Advanced Contract Initiative for Emergency Power
Added: Mar 15, 2013 2:03 pm 1. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Pittsburgh District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will require contract service support for generator set activities in response to natural and man-made disasters, in the United States and its territories. USACE uses the Advanced Contract Initiative (ACI) for Emergency Power to fulfill its mandate to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during Disaster Declarations. The anticipated contract type, expected to be awarded in September 2013, is a firm fixed price requirements contract with limited reimbursable items. The base contract period for each contract is anticipated to be one year with four one-year option periods to extend the term of the contract. The total contract, including options, is not expected to exceed five years. Up to seven (7) contracts may be awarded and will be broken down the following geographical regions. Contract 1 includes FEMA Region I, II, and III with a contract value not to exceed $50,000,000.00. Contract 2 includes FEMA Region IV and V with a contract value not to exceed $50,000,000.00. Contract 3 includes FEMA Region VI, VII, and VIII with a contract value not to exceed $50,000,000.00. Contract 4 includes FEMA Region IX and X with a contract value not to exceed $50,000,000.00. Contract 5 includes Puerto Rico and Virgin Island with a contract value not to exceed $15,000,000.00. Contract 6 is Alaska only with a contract value not to exceed $15,000,000.00. Contract 7 includes Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa with a contract value not o exceed $15,000,000.00 2. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS: The contractor shall be responsible to perform services in the following areas: assessing power requirements, installing government provided diesel powered emergency generators (sizes range from 4 KW up to 3 MW), fueling, operating, and maintaining and repairing generators at critical public facilities. Critical facilities are defined as facilities that provide life saving (hospitals, medical centers, 911 centers, police and fire stations), life sustaining (water and sewage infrastructure, assisted living centers, shelters, and meal centers) and other facilities as requested by the state or territory in need of disaster relief. The contractor must be able to have its full complement of resources, personnel and equipment, on site within 24 hours of receiving a task order/mission assignment. 3. SELECTION: In accordance with FAR Part 15, the source selection method will be by the Best Value/Trade-off method. Prospective contractors will be required to submit a technical and price proposal. Award may be made to other than the lowest price offeror based on an evaluation of the proposals against the evaluation criteria that will be outlined in the Request for Proposal. In order to be considered for award the contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management database; information regarding this registration can be located at www.sam.gov. This procurement will be conducted on an unrestricted basis; open to all businesses regardless of size.
W911WN-13-R-0003 Department of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineering District Pittsburgh
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