140R3021B0004_Pre-Soliciation_Notice_1.pdf

NOTICE TYPE: Pre-Solicitation Notice

SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140R3021B0004

PROJECT NAME: Escalator Replacement at Hoover Dam's Visitors Center

NAICS: The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code 238290, Other Building Equipment Contractors with a corresponding small business size standard of $16.5M.

PSC: Z2FB Repair and Alteration of Recreational Buildings

This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice with the intent of synopsizing a proposed contract action prior to issuance of the solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or about July 19, 2021 and will be posted to the Sam.gov. website under Contract Opportunities. No documents will be available until the solicitation is issued. All parties are responsible for checking the.Sam.gov website Contract Opportunities for the most current information. All dates in this announcement are estimates and are subject to change. The solicitation, once issued, will contain instructions for submitting questions. No questions regarding this acquisition will be accepted or addressed/answered prior to the formal solicitation issuance.

DESCRIPTION: The Department of Interior Region 8, Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Lower Colorado Basin, has a requirement for the replacement of two escalators with two heavy duty, in-place, fully functional escalators at Hoover Dam Visitor’s Center in Nevada 89005. The new escalators will be installed in the same location and within the footprint of the current escalators. In addition to the removal and installation, the contractor will provide training on the operation and maintenance of the escalators, select critical spare parts, any unique special tools needed to work on the escalator, and drawings of the installed escalators. The contractor will also be required to be a Registered Licensed Contractor with an Elevator/Escalator license in any US state.

DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

All escalators provided shall be the product of a single manufacturer. Design and construction requirements for the escalators shall meet or exceed the minimum requirements from ASME A17.1’s latest version. The escalator manufacturer shall be a builder of heavy-duty transit type escalators and are regularly engaged in escalator building activities for, at least, the past five years. The design, engineering, and manufacture of major escalator components such as truss, drive machine, steps, controllers, and safety devices shall be of the same manufacturer, except where otherwise specified. The escalators shall be designed and fabricated to fit within the dimensions of the exiting escalators which the contractor shall verify the dimensions.

Escalators shall be heavy-duty type, designed specifically for the operation, loading and environmental conditions encountered in extensively used, heavy-rail transit systems and shall have a minimum design life of 30 years.

Escalators shall be designed for outdoor use and to operate while exposed to sunlight, rain, airborne dust and debris. Provisions shall be incorporated in the design to accommodate rainwater drainage. Escalators installed outdoors shall be designed to operate while exposed to the natural elements of weather, at all conditions of relative humidity, while exposed to airborne dust, debris, and corrosive elements at a dry bulb temperature range of minus ten (-10) to plus one hundred and twenty (+120) degrees Fahrenheit.

After the installation of the escalators, the Government anticipates including a one-year service maintenance plan under the contract.

SET-ASIDE: Unrestricted.

PROCUREMENT TYPE: This acquisition will be pursued in accordance with FAR Part 14 Sealed Bidding and the Invitation for Bid (IFB).

The Government intends to award Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract as a result of this solicitation, with a required period of performance of 90 days after the successful contractor receives the notice to proceed and one (1) year service maintenance.

FAR 36.204(f) Disclosure of Magnitude of Construction Projects in accordance with is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000.

REGISTRATIONS: Offerors are required to have a current registration on SAM.gov to be eligible for contract award. Registration must be effective when the offeror is submitted..

SITE-VISIT: A pre-proposal site visit will be scheduled for all interested parties; information (e.g. date, time, location) will be provided with the solicitation.

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Hoover Dam, Nevada 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, on the Nevada-Arizona border. The Dam does not have a street address.

GPS navigators can use the coordinates: N 36.016222, W -114.737245 to locate the site.

POINT OF CONTACT: Maribel Ruble, Contracting Officer email address is mruble@usbr.gov.

All questions must be submitted in writing via e-mail to: mruble@usbr.gov. Telephone questions will not be accepted.

mailto:mruble@usbr.gov