NM_Power_Plant_Rewind_Synopsis_2.docx

The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Region 10 - California-Great Basin Region Acquisitions Office, Sacramento, CA intends to issue a solicitation for a large construction project, New Melones Power Plant Generator Rewind.

The solicitation will include a liquidated damages clause, as well as a requirement for bid, performance, and payment bonds. The performance period is estimated to be 1050 calendar days to complete. The place of performance is located at New Melones Powerplant approximately 50 miles east of Stockton, CA and 10 miles southwest of Sonora, CA in Calaveras County. Information pertaining to site visits of the work site will be addressed in the solicitation. The acquisition will be issued as a Request for Proposal (RFP) in accordance with FAR Part 15. The RFP will be issued on or about April 17, 2022, with proposals due on or about May 24, 2022. The anticipated award date is on or about July 28, 2022.

This procurement is unrestricted; all responsible sources may submit an offer for consideration by the agency. The Government anticipates awarding a firm fixed price contract to the contractor whose proposal represents the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable one.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business size standard for this code is $39.5 Million. This notice is not a request for offer and the information presented in this announcement will not obligate the Bureau of Reclamation in any manner.

The estimated cost of this project is between $20 Million and $30 Million.

PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS OF WORK

A. Rewind and uprate the two main synchronous generators from 166,667kVA to nameplate 192,000 kVA.

B. Furnishing and installing video monitoring.

C. Performing as-found readings.

D. Generator disassembly.

E. Generator inspection.

F. New Armature Windings and Existing Stator Core:

1. Furnishing and installing stator armature bars, circuit ring bus, and main and neutral bus.

2. Preparing and testing existing stator cores, core loop test, making necessary repairs, and re-run core loop test.

G. Generator Monitoring and Instrumentation:

1. Furnishing and installing generator neutral current transformers, exciter and split-phase current transformers, potential transformers, armature winding RTDs, stator air gap sensors, generator flow and pressure switches, generator thrust bearing oil level and flow switches.

H. Optional re-babbiting of turbine and generator bearings.

I. Replace generator air baffles.

J. Auxiliary Generator Equipment:

1. Furnishing and installing generator space heaters, thermostat and associated wiring.

2. Furnishing and installing generator air coolers and associated piping.

K. Perform Generator Ventilation Design Study and produce report.

1. Redesign and implement design changes.

L. Generator re-assembly.

M. Commissioning.

N. Furnishing and installing generator neutral grounding transformer, and inspection of neutral grounding transformer cable.

The RFP will be issued via electronic posting on the Government-wide point of entry (GPE) webpage, sam.gov (formerly fedbizopps). Hard copies of the RFP will not be issued. It is incumbent upon contractors to monitor sam.gov for the release of the RFP, specifications, drawings and all subsequent amendments.

Offerors MUST be actively registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at http://www.sam.gov and obtain a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to be eligible for award.

For information concerning this acquisition, please forward inquiries via email to Matthew Thomas at mthomas@usbr.gov.