Replace National Air & Space Museum Buried Lines

The contractor is required to provide all of the necessary equipment, labor, supplies, and supervision for the design and replacement of new steam, pumped condensate, and high pressure trap return buried piping underneath Sixth Street north side of Independence Avenue, SW in Washington, DC for the General Services Administration, Heating Operations and Transmission Division located at 13th & C Streets, SW., Washington, DC. The Sixth Street steam lines supplies high-pressure steam to the National Air & Space Museum (NASM) for space heating and hot water heating. The pumped condensate line crossing Independence Avenue and continuing south to the tunnel at 6th & C Streets SW is severely corroded and has at least one major leak underground, with the possibility of several more leaks due to deteriorated conditions and age. This section of the condensate locally to the sanitary sewer system at the museum. The museum will not be able to return condensate to the system until the condensate line is replaced. The steam line is also in a deteriorated condition and is beyond its expected service life. Replacing this line will ensure a reliable supply of steam to the building it serves. A firm fixed price contract will be awarded as result of this solicitation, using source selection competitive pricing procedures. This solicitation is not set-aside for small businesses. However, this procurement is being made under the Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration Program. Women-owned businesses are encouraged to submit a proposal and so state that they are women-owned. The NAICS Code is 238290 and the small business size standard is $14,000,000. This solicitation will be issued on/about May 18, 2009, with proposals due on or about June 17, 2009. G.S.A. is issuing this solicitation electronically only. You may access the solicitation document at the Federal Business Opportunities Web Site Page: http://www.fbo.gov. In order to be placed on the bidder's list, potential bidders who intend to download this solicitation must inform the point of contact in writing by mail, e-mail, or fax of their company's name, address, and telephone and fax numbers. The point of contact is Barbara Garrett at the Contracting Office address listed above. The e-mail address is barbara.garrett@gsa.gov, telephone number is (202) 690-9732, fax number (202) 690-9777. Please reference solicitation number GS-11P-09-YMC-0081 on all correspondence.