KB_Sources_Sought_Questionnaire_Final.docx

RECAPITALIZE 230KV TRANSMISSION LOOP AT NAVAL SUBMARINE BASE (NSB) KINGS BAY, GEORGIA

SOURCES SOUGHT RESPONSE

Please ensure that as a minimum the following items are covered in your response:

1. Provide the following information:

Company Name:

Street Address:

City, State, Zip Code:

Primary Point of Contact:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Company Unique Entity ID Number:

Company CAGE Code:

Registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov:

___Yes ___ No

2. Please indicate your company’s size status under the following NAICS Codes by placing an “X” in the appropriate blocks below:

LB*

*Acronyms:

LB- Large Business HUBZone – Historically Underutilized Business Zone WOSB - Woman Owned Small Business VOSB - Veteran Owned Small Business SDVOSB - Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business

3. Experience: Submit one (1) to three (3) design-build projects of a similar size, scope and complexity to the subject project, to include interconnection and coordination with the utility provider, completed within the last three (3) years, with an approximate completed value of $200,000,000 or greater for each submitted project.

4. Bond Capacity: Provide your company’s surety’s name, your firm’s maximum bonding capacity per individual project and aggregate bonding capacity. Your firm must demonstrate it can bond a single project at $200,000,000.

5. Subcontracting: What percentage or what specific portions of the project does your company anticipate: 1) self-performing; 2) subcontracting to any subcontractor; 3) subcontracting to the utility provider, Georgia Power Company?

6. Security Clearance: Provide information on what security clearance(s) your company holds. It is anticipated this project will require at minimum Tier 3/Secret clearance for key personnel (project managers, lead electrical/relay engineers, and cybersecurity leads configuring facility related control systems (FRCS)/relay networks), Defense Biometric Identification Systems (DBIDS) compliance, background vetting, U.S. citizenship, and vehicle/equipment inspection protocols. Access to restricted areas requires including but not limited to waterfront perimeters, nuclear-support zones, and the Defensive Ordnance Support Facility (DOSF) requires specialized base escorts.

7. Cybersecurity Qualifications: Provide documentation demonstrating your company has mandatory North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standards and the ability to perform cryptographic Operational Technology (OT)/ Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) telemetry interconnection with utility provider’s automated grid without comprising external transmission stability.

8. Provide an explanation as to how your company would ensure accountability between your work and equipment and the utility provider to ensure continuity of operations with minimal power service interruption and how your company has addressed interconnection and interoperability requirements with utility providers at zero-risk tolerance military installations.

9. Provide your company’s anticipated solution for performing 230 kV live cutovers without the utility provider’s dispatchers controlling clearances. If the utility provider’s coordination is required, explain how your company has handled in the past and how it would approach it for this project.

10. What is the likelihood of your company submitting an offer for any resulting procurement?

11. Provide any other information regarding your company’s capabilities or qualifications to successfully perform this project, with special emphasis on applicable Department of War / Defense cybersecurity requirements, certifications, and approvals.