Repair Cathodic Protection - Basewide

CSC Applied Technologies LLC (CSC) is contemplating the issue of solicitation IFB165B for XTLF 12-1013, Repair Cathodic Protection - Basewide as a Small Business set aside. Funds are not promised or guaranteed for this solicitation. There shall be no legal liability on the part of the Government or CSC should funding not be provided. In the absence of funding no contract will result. Should funds be provided, to be considered for award of this project a contractor must have satisfactory previous experience in the types of work contained in this solicitation and have a successful track record performing the types of work contained in the project. Vance AFB also has strict Base access regulations and commercial inspections are mandatory with each entry to the facility. The acceptance period for this action will be through 30 September 2013 and contractors should consider this impact to their bonding limits prior to bidding the solicitation. This project is to install isolation couplings in existing gas mains, replace and add sacrificial and impressed current anodes, provide or relocate impressed current power supplies, install test points, and provide necessary excavation, core drilling, conduit, wire, road boring, backfill, sod, and other appurtenances shown, indicated or required by the drawings and specifications to redevelop cathodic protection for buried gas and water piping. Isolation couplings are to be installed, protected, tested, and backfilled before other excavation work is initiated. Once the isolation couplings are installed in the gas mains, the gas lines will be electrically broken into sections. The Contractor shall schedule remaining work, and man-power, to limit active work to no more than two of these sections of pipe at a time. Cathodic protection work on a section of pipe shall be completed, tested, and initial copies of those test forwarded to Procurement, prior to starting work on the third or successive section. All test reports will be included in the final test report. NAICS 237990, Small Business Set Aside Small Business Size $33.5M. Magnitude $100K - $500K Estimated Solicitation Issue Date: June 11, 2013 Once issued, please refer to the Solicitation Documents Folder of the solicitation download in the file "Solicitation Offer and Award" to confirm the following dates Pre-Bid, July 2, 2013, 2:00 p.m. at Vance AFB, OK meeting will begin in Building 200 Conference Room 123. Bid Opening, July 16, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. to be held at Building 200 Conference Room 123. Both above dates are subject to change. Please verify prior to dates shown to assure the scheduled events will occur as stated here. Anyone planning on hand carrying a bid that does not already have a Base pass should contact Local Purchase via E-mail at contact@example.gov and advise who will be carrying the bid. The individual(s) will need to plan on arriving at the Visitors Center at least 45 minutes prior to bid opening to avoid potential delay in accessing the facility. Valid driver's license and current insurance and registration for the vehicle being driven will also be required to be presented at time of arrival at the Visitors Center and prior to a Base pass being issued. Please note: All interested persons wishing to attend the, non-mandatory but highly recommended, Pre-Bid Meeting to be held at Vance AFB must provide the following information a minimum of five (5) days prior to the Pre-Bid Meeting. The individuals name as it appears on their Driver's License, Driver's License Number, Driver's License State of Issue and Date of Birth. Provide the above via E-mail to contact@example.gov. Valid driver's license and current insurance and registration for the vehicle being driven will also be required to be presented at time of arrival at the Visitors Center and prior to a Base pass being issued. It is important that information be provided no later than the Thursday of the week prior to the Pre-bid meeting date. Failure to provide this information may result in not being given access to the facility. Questions or clarifications should also be directed to either E-mail address contact@example.gov . IFB165B package is expected to be available on or about the Estimated Solicitation Issue Date shown above from the FBO Vance AFB page. After solicitation issue it is your responsibility to check FBO frequently for possible addenda or other items that may affect the solicitation. Attention Bid Services, if you are providing notice of this project to your clients please post this entire synopsis including all instructions. Failure to do so will result in inadequate information and may result in your client's not being able to readily access pertinent project information needed to bid the solicitation.