B01_08_SOURCES_SOUGHT_NEW_Turbine_Runner_Cavitation_Repair_(HH)_SS_(10-04-2024)_1.pdf

Sources Sought -- 140R10-25-R-0002 Hungry Horse Field Office, Turbine Runners Cavitation Repair

This is a Sources Sought announcement only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS, NOR A PROPOSED SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT

ACTION UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2 and no contract shall be awarded from this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought or any follow up information requests. No solicitation is currently available.

Draft specifications are subject to change. This market research is to gain knowledge of interest, capabilities, and qualifications of interested Small Business firms. Responses to this Sources

Sought will shape the acquisition strategy in developing a competitive requirement.

The Pacific Northwest Regional Office of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is conducting market research for a Turbine Runner Cavitation Repair construction contract. The work location will be at the Hungry Horse Dam located approximately 20 miles northeast of Kalispell, Montana, 9 miles southeast of Columbia Falls, Montana, and 15 miles south of the west entrance to Glacier National

Park in Flathead County.

The principal components of work will be:

A. Turbine Runner Cavitation Repair – Hungry Horse Dam; Hungry Horse, Montana. Four (4)

G1, G2, G3, and G4) hydro-electric turbines.

1 *Assessment of cavitation damage to the generator runners

2 *Estimation of time and welding material needed to repair cavitation damage

3 Grinding to runners in preparation for repair

4 Welding to repair runners

5 Grinding to runners to restore contours of the blades

6 Pre-mobilization site meeting, mobilization, demobilization

NOTES TO ABOVE:

*1. Damage assessment will be conducted by the Government and communicated to the contractor both ahead of time for material ordering and initially upon on-site meetings and mobilization.

*2. Timeframe of cavitation repair (i.e. the window) is set by Government due to maintenance outages. Contractor will manage their schedule within Government constraints to meet repair deadlines.

The turbine runners which may be contracted for repair work per this specification are those in units G-1 through G-4 located in the Hungry Horse Powerplant.

1. The phrase “turbine runner” includes the crown, outer ring, hub, air vents and blades, which make up the “runner” proper, as well as the top part of the draft tube discharge ring

(immediately below the runner). Each Hungry Horse turbine contains 15 blades (also called

“buckets” or “vanes”).

2. Hungry Horse G-1 through G-4 units are equipped with 105,000 HP Francis-type turbines, serial number 1231, 1232, 1233 and 1234, respectively, designed and manufactured by Allis-

Chalmers, Milwaukee, WI. The runner throat diameter is 126-inches. The base metal of the runner assembly is steel casting conforming to Federal Specifications QQ-S-681b, Class 2

Medium, Annealed. Note – QQ-S-681b was canceled in 1985 with no superseding specification. The Contractor shall provide an alternative base metal to qualify their weld procedures and submit to the Government for approval. (Reclamation Facilities Instructions, Standards and Techniques (FIST) Manuals, Volume 2-5; Turbine Repair, Runner Materials:

Older runners in Reclamation service are commonly cast steel conforming to the requirements of Federal Specification QQ-S-681b class 2. This specification specified a chemical requirement of 0.35 C, 0.7 Mn, 0.05 P, 0.06 S, 0.60 Si, 0.50 Cu, and 0.50 Ni. Physical requirements included a tensile strength of 65,000 lb/in2 and a yield strength of 35,000 lb/in2).

The Hungry Horse turbines have been in service since 1950. Each turbine has had different work crews and varying amounts of repair work completed. Thus, no two units are in the same condition.

Much of the runner is carbon steel, but a significant amount of stainless steel exists from previous repair areas. Previously applied protective coatings consisted of primer and various kinds of epoxy paints.

The turbine types have noticeably different properties and characteristics with respect to the nature of damage seen. The damage to Hungry Horse G-1 through G-4 units is mostly seen as cavitation enhanced corrosion (severe surface pitting, with a porous appearance like some kinds of cheese) in the crown area and on the face of the blades. Although these units are not known for having cracks in the blades, some have been found in the past. Several areas of the units have already been cladded with stainless steel in the most troublesome areas. The leading edge of most of the blades exhibit corrosion erosion.

B. The magnitude for this construction project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000 for the term of this five (5) year requirements contract; however, no guarantee is made for orders.

Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 238190 (Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors), PSV 2KZA and with a Small Business Size Standard of $19.0 million. NAICS code 238190 is not currently identified on the list of codes for Women Owned Small Businesses (WOSB). Small Business, 8(a), Woman Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, HUBZone and

Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) contractor sources are highly encouraged to respond to this Sources Sought notice. After review of the responses to this announcement and if the Government still plans to proceed with this project; a separate solicitation announcement will be published on www.sam.gov. Responses to this announcement are not an adequate response to any future solicitation announcement.

Responses are requested with the following information and shall not exceed a total of 10

(ten) pages.

Please provide the following information:

1. Contact information: Name, address, SAM.gov UEI number, and points of contact with telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.

2. Business Size/ Classification (based on NAICS 238190): Please indicate the business size and classification of your company to include any/all additional designations as Small Business, HUBZone, Woman Owned Small Business, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, 8(a), or Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE) shall be clearly indicated in the submission.

3. Capabilities Statement: Description of capabilities to perform construction as described above and project experience demonstrating relevant experience similar to those described in the principal components of Turbine Runner Cavitation repair work.

4. Products: Identify the product country of manufacture and provide lead time estimates.

5. Past Performance/experience: Provide contracts of similar scopes of work or construction contracts, briefly describe no more than three (3) contracts (or specific task orders) completed within the past five years of the issue date of this Sources Sought notice. The past performance information shall include project title, location, general description of the construction to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the Offerors’ role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency, or government entity for which the work was performed. If submitting past performance/experience on a project in the role of a subcontractor, include the

Prime Contractor’s name and a quantifiable amount (percentage) of the project your company contributed to the overall scope of work.

NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX.

Responses will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. Please respond by email only. Send responses to the Contract Specialist, Bill Roberts, at wroberts@usbr.gov

Responses will be accepted until 5:00 PM Mountain Time on Tuesday, 12 November 2024.

**Drawings are not currently available. However, once available interested individuals will need to complete a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) form. Drawings will not be provided unless an NDA is completed. Please contact Bill Roberts at wroberts@usbr.gov to request an NDA form** mailto:wroberts@usbr.gov