Z -- Replace Failed SCADA System

The Air Force is seeking sources for a potential 100 percent set-aside for HUBZone, or Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) concerns. IF ADEQUATE RESPONSES ARE NOT RECEIVED, THE ACQUISITION MAY BE SOLICITED ON AN UNRESTRICTED BASIS. This is a sources sought for planning purposes only. Title/Description: Replace Failed SCADA System, Project 050011. This project replaces the remote monitoring and control system, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), for the primary electrical power distribution system located at WPAFB. This system consists of power sensors, relays, remote terminal units, and the interconnecting control conductors in 9 substations located throughout the base. It also consists of a front-end computer system located in one central facility along with other remote monitoring sites. The estimated magnitude of the project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Special Requirements/Concerns: The SCADA system monitors and controls the primary electrical distribution system from all of WPAFB. The contract requires the installation of highly specialized hardware controlled by custom written computer code. It requires the correct installation of thousands of control conductors, hundreds of relays, and hundreds of sensors. Prime contractors who are HUBZone and/or SDVOSB and who intend to submit a bid for this solicitation MUST submit the following by 2:00 p.m. (local Dayton time) on 08 May 2006: (1) a positive statement of your intention to submit a bid for this solicitation as a Prime Contractor; (2) date of HUBZone and/or SDVOSB certification; (3) listing of experience in work similar in type and scope that you identified to include contract numbers, project titles, dollar amounts, and points of contact with their current phone numbers; (4) evidence of capability to be bonded for bid, performance and payment bonds; and (5) if you are a HUBZone considering a joint venture, you will need to provide proof that this consideration has been forwarded to the cognizant SBA office for approval. Firms interested should provide the above documentation, e-mail and faxed responses will be accepted. All of the above must be submitted in sufficient detail for a decision to be made on the availability of interested HUBZone or SDVOSB concerns. Responses shall be limited to 5 pages. Failure to submit all information requested would result in a contractor being considered 'not interested' in this requirement. The mailing address for responses is 88 CONS/PKC, 1940 Allbrook Dr, Ste 3, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-5309.