B01_Synopsis_PreSolitNotice_2.pdf

ACTION: Pre-Solicitation Notice

PRE-SOLICITATION NUMBER: 140P2022R0023

CLASSIFICATION CODE: Y1NZ – Construction of Other Utilities

CONTRACTING OFFICER: Joelle Mascarenas

DSC-CS Contracting Services Division National Park Service P.O. Box 25287 Denver, CO 80225

POINTS OF CONTACT:

Seth Mercil, Contract Specialist, (720) 670-1332, seth_mercil@nps.gov Joelle Mascarenas, Contracting Officer, (808) 738-6518, joelle_mascarenas@nps.gov

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE: Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Molokai, Hawaii

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE POSTAL CODE: 96742

PLACE OF PERFORMANCE COUNTRY: USA

Title of Project: Rehabilitate Unsafe and Failing Electrical System for Settlement, Kalaupapa National Historical Park, KALA-217676

GENERAL:

The National Park Service (NPS), Department of Interior (DOI), Denver Service Center (DSC), is soliciting proposals from all interested businesses having the capability to perform the work described below. The solicitation will be issued electronically on the System for Award Management website at www.sam.gov. Proposal documents will be available for download in Microsoft Word, HTML, Microsoft Excel, and Adobe PDF; Specifications will be available in Adobe PDF format; and drawings will be available in PDF format. Please note: Paper copies of the solicitation will not be made available.

Vendors can search for opportunities and award history on www.sam.gov without registering.

The SAM website has an Interested Vendors List and a Watchlist where you can add your company’s interest. Registering provides the opportunity to receive notifications; this is a tool of convenience only and does not serve as a guarantee of notification. Interested vendors and plan holders are required to visit the website periodically to check for amendments and other changes to the synopsis or solicitation documents.

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Prospective offerors desiring to conduct business with the DOI are required to have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) at www.sam.gov. You are also required to have a DUNS number in order to conduct business with the Federal Government.

This pre-solicitation announcement is not a solicitation document, but pre-notice of an upcoming solicitation. Specific instructions on submitting your proposal will be contained in the solicitation documents to be issued on or after the date listed below.

Proposed Solicitation Issue Date: Estimated on/about June 2022.

This is currently an unfunded requirement with a high expectation that funds will be available.

When and if funds become available a contract will be awarded at that time.

The NAICS Code for this requirement is 237130 with a size standard of $39.5 million.

Title of Project: Rehabilitate Unsafe and Failing Electrical System for Settlement, KALA-217676

Description:

The goal of this project is for a design-build contractor to upgrade and replace the electrical system as required to meet the current local utility company standards, National Electric Code (NEC), National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), Rural Utilities Service (RUS) National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), and National Electric Manufacturers Association (NEMA) industry standards, improve reliability, perform deferred maintenance, reduce future maintenance, and remove risks to employee and public safety. The condition of the Kalaupapa NHP electrical system is substandard, inadequate, and may become a shock or fire hazard to the public, park personnel, or structures. Kalaupapa NHP has frequent power outages caused by distribution equipment failures within the settlement, as well as electrical power surges or outages from MECO/HECO’s system, which is exterior to the park but adversely impacts the park’s antiquated electrical equipment. Corroded and aging pad-mounted and pole-top distribution transformers, worn and frayed distribution lines, rotting poles, corroded pole-line hardware, and insulator failures are the primary sources of failure for the Kalaupapa NHP electrical distribution system.

The design-build contractor will use current schematic design documents (March 2020), evaluated to be at a design level of 20%-25%, in execution of the contract. Priority for the design-build contractor is to review the constructability in one of the work zones with part of the preferred alternative in the schematic design to underground conduit/conductors to the water treatment facility and provide a report detailing the advantages and disadvantages to inform and advance compliance documents and consultation with state agencies (section 106, http://www.sam.gov/

107, EA, etc.) that are currently in process and to be completed by others. A critical permit to the project is the Hawaii Conservation District Use Permit, which is up to a 10-month process after an environmental assessment. The design-build contractor will be responsible for the permit.

A water treatment facility, which is the only source of water in the Kalaupapa NHP, is located outside the settlement (requires escort to access) and operates from diesel-fueled generators.

These engine generators burn a special blend of diesel fuel that is barged onto the island by the park, off-loaded, trucked to the remote water treatment facility location, and transferred into a large fuel storage tank at the pump house annually. This project will convert the water treatment facility pump house from power from diesel-fueled generators to grid-connected electricity to provide long-term reliable water service for the settlement. In addition, connecting the pump house to the electrical grid will greatly reduce the hazards associated with onsite refueling, long-term fuel storage, and continuous fuel usage above the regional Molokai water reservoir.

An above ground reroute of the power distribution system along Airport Road is also required to remove above ground equipment and poles currently located through archeological and cultural sites (including a large Hawaiian temple/sacred site, or heiau). This includes a realignment of the existing single-phase overhead distribution line to the airport and further on to the lighthouse to a new route along the roadside, to make distribution lines easier to access.

Replaced distribution poles will be demolished and cut down at grade (soil or rock). New poles along the roadside will be installed on poles with heights and spacing matching the existing settlement distribution system.

Type of Procurement: It is anticipated that a negotiated firm-fixed price contract will be awarded requiring submission of both technical and price proposals, using a two-phased process. The government will consider an offeror’s qualifications in phase one, and technical capability in comparison to price in phase two.

Estimated Price Range: Over $10 million

Estimated Period of Performance: 1565 calendar days

Proposal receipt date is not known at this time. The actual date will be established in the solicitation documents.

A pre-proposal meeting may be posted and date/location will be noted in the solicitation.

This procurement is a TOTAL SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE. Responsible small business sources may submit an offer that will be considered. The small business size standard for NAICS 237130 is $39.5 million. Small Disadvantaged Business and HUBZone firms must be certified in accordance with solicitation clause, FAR 52.219-8—Utilization of Small Business Concerns.

All responsible small businesses may submit an offer which, if submitted in a timely manner, will be considered. It is the policy of the government to provide maximum practicable opportunities in its acquisitions to small business, veteran-owned small business, small disadvantaged business, and women-owned small business concerns. Such concerns must also have the maximum practicable opportunity to participate as subcontractors in the contracts awarded by any executive agency, consistent with efficient contract performance. All offerors are strongly encouraged to contact their local Small Business Administration Office, to post their need for qualified subcontractors at http://www.sba.gov .

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