Y--Design/Build Electrical Power Main Switching Station, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico

DESIGN-BUILD Electrical Power Main Switching Station, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. This acquisition is a total HUBZone set-aside. Only offers from qualified HUBZone small business concerns will be accepted. Offers received from concerns th at are not certified by the SBA to participate in the HUBZone program shall be considered non-responsive and will be rejected. NAICS 237130 (former SIC 1623), with a size standard of $28,500,000.00. The magnitude of construction is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00. Bonding will be required for this acquisition. The Offerors attention is directed to Section 00100 in the Solicitation for information regarding the tour of the site. Plans will be issued on or about May 19, 2004, with proposals due o n or about July 7, 2004. WORK consists of the design and construction of a new switching station to provide a secure, adequate, reliable, maintainable, and redundant power source. Switchgear and related facilities will be housed within a new protective f acility located within the base boundary in order to prevent sabotage. This project will require tie-in coordination and phasing with Public Service Company of New Mexico for all components and equipment associated with the PNM Kirtland Station. The appr oximate construction period is 390 calendar days. THE PROJECT will be advertised as a Request For Proposal. Competitive proposals will be evaluated based on the evaluation criteria set forth in the solicitation package. Evaluation by the Government will result in selection of a firm that represents the best overall value to the Government. Proposed procurement will result in a fixed-price contract. Questions of a technical nature should be addressed to Connie Williams at +1 (555) 000-0000 or e-mail address: contact@example.gov. Offerors must be registered with Central Contractor Registration (CCR), in order to receive a Government Contract award. To register, the CCR Internet address is: http://www.ccr.gov. Additionally a paper form fo r registration may be obtained from the DoD Electronic Commerce Information Center at +1 (555) 000-0000. This solicitation will be issued using electronic bid sets (EBS) and provided on compact disks-read only (CD-ROM) at no charge to all registered plan hol ders. Any prospective offeror interested in proposing on this solicitation must register to be placed on the Plan Holders List. If you are not registered, the United States Government is not responsible for providing you with notification of any change s to this solicitation. Offerors shall self-register themselves on the Internet. THE REGISTRATION PROCEDURE IS AS FOLLOWS: At the Albuquerque District Contracting Division home page at web site, http://www.spa.usace.army.mil, click on Advertised Solicit ations. On this screen, entitled EBS Albuquerque District, click on the solicitation number you are interested in. On the following screen, find Solicitation Registration, and click on Register For This Solicitation. If you have not previously registere d, click on New User and follow the instructions for Login Information. This will require you to establish a user name and password. The same user name and password may be used to register for other projects in the system without having to repeat the ent ire registration process. When you register for the Plan Holders List, please complete all requested information. After completing the registration process for this solicitation, verify that your firms name appears on the associated Plan Holders List. A ll offerors should check the Albuquerque District Contracting Division website daily for notification of any changes to this solicitation, including amendments. Offerors are advised that this requirement may be delayed, cancelled, or revised at any time d uring the solicitation, or final award process, and is subject to the availability of funds.