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Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice L045 Gas Fired Turbine Co-Generation Plant Operator\Trainers 01053-9764 36C24120Q0191 02-17-2020 N 611519 Department of Veterans Affairs

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CENTRAL WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS HCS

Acquisitions-90 421 North Main Street Leeds MA 01053-9764 Joshua Gallien Joshua.Gallien@va.gov Joshua.Gallien@va.gov Joshua.Gallien@va.gov Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Sources Sought Notice – Gas Fired Turbine Co-Generation Plant Operator/Trainers

This is a Sources Sought notice and not a request for quotes. This request is solely for the purpose of conducting market research to enhance VHA’s understanding of your company’s offered services and capabilities. The Government will not pay any costs for responses submitted in response to this Source Sought Notice.

This Sources Sought notice provides an opportunity for respondents to submit their capability and availability to provide the service requirement described below. Vendors are being invited to submit information relative to their potential to fulfill this requirement, in the form of a capability response that addresses the specific requirement identified in this Sources Sought.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is seeking to obtain Gas Fired Turbine Co-Generation Plant Operator/Trainers located in West Haven Connecticut. The standard of services shall be of quality; meeting or exceeding those described below.

Refer to the General Requirements section below for the requested service description. This Sources Sought is to facilitate the Contracting Officer’s review of the market base, for acquisition planning, size determination, and procurement strategy.

General Requirements:

1. The contractor shall provide gas fired turbine co-generation plant trainer / operators with a minimum of one (1) year prior work experience in the respective field. Operators shall be able to identify current and/or emerging problems and notify the COR when problems or potential problems are identified.

2. Trainer / Operators shall be licensed in the state of Connecticut (OE-2) or National Institute for the Uniform Licensing of Power Engineers (NIULPE) third class Engineer. (license shall be provided at the time of award)

3. Trainer / Operators shall support Co-Generation Plant operations Monday thru Friday from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm est excluding federal holidays.

4. Trainer / Operators shall provide hands on and classroom-based Co-Generation plant training to VA staff to prepare them for the NIULPE third class engineers exam.

5. Trainer / Operations shall provide record keeping training for all operational logs

6. All classroom-based training shall be held at the VA campus at a location designated by the COR, times and dates shall be agreed upon by the contractor and the COR.

7. The contractor shall provide all applicable material to assist in the learning/training process

8. The contractor shall provide at minimum 3 trainer / operators per working shift

9. Operators shall follow all codes for local, state, federal and VA regulations

Notes:

This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only, and does not constitute a commitment, implied or otherwise, that a procurement action will follow. The Department of Veterans Affairs will use the information submitted in response to this notice at its discretion and will not provide comments to any submission; however, The Department of Veterans Affairs reserves the right to contact any respondent to this notice for the sole purpose of enhancing The Department of Veteran Affairs understanding of the notice submission.

The Department of Veteran Affairs Contracting Office Point of Contact:

Joshua Gallien Contract Specialist Email: Joshua.Gallien@va.gov