Open Systems International (OSI) must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. 2. Electrical relays and devices: Schweitzer protective relays and devices are proposed to connect with and expand the existing campus-wide SCADA system. The project's medium and high voltage protective relays and devices guard the system against power surges and power quality events. The protective system also includes satellite timing clocks needed to synchronize the facility with the existing campus-wide SCADA system. Proposed equal products must demonstrate that their products can be integrated seamlessly into the existing campus system. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the existing Electrical relays and devices by Schweitzer must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. 3. Locking Manhole Covers by Neehan Foundary (model R-1740-D Manhole covers) will be utilized for serviceability of the expanded secure infrastructure. The submitted product must be compatible and interchangeable with the cover listed above. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the locking manhole covers model R-1740-D as manufactured by Neehan Foundry, must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. 4. Dead Break Boxes by Gavan-Graham Electrical Products Corporation. This product is installed on Live Wire projects on the existing Campus. Offerors of equal products must demonstrate that their components can withstand 60kA Short Circuit Symmetrical as tested by an approved testing laboratory and will coordinate with the DBBs manufactured by Gavan-Graham Electrical Products Corporation currently installed on the existing campus. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the Dead Break Boxes listed above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. 5. Power Monitoring Systems by Schneider Electric. This project will involve expansion of the existing Campus ION Enterprise System, a power monitoring system. All new equipment will be connected to the Schneider Electric Power Logic ION Enterprise software system. Offerors of equal products must demonstrate that their components can be integrated, programmed and tested to be compatible with the exising campus power monitoring system by Schneider Electric. Proposed equal products must demonstrate that their products can be integrated seamlessly into the existing campus system. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the ION power monitoring system as manufactured by Schneider must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. Any vendor wishing to provide a system(s) that is compatible with the air aspirating smoke detection system as listed above must provide a copy of its brochure and any other data describing how the system is compatible and an "or equal" to the above. 6. TRANSMITTERS/RECEIVERS/AMPLIFIERS: by LuxLink Fiber Optics Communications System. This project will involve expansion of the existing Campus SCADA system to monitor and control the new electrical infrastructure. The LuxLink components required by this project include a transmitter, a receiver and amplifier. The LuxLink IRGM-7004.1 optical transmitter will convert a DC time code signals into four (4) individual optical output signals for distribution over separate fiber optic cables to compatible receivers. The LuxLink IRGP-7001 receiver is an optical repeater that is used to implement a drop-and-repeat time code distribution network. The LuxLink IRGM-8004 amplifier is a distribution amplifier (DA) that accepts an electrical unmodulated digital DCLS (Digital Current Level Shift) signal and Inter-Range Instrument Group (IRIG A through H input) for transferring standard format timing information. This amplifier unit produces four (4) individual electrical output signals for distribution over four (4) separate coaxial cables to other IRIG receivers. 7. NETWORK SWITCHES and ROUTERS: by CISCO Systems. This project requires network switches and routers to interface with the SCADA system components. The CISCO switch, Model WS-C2960, is an Intelligent Ethernet switch that is a fixed-configuration standalone device that provides desktop Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet connectivity for networks. The CISCO router, Model WS-3850-12S-E, currently offers superior 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth to meet NSAW network demand, including Gigabit desktop and wireless. The switch delivers advanced capabilities, such as a high-performance 24 and 48-port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch, 480 GB stacking, Power over Ethernet Plus, StackPower, and Flexible NetFlow on all ports. All new construction projects at NSAW facilities are using CISCO System networking equipment for compatibility and reliability. Submissions in responses to this sources sought notice must be submitted in writing via email to Nancy Kebe-Robinson at Nancy.kebe-Robinson@usace.army.mil no later than 4 P.M. EST on 14 October 2014. This is a market survey and notification of intent only. This is not a request to respond to a solicitation. This project will be solicited at a future date.