MTE_RFI-Industry_Day_Notice_-2023_1.pdf

Industry Day Notification Scope:

NOTICE: This is not a solicitation but rather an Industry Day Notification to determine potential sources for information and planning purposes only. A separate Small Business Sources Sought has also been posted under this same solicitation number, 140R6023R0016, for the Mount Elbert Rotor Repair ONLY to determine any potential small business sources.

The purpose of this Industry Day Notice and the Industry Day itself is to conduct market research to determine if capable and responsible sources exist to assist in determining acquisition strategies.

The proposed North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) Code 333611 – Turbine and Turbine Generator Set Units Manufacturing. The small business size standard is 1,500 employees. The Government will use this information to determine the best acquisition strategy for this procurement and future procurements.

Projected Requirement Details:

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), Missouri Basin (MB) Region – Regional Office desires to engage the water supply industry to provide a clear, concise, fair, and reasonable approach to the procurement strategy regarding construction and Supply for Mt. Elbert Pump- Generating Plant near Leadville, CO.

Project Background:

Mt. Elbert Pump-Generating Plant consists of two vertical type pump-generators. Unit 1 motor-generator was designed by Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 1970 and commissioned in 1981. The motor rating is 170,000 HP and generator rating is 106 MW. The rotor is approximately 25-feet 10-inches in diameter and 6-feet 5-inches in height, weighs approximately 575,000-pounds and rotates at 180 rpm.

Mt. Elbert Pump-Generating Unit 1 rotor spider consists of eight radial arms supporting the rotor rim assembly. Two (arms 2 and 6) of the eight arms have bolt-on extensions that facilitated shipping constraints during the original installation. Arm 6 developed an unrepairable crack at the bolted arm extension. The cause of the crack was determined to be overstressing of arm due to the increased rigidity of the arm structure with the bolted extensions, poor weld geometry and quality, and changes in unit operations from the original design intent. Arm 2 has similar indications of overstressing, therefore will be addressed in the same repair.

The Government’s primary objective is to eliminate the bolted arm extensions on arms 2 and 6 by utilizing designers with 30 plus years of design experience specific to large (75 MW and greater) pump-generator rotor designs. Possible solutions include, but not limited to:

• New rotor spider design and fabrication compatible with existing generator shaft, bearings, brake ring and rim.

• New rotor spider, rim and brake ring design and fabrication compatible with existing generator shaft, bearings, stator core and field poles.

• Complete or partial replacement of existing rotor spider arms 2 and 6, compatible with existing rotor spider, brake ring, rim, and key assembly.

• Alternative solution proposed by Contractor which complies with the primary objective of the repair.

The tasks include the following:

This effort will include the design and installation of the generator rotor spider repair to return the unit to safe and reliable operation for 50 years.

SCOPE OF WORK -

• Provide design and mechanical analysis (FEA, Stress Analysis, Fatigue Life Analysis) for rotor spider repair.

• Provide design and components for rotor spider to rim key to establish proper rim shrink at unit overspeed.

• Perform non-destructive examination of existing rotor spider.

• Furnish all labor, equipment and materials required for rotor spider repair or replacement.

• Installation of approved rotor spider repair.

• Perform unit balancing.

• Conduct operational testing to demonstrate the repair is successful.

Strategy Overview/Schedule of Projected Events:

The purpose of this Industry Day Notice and the Industry Day held virtually in TEAMS on June 27th, 2023, is to gather industry information from interested parties, which is deemed essential as part of Reclamation’s collaborative planning process for procurement of the Mount Elbert Rotor Spider repair and Future Power Plant projects. A brief estimated milestone schedule (subject to change) has been provided below for the BOR planned procurement strategy for this project as a basis for procurement planning:

• Pre-solicitation with Sources Sought and RFI/Industry Day Details Issued – June 6, 2023

• Virtual Industry Day – June 27th, 2023

• Q&A Posting – Responses to Industry Day Questions Projected to be Posted – June 2023 (These responses will consist of the Government answers to questions received during the one-on-one meetings during Industry Day.)

