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This announcement is to all Small Business, 8(a) Small Business, HUBZone Small Business, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprises, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business and Women-Owned Small Business concerns that may be interested in performing a contract for the California Great Basin Region of the Bureau of Reclamation. The work to be performed is described below. Based upon response to this announcement, the Government may determine to set this acquisition aside or proceed with an unrestricted solicitation. The applicable North

American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237130 and the related small business size standard is $45M.

This sources sought notice is for market research and acquisition planning purposes only. No formal solicitation for this work exists at this time.

This notice is not a request for proposal and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner. The estimated cost of this project is more than $10,000,000. This procurement will require 100% performance and payment bonds.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is conducting market research for a construction contract to supply and install nine (9) single-phase, outdoor, step-up transformers with the following characteristics:

− Three (3) at a rating of 41/55/68 MVA, 55-degree rise, 900kV BIL, and insulated with synthetic ester fluid.

− Three (3) at a rating of 35/47/58 MVA, 55-degree rise, 900kV BIL, and insulated with synthetic ester fluid.

− Three (3) at a rating of 30/40/50 MVA, 55-degree rise, 900kV BIL, and insulated with synthetic ester fluid.

Installation will occur over three different outage periods each separated by one year, one bank of three per outage period. The work will be located at Spring Creek Powerplant approximately 6 miles northwest of Redding, CA, in Shasta County; at Judge Francis

Carr Powerplant approximately 12 miles northwest of Redding, CA, in Shasta County;

and at Trinity Powerplant approximately 30 miles northwest of Redding, CA, in Trinity

County.

The principal components of work are as follows:

− Supply (manufacture, factory test, and transport) three (3) Generator Step-Up

(GSU) power transformers for in-service operation at each power plant.

− Remove and dispose of three (3) GSU power transformers from in-service operation including high voltage surge arresters at each power plant.

o Recycle or dispose of existing insulation fluid.

o Remove and dispose of existing asbestos wiring.

− Install and commission three (3) GSU power transformers for in-service operation including high voltage surge arresters at each power plant.

− Modify existing isolated phase bus for connections to new transformers.

− Furnish and install seismic anchorage systems for new transformers.

Interested parties shall include the following information in their response:

(a) Business name, address, cage code, size classification based on NAICS size standard, Small

Business classification (Small Business, Veteran-Owned Small Business, Woman-Owned Small

Business, 8a, HUBZone, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business etc.), and a point of contact;

(b) A positive statement of your intention to submit an offer/bid for this solicitation as a prime contractor;

(c) Description of transformer manufacturer capabilities to meet the requirements;

(d) Location of transformer manufacturing facility; and

(e) Approximate lead time for manufacturing and delivering transformers;

(f) Bonding capacity on a single-job;

System for Award Management (SAM) applies to this procurement. Prospective contractors must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award. Lack of registration in the SAM database will make an offeror ineligible for award. Information on SAM registration can be obtained via the Internet at http://www.sam.gov

All interested parties are encouraged to respond to this notice, by e-mail to mthomas@usbr.gov no later than close of business on 1/18/2024. Detailed specifications are not available at this time.

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