RFI Electric Power Generation.pdf

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RFI Notice 1031421016

Department of State, Foreign Service Institute (FSI), School of Professional and Area Studies (SPAS)

PA524 – Electric Power Generation Fundamentals for Facility Managers

FSI/SPAS is in search of a service contractor to provide training on Power Generation for DoS Facility Managers (FM) and locally employed staff (LES) from embassies throughout the world.

The contractor will provide all labor, supplies, tools, materials and equipment necessary to provide the training services as described in the course requirements in the draft Statement of

Work (SOW).

This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and is not a Request for Proposals or Quotes (RFP or RFQ) or an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any services. Responses to this RFI are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. The Government reserves the right to determine how it should proceed as a result of this notice. Furthermore, entities that respond to this RFI should not anticipate feedback with regard to submissions. The Government will not pay any cost incurred in response to this RFI. All costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the responding party's expense. The information provided in this RFI posting, including the Draft Statement of Work, is subject to change and is not binding on the Government. The Department of State, Foreign Service Institute is seeking to identify qualified and capable vendors to perform the work described in the attached Draft SOW. Please carefully review the Draft SOW document and respond according to the directions stated below. A mere restatement of government requirements from the Draft SOW is not sufficient to demonstrate that a potential vendor is capable of performing the required work.

Rather, RFI responses should provide sufficient and specific information to make clear to the government that requirements are understood and can be met by a potential vendor.

The government intends to use this market research to identify potential vendors to support this project. This requirement is Unrestricted.

RFI capability statements should include the following:

1. Contact information:

a. Name of company

b. UEI number

c. HUBZone eligibility and status

d. Email address

e. Phone number

f. GSA Schedule Number if applicable

g. Business Size

2. Brief Summary of relevant corporate experience providing and/or implementing a similarly scoped and scaled requirement.

3. Recommendations to improve or clarify the draft requirements document;

4. Any additional information that may benefit the Government to refine the draft requirements document.

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5. Please provide a notional price estimate to meet the requirements. The government encourages and invites vendors to provide multiple notional pricing strategies in order to maximize savings for the agency. All price quotes are understood to be theoretical, notional, and nonbinding.

6. Please provide information on your suggested pricing structure (is your pricing fully-loaded or itemized, etc.?)

7. Please provide a recommended contract type and structure.

8. Recommendations on the appropriate NAICS code/PSC for this requirement.

9. Please provide recommendations for a procurement strategy to include most appropriate contract vehicles, GWACs, etc.

10. Specific feedback on our requirement as follows:

a) Is the contractor able to provide training in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing emergency generator sets operating as single units equipped with or without a control panel?

b) Is the contractor able to provide training in properly recognizing generator actual and apparent power loading?

c) Is the contractor able to provide training in understanding the effects of power factor and reactive loading on the engine and generator?

d) Is the contractor able to provide training in how to test, adjust and troubleshoot generator sets, engine mounted junction boxes, electronic modular control panels and voltage regulators?

e) Is the contractor able to provide training in performing the proper voltage and frequency adjustments?

f) Is the contractor able to provide training in performing proper planned maintenance on generators, including guidance on fuel testing, polishing, treatment, and replacement?

g) Is the contractor able to provide the facility for training located within 20 miles radius of 4000 Arlington Boulevard, Arlington Virginia, 22204?

Do not include the following in the response:

1. Do not submit formal proposals or offers;

2. Do not submit requests to be considered for award or to be notified of a future solicitation; as a courtesy to vendors who submit RFI capability statements, responding vendors will be notified should the government elect to issue a formal RFP/RFQ at a later date.

3. Do not submit requests to be added to a mailing or distribution list;

4. Do not submit questions or comments not related to this RFI;

5. Do not respond via telephone.

How to Submit Responses:

1. Please submit responses via email to PaekS@state.gov including “PA524 – Electric Power Generation Fundamentals – RFI” in the e-mail subject line. Phone calls will not be accepted.

2. Please submit capability statement responses as a single attachment to the email in either Adobe pdf file or MS Word file.

3. If you have any questions regarding this RFI, please submit them via e-mail to PaekS@state.gov by Friday, March 14, 2024, at 10:00 AM EST. Please include “PA524 – Electric Power Generation Fundamentals – RFI” in the e-mail subject line. Phone calls will not be accepted.

4. The RFI submission closing date is Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 10:00 AM EST.

Attachment: Draft Statement of Work (SOW) mailto:PaekS@state.gov