Sources Sought - BC Runner_1.pdf

This is a Sources Sought announcement only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, QUOTATIONS OR BIDS, NOR A PROPOSED SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION

UNDER FAR SUBPART 5.2 and no contract shall be awarded from this notice. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this Sources Sought or any follow up information requests. No solicitation is currently available. Responses to this Sources Sought will be used for market research and acquisition planning purposes.

The purpose of this Sources Sought Notice is for Market Research to gain knowledge of potential qualified Large Business, Small Business, HUBZone, 8(a), Service-Disabled Veteran owned, and Women owned Small Business firms that have experience in hydro-electric power production of Francis turbine runner manufacturing. Responses to this Sources Sought Synopsis will be used by the government in making appropriate acquisition decisions to include business size set-aside determination.

The Bureau of Reclamation, Columbia-Pacific Northwest Region, intends to solicit quotes for a Firm

Fixed Price Commercial Item purchase order for:

• Hydraulic design for new vertical Francis turbine runners for turbine driven pumps

• Furnishing critical fasteners

• Furnishing vertical Francis turbine runners

Reclamation cannot provide personnel or equipment to complete the requirement. Therefore, the awarded contractor(s) must provide all management, supervision, labor, and supplies. The contractor(s) personnel must have necessary expertise, qualifications, and experience to assure performance of the work in accordance with sound, safe and efficient management practices.

Sources are being sought for firms with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code of 333611, Water Turbines Manufacturing, with a Small Business Size Standard of 1,500 employees.

Responses are requested with the following information, which shall not exceed a total of twenty pages

(page count does not include suggested revisions to the attached specifications):

1. Contractors' name, address, points of contact with telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and DUNS number (to verify business size in SAM.gov).

2. Business size/classification to include any designations as Large Business, Small Business, HUBZone, Woman owned, Service-Disabled Veteran Owned, or 8(a) shall be indicated on first page of submission.

3. Description of capability to include past projects of similar scope and design. Proof of experience with large scale hydro-electric power production of Francis turbine runner manufacturing or equivalent.

Capability factors:

Manufacturer of vertical Francis Turbine Runners: Having designed and manufactured vertical Francis

Turbine Runner designs in the past 20 years which were successfully built, installed, and remain in service.

4. Past performance/experience on contracts of similar scopes of work, describing no more than three (3) contracts completed within the past 20 years of the issue date of this Sources Sought Notice. The past performance information shall include project title, location, general description of the services to demonstrate relevance to the proposed project, the contractors' role, dollar value of contract, and name of the company, agency or government entity for which the work was performed with contact information

(reference name, phone number and e-mail address). If submitting past performance/experience on a project in the role of a subcontractor, include the Prime Contractor's name and a quantifiable amount

(percentage) of the project your company contributed to the overall scope of work.

NO RESPONSES WILL BE ACCEPTED BY FAX OR SYSTEM SUBMISSION. EMAIL

RESPONSES ONLY TO THE FOLLOWING POINTS OF CONTACT:

Jordan Larmay, jlarmay@usbr.gov

Matt Steele, masteele@usbr.gov

Responses must be received by 13:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Wednesday, May 12, 2021.

Responses will not be returned. Telephonic responses will not be honored. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST

FOR PROPOSAL, ONLY A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION. No award will result from this Sources

Sought. This notice does not constitute any commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited.

**Specifications attached to this sources sought are a DRAFT and are for RESEARCH purposes only. Information subject to change prior to official solicitation.** mailto:jlarmay@usbr.gov mailto:masteele@usbr.gov