Industry Day Slides - Little Goose Spare Transformers for Lower Snake River Plants - 12.18.2024.pdf

INDUSTRY DAY

LITTLE GOOSE SPARE

TRANSFORMERS FOR

LOWER SNAKE RIVER

PLANTS

Brooke Moore/Kristin Hyde

Walla Walla District

December 18, 2024

• Introduction of USACE Personnel

• Schedule

• Rules of Engagement

• Project Overview

• Q&A

• One-on-One Sessions

AGENDA

USACE PERSONNEL INTRODUCTIONS

Name Position

Brooke Moore Contracting Officer

Alan Inglis/Kristin Hyde Contract Specialist

Greg Linklater Project Manager

Jack Bryson Chief of Tech at Little Goose Lock and Dam

Mark Pfeifer Technical Lead

Peter Kleine Senior Electrical Engineer (HDC)

Teresa Casper Generation Equipment Section Chief (HDC)

Randy Mallo Electrical Engineer (WW District)

Doug Newton BPA Large Capital Program Manager

SCHEDULE

Time Topic

0800-0900 Project Presentation

0930-1430 One-on-One Sessions

• Questions

• Questions welcome during the briefing both orally and through the chat feature.

• If preferred, submit questions in writing via email to Brooke Moore at brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil and Kristin Hyde at kristin.a.hernandez@usace.army.mil.

• Proprietary Information

• Clearly identify any questions/information you consider proprietary.

• One-on-One Sessions

• Verbal answers are “Unofficial”.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT

mailto:brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil mailto:kristin.a.hernandez@usace.army.mil

• A consolidated list of questions and answers, as well as a copy of this PowerPoint, will be added to the notice on Sam.gov to communicate all official Government responses to non-proprietary questions.

• All items briefed today and discussed at the One-on-Ones are preliminary and are subject to final acquisition strategy and solicitation approval.

• All communications from potential offerors shall be sent to:

brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil, kristin.a.hernandez@usace.army.mil and alan.n.inglis@usace.army.mil

• After the final solicitation is released/posted, communications are limited to the

Contracting Officer/Contract Specialist. All questions concerning this solicitation must be submitted through the Bidder Inquiry function in ProjNet.

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (CONTINUED)

mailto:brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil mailto:kristin.a.hernandez@usace.army.mil mailto:alan.n.inglis@usace.army.mil

PROJECT INFORMATION

Little Goose Spare Transformers for Lower Snake River Plants

PROJECT OVERVIEW

• Project Description: Design, manufacture, test, deliver (FOB to Little Goose Lock and Dam Storage Yard), site reassembly, and field testing of the following Class II GSU Power Transformers:

• T1 Spare Transformer: Two (2) single-phase generator step-up (GSU) power transformers, each rated164,000/244,900 kVA, 500kV high-voltage (H), 13.2 kV low-voltage(X&Y), Class ONAN/ONAF cooling.

– Option for One (1) additional T1 Transformer

• T2 Spare Transformer: Two (2) single-phase generator step-up (GSU) power transformers rated 82,000/109,334 kVA, 500kV high-voltage (H), 13.2 kV low-voltage(X&Y), Class ONAN/ONAF cooling.

– Option for One (1) additional T2 Transformer

• Contract type: Supply, Firm Fixed-Price with Economic Price Adjustment

• Period of Performance: 1,460 calendar days

• Acquisition Strategy: Best Value Trade Off

• Basis of Selection of Award: The anticipated award will be made to the responsible Offeror whose proposal conforms to the requirements of the solicitation, is fair and reasonable, and offers the best overall value to the Government, with appropriate consideration given to the selection factors as defined in the Solicitation.

• Access to Plans and Specifications: Not available at this time.

• Important Dates: (Subject to change)

• Target Solicitation Date: March 2025

• Target Award Date: July 2025

• Bonding: USACE is considering requiring a performance and payment bond for this project.

PROJECT OVERVIEW (CONTINUED)

• SECTION 01 22 00

• MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT

• It is anticipated that payment will be made under the following CLIN Structure for each Transformer:

– CLIN 0001: Design, Manufacture and Factory Test two (2) T1 Transformers

– CLIN 0002: Deliver, Off-Load, Reassemble and Test two (2) T1Transformers

– CLIN 0003: Provide all Close Out Items for two (2) T1 Transformers

– CLIN 0004: Materials for two (2) T1 Transformers

– CLIN 0005: Design, Manufacture and Factory Test two (2) T2 Transformers

– CLIN 0006: Deliver, Off-Load, Reassemble and Test two (2) T2Transformers

– CLIN 0007: Provide all Close Out Items for two (2) T2 Transformers

– CLIN 0008: Materials for two (2) T2 Transformers

– Option CLIN 0009: Design, Manufacture and Factory Test one (1) T1Transformer

– Option CLIN 0010: Deliver, Off-Load, Reassemble and Test one (1) T1Transformer

– Option CLIN 0011: Provide all Close Out Items for one (1) T1 Transformer

– Option CLIN 0012: Materials for one (1) T1 Transformer

– Option CLIN 0013: Design, Manufacture and Factory Test one (1) T2 Transformer

– Option CLIN 0014: Deliver, Off-Load, Reassemble and Test one (1) T2Transformer

– Option CLIN 0015: Provide all Close Out Items for one (1) T2 Transformer

– Option CLIN 0016: Materials for one (1) T2 Transformer

MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT

LAYDOWN AND OFFLOAD AREAS

The T1 and T2 Transformers will be delivered to the storage yard located at Little Goose Lock and Dam. Specific details will be provided in the Solicitation.

• Virtual sessions with registered firms and their teams.

• Questions/Recommendations from Industry are Highly Encouraged.

• Verbal dialog between Government and Industry, both during today’s open forum and one-on-one appointments, is unofficial.

• Official responses to questions requires submittal of questions in writing to the Government as outlined previously.

• The Government will share official responses to all industry questions via Sam.gov; however, the names of the industry representatives and their companies will not be published.

• Proprietary information will not be published if properly identified.

ONE-ON-ONE INFORMATION

1. What is your company’s bonding capability, and would this impact your ability to propose?

2. What is the current anticipated lead time for delivery?

3. Please briefly explain the expected shipping process from point of Transformer manufacture to the destination point of the Little Goose Storage Yard.

4. What percentage of the work is anticipated to be self-performed and what percentage of the work is anticipated to be subcontracted?

5. Would you have to team to successfully complete this project? And if so – do you already have a major subcontractor identified?

6. What do you identify as the high-risk elements in this project?

7. What can the Government do prior to issuing the solicitation to reduce uncertainty?

8. What do you think are the major cost drivers?

9. What things shouldn’t the Government mandate to keep costs down?

10. What should the Government mandate?

QUESTIONS FOR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS

Walla Walla District:

• Brooke Moore, Contracting Officer, brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil

• Kristin Hyde, Contract Specialist, kristin.a.hernandez@usace.army.mil

• Alan Inglis, Contract Specialist, alan.n.inglis@usace.army.mil

Internet Links:

• https://sam.gov

• https://www.acquisition.gov (Federal Acquisition Regulation)

POINTS OF CONTACT

mailto:brooke.n.moore@usace.army.mil mailto:kristin.a.Hernandez@usace.army.mil mailto:alan.n.inglis@usace.army.mil https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://www.acquisition.gov/

If you have any additional questions and are not registered for a one-on-one session, please submit your question in writing per the directions on slides four and five. A consolidated list of questions and answers, as well as a copy of this PowerPoint, will be added to the notice on Sam.gov to communicate all official Government responses to non-proprietary questions.

Q&A