Solar Lighting

This acquistion is being advertised as a 100% small business set aside. All small businesses or small business concerns (SB, SDB, WOSB, HUBZone, and VOSB and SDVOSB) are encouraged to propose on this project. The main requirements assigned are a NAICS code of 238210 with a small business size standard of $14M. It is important to note that in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 52.219-14 - Limitations on Subcontracting - the prime contractor is required to perform at least 15% of the labor with their own employees for general construction and at least 25% of the labor with their own employees for special trade construction. For further information on the requirements for general construction and/or special trade construction, please visit the following web sites: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/oes/2001/oesi2_17.htm http://www.census.gov/epcd/naics/NDEF235.HTM It is the intent of this proposed project to provide the requirements for the construction of additional area lighting in the following four areas on the DOC Boulder site campus: 1. Install permanent, house powered, bollard type light fixtures along the sidewalk on the Compton Road (east) side of Building 3; 2. Install permanent, self-contained, solar powered type light fixtures along the south side of Currie Circle, on the opposite side of the street from Building 22, along the sidewalk; 3. Install permanent, self-contained, solar powered type light fixtures around the perimeter of the material storage yard located across Currie Circle from Building 25 (within fenced in area); 4. Install permanent, self-contained, solar powered type light fixtures around the parking lot of Building 25; and 5. Option 1: Install permanent, house powered, bollard type light fixtures along the sidewalk between the Day Care Facility, Building 26, and the Cemetery. 6. Option 2: Install permanent, self-contained, solar powered type light fixtures along the west side of Compton Road, west of the NOAA parking lot. The proposal due date is Thursday, 28 July 2011 at noon 12:00 pm MDT with an award anticipated for September, 2011. The estimated price range of this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. A pre-proposal conference has been scheduled for 5 July 2011 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Building 1, Room 1107 of the NIST Boulder Campus, located at 325 Broadway in Boulder, Colorado. REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. To register, please email Leisa Lord at leisa.lord@nist.gov no later than noon 12:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on Friday, 1 July 2011. Completion time for this project is currently projected to be one-hundred and twenty (120) calendar days after the written Notice to Proceed. Source selection will be made using lowest price technically acceptable source selection process (FAR 15.101-2). The government will not pay for any information solicited. Offers that do not meet all the technical requirements or price reasonableness will not be considered. All offerors who do not meet the minimum requirements will be notified as soon as they have been determined not to be in consideration any longer. Any late proposal received is subject to FAR 52.214-7 Late submissions, Modifications, and withdrawals of Bids (NOV 1999). THE TECHNICAL DATA, SPECIFICATIONS AND DRAWINGS, ARE ATTACHED TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE PLEASE CONTACT PRIMARY - LEISA LORD AT (303) 497-3032 OR SECONDARY - JENNIFER MALCOLM AT (303) 497-3764. As a reminder, all contractors doing business with the Government are required to be registered with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR) and the On-line Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA). To register with the CCR and ORCA and become eligible to receive an award, all offerors must have a Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) identifier. A DUNS number may be acquired free of charge by contacting Dun & Bradstreet at 800-333-0505 or on line at https://www.dnb.com/product/eupdate/requestOptions.html. This procurement is set aside for small business concerns. The NAICS code applicable to this solicitation is 238210, and the corresponding size standard for determining whether or not a firm qualifies as a small business is $14.0 million in average, annual receipts (gross) over the past three years.