• Synopsis to Industry of Upcoming Solicitation for Mount Elbert Rotor Repair to be Posted – September 2023

• Request for Proposal (RFP) Projected to be Issued – October 2023

• Project Award and Notice to Proceed Issued Projected – December 2023

• Contract Substantial Completion with Delivery Projected – TBD

• Contract Final Completion after Commissioning Projected - TBD

A brief estimated schedule (subject to change) has been provided below for the BOR planned procurement strategy for Mount Elbert projects

• Protection and Annunciation FY24

• U 1 Rehab FY25

• U2 Rehab FY25

• Station Service Replacement TBD

• Power Train Work TBD

Industry Day Details:

o INDUSTRY DAY SCHEDULE

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 9:30 am – 11:30 am The Mount Elbert Project Presentation TEAMS

Wednesday, June 28, 2023 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Project Individual Meetings*** 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Government Break 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Project Individual Meetings*** o To register to attend the Virtual Project Presentation on June 27, 2023, please RSVP to Mr. Monte Baird at mbaird@usbr.gov, and Ms. Jessica Busman at jbusman@usbr.gov by June 26, 2023 NLT 2PM MT. To schedule an individual meeting on June 28, 2023, please RSVP and provide the Requested Information below to Mr. Monte Baird at mbaird@usbr.gov, and Ms. Jessica Busman at jbusman@usbr.gov by June 26, 2023 NLT 2PM MT. Each one-on-one appointment will be 45 minutes in duration.

mailto:mbaird@usbr.gov mailto:jbusman@usbr.gov mailto:mbaird@usbr.gov mailto:jbusman@usbr.gov

For Firms: if you would like to schedule a one-on-one appointment, please provide evidence of bonding capability of at least $5 million. Also, please provide a synopsis of the possible teaming agreement you have in mind (or state teaming is TBD).

The Government is interested in all business sizes including small businesses, such as 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, Hubzone, and Women-Owned small business concerns. The government requests that interested parties respond to this notice if applicable and identify your business size status to the identified NAICS code. Additionally, please provide any anticipated teaming arrangements, along with a description of similar services offered to the Government and to commercial customers for the past seven years.

Any responses involving teaming agreements should delineate between the work that will be accomplished by the prime and the work accomplished by the teaming partners.

Request for Information

Information/Input Requested:

BASED ON THE RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE/MARKET RESEARCH, THIS

REQUIREMENT MAY BE SET-ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES OR PROCURED

THROUGH FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION.

Submission Instructions for RFI Questions Listed Below: Interested parties who consider themselves competent to perform the above-listed qualification and/or production are invited to submit a response to this Notice by June 30th, 2023

Responses are requested but not required. No award will be made off the responses provided as this is not a solicitation notice. The provided information may or may not affect the projected acquisition strategy. If providing information please keep the responses short, concise, and to the point. Only provide expanded information if the providing entity finds the information valuable. Lengthy, verbose responses are not required or desired. Please limit the total response to no more than 5 pages.

Regarding The Project

1. Is there a desired procurement process from the industry (IFB/RFP/IDIQ)?

2. Does the industry have concerns with to material pricing volatility? Do they have ideas for fair solutions?

3. What challenges are there with providing a proposal for a design repair?

Project Size

1. Does anyone in the industry have the resources to support two or more simultaneous projects and aggregated bonding?

2. Are there constraints that might drive the size/structure of the contracts?

3. What are the challenges with small businesses and power plant repairs?

Site Conditions

1. Does the industry have recommendations on project phasing?

2. Does the industry have any recommendation for short plant outage for repairs?

3. Does the industry have any experience in repair or replacing older power plant equipment?

4. What is the risk with repair verse replacing equipment?

Technical

1. Does the industry have experience in Rotor Spider Repair?

2. What challenges came up?

Attachment(s) Attachment #1 – Draft SOO and TRD

Attachment #2 – Price Schedule

Attachment #3 – Draft SPECS