RTP CUP Sources Sought Notice.pdf

Sources Sought Notice ID 75N99023R00052

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE REPRESENTING MARKET RESEARCH

ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONS, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. NO CONTRACT AWARD WILL RESULT FROM THIS

SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting market research to determine the availability of small businesses capable of providing operation and maintenance services of the Central Utility Plant (CUP) serving the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Research Triangle Park (RTP), located in Durham, North Carolina. The CUP provides all utility services for heating, cooling, electrical distribution, and hazardous waste incineration for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and adjoining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) facilities located at RTP, North Carolina campus.

The purpose of this sources sought synopsis is to determine availability, interest and capability of potential qualified contractors. Your response to the information requested will assist the Government in assessing innovation and qualification to perform the services described below. Only entities that fall within the certified SBA program, under the primary applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition should submit a response:

The Primary NAICS Code for this acquisition is: 561210 (Facility Support Services)

Other secondary NAICS codes that may be applicable include:

• 221122 – Electric Power Distribution

• 221330 – Steam and Air-Conditioning Supply

• 562211- Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal

• 811310 – Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except

Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance

BACKGROUND: The NIEHS campus, completed in 1982, is a government-owned, expandable location which includes administration, laboratory, and support facilities.

The NIEHS campus consists of 374.5 acres of land, 11 buildings, roadways, parking areas, and an underground distributed utilities system. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also has a facility located on the adjoining government owned property which includes approximately 1,000,000 SQFT of office and laboratory space. This also receives utilities from the NIH CUP.

The NIEHS and EPA research complexes contain complicated and sophisticated building environmental and utility systems that support long term research. Animals are widely used in this research. These animals are housed in very tightly controlled conditions of temperature and humidity and are supplied with conditioned air that has been filtered to remove microorganisms and chemicals which could adversely affect the outcome of a research project. Laboratories contain extremely complex and expensive test equipment which requires, in many cases, a very closely controlled environment to function properly. Responsiveness and skill by contractor employees to operate, maintain, repair, and control these utility support systems is extremely critical for the protection of and the integrity of the many research programs being conducted at this facility.

Description of Services: Provide all personnel, supervision, management, equipment, materials, supplies, tools, and all other items necessary to operate and maintain the CUP, which provides all utility services for heating, cooling, electrical distribution, and hazardous waste incineration for the RTP, North Carolina Campus. In addition, provide all personnel, supervision, management, equipment, materials, supplies, tools, and all other items necessary to provide 24/7 building engineer services for the operation of the NIEHS Facility. Services shall include, but not be limited to, operation of utility systems and their associated mechanical/electrical plants, preventative maintenance, and repair of the utility plants equipment.

The contractor will be required to operate, maintain, and repair all mechanical, electrical, and utility systems in four buildings which include:

1) One consolidated computer room

2) Central utility plant

3) Incinerator building

4) Electrical substation

The contractor shall also manage, maintain, operate, and repair the following campus utility distribution systems:

1) High Voltage Electricity

2) High Temperature Hot Water (HTHW)

3) Chilled Water (CHW)

4) Sanitary Sewer

5) Potable Water

6) Reclaim Water

7) Manholes and Valve Pits

The contractor shall also manage, maintain, operate, and provide OEM onsite technician services for the following system:

1) ABB Symphony Plus Control System

Responsibility for the systems listed above are up to and including the first cut off valve or disconnect inside all buildings on the NIEHS campus and between the CUP and the outlet of the isolation valve within the valve pit serving the EPA campus.

Contractor personnel shall have experience with various sizes and types of complex equipment. Examples would be experience with high temperature hot water generators (40 MMBTU), water chillers (3,500 tons), electrical substation distribution (13.8 kV), hazardous waste incineration, wet scrubber operation, and the operation of facilities that contain multipurpose laboratories to include animal laboratories and vivariums.

Instructions to Interested Parties

POTENTIAL SOURCES SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IN

THEIR RESPONSE:

A Capability statement of qualification which shall not exceed ten (10) single size pages of 8-1/2” x 11” paper, and shall address the following:

1) Company information to include name, point(s) of contact, e-mail address(es), physical/mailing address, telephone number, small business self-certified category, type of ownership.

2) Company’s DUNS number, UEI, Cage code and Tax ID number

3) Staff expertise and experience along with their availability to perform work on this contract

4) Current in-house capability and capacity to perform the requirements of FAR

52.219-14,

5) A description of the firm’s current and relevant experience related to the tasks described above including the scope and nature of at least three (3) of the most current or completed comparable projects within the past 5 years to include size of the project, delivery method, beginning and ending contract price, beginning and ending dates of the project, customer name and point of contact (name, email, mailing address and telephone number), indicate if you were the prime or subcontractor.

6) Bonding Capacity: Individual & Overall

Additionally, brochures or other preprinted materials may be submitted to address the above capabilities/qualifications under the condition that are included in the page count subject to the above threshold limitation.

Interested vendors capable of furnishing the Government with the services specified in this Sources Sought notice must submit their Capability Statement to Andrew.gathogo@nih.gov by August 14, 2023, at 3pm EDT. Faxed or postal mailed copies will not be accepted. All responsible sources that meet criteria above may submit a Capability Statement. Those Capability Statements received by the date and time identified above will be considered by the agency.

DISCLAIMER AND IMPORTANT NOTES: This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in responses. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published on SAM.gov. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).