Sources Sought Lower Aspen Pipeline Materials_1.pdf

SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS

This is a Sources Sought Notice for potential offerors or bidders to support the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation for the Lower

Aspen Canal Pipeline Materials. The location for delivery is near Crawford, Colorado. This is NOT a Request for

Proposal (RFP) or an Invitation for Bid (IFB) and DOES NOT serve to bind the U.S. Government in any way. Interested parties shall not be reimbursed for any costs associated with preparation of their responses.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Upper Colorado Regional Office is conducting market research in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10 to identify potential firms who are certified Small Businesses to delivery the supplies items below. NO SOLICITATION IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on beta.SAM.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

This project will be a Firm-Fixed Price supply contract for supply and delivery of PVC pipe and appurtenant pipe fitting of the required pipe and fittings required to continue the work on the Aspen Canal Pipeline. Installation of these materials will be performed by Crawford Water Conservation District.

The delivery location is located approximately 4 miles north of Crawford, Colorado.

The material descriptions are below:

Supplies Quantity / Unit

Furnish 24-inch AWWA C900 DR 51 PVC Pipe 12,440 lin ft

Furnish 18-inch AWWA C900 DR 51 PVC Pipe 2,160 lin ft

Furnish 24-inch 45° Elbow Fitting 23 each

Furnish 24-inch 30° Elbow Fitting 36 each

Furnish 24-inch 22.5° Elbow Fitting 16 each

Furnish 24-inch 15° Elbow Fitting 2 each

Furnish 24-inch 11.25° Elbow Fitting 2 each

Furnish 18-inch 45° Elbow Fitting 2 each

Furnish 18-inch 30° Elbow Fitting 7 each

Furnish 18-inch 22.5° Elbow Fitting 3 each

Furnish 18-inch 11.25° Elbow Fitting 2 each

Furnish 24X14" Saddle Tap 1 each

Supplies Quantity / Unit

Furnish 24X8" Saddle Tap 1 each

Furnish 24X6" Saddle Tap 7 each

Furnish 18X8" Saddle Tap 1 each

Furnish 18X6" Saddle Tap 1 each

Furnish 18X4" Saddle Tap 1 each

Furnish 24X18" Reducer fitting 1 each

Furnish 24X14" Reducer fitting 1 each

Furnish 18-inch AWWA C900 DR 51 PVC Pipe 2,980 lin ft

Furnish 10-inch AWWA C900 DR 51 PVC Pipe 140 lin ft

Furnish 18-inch 45° Elbow Fitting 10 each

Furnish 18-inch 30° Elbow Fitting 8 each

Furnish 18-inch 22.5° Elbow Fitting 2 each

Furnish 18-inch 11.25° Elbow Fitting 1 each

Furnish 10-inch 45° Elbow Fitting 3 each

Furnish 18X10" Saddle Tap 1 each

Furnish 18X6" Saddle Tap 3 each

Furnish 18X10" Reducer fitting 1 each

Furnish 10X8" Reducer fitting 1 each

3. MATERIALS

a. PVC Pressure Pipe and Fabricated Fittings (elbows and reducers)

i. AWWA C900-16

ii. Class DR 51 Minimum

iii. Elastomeric joints with rubber gaskets that are manufactured and tested in accordance with USBR

M-15.

iv. Prevent damage to PVC pipe and fittings during loading, transporting, unloading, and storing.

b. Saddle Taps

i. Model STS420 Stainless Steel Tapping Sleeve, Romac Industries, Inc. www.romac.com;

or equal, with the following salient characteristics:

ii. Body, outlet and flange:

a) Stainless steel ASTM A240, Type 304/304L or Type 316

b) Chemically passivated after fabrication by manufacturer

iii. Bolts and nuts shall be:

a) Stainless steel, Type 304

b) Trackhead bolts, UNC rolled thread

c) Heavy hex nuts

d) Nuts coated to prevent galling

iv. Gaskets:

a) Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) ASTM D2000 for water service

v. Flange:

a) AWWA C223 Class D plate flange

b) ASNI Class 150 drilling

vi. Prevent damage to saddle tap fittings during loading, transporting, unloading, and storing.

SMALL BUSINESS CERTIFICATION WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA):

The Government is only interested in responses from small businesses that can execute delivery of all the supply items listed in the schedule. Please identify your federally designated small business category or categories.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) for this project is 326122, Small Business Standard Size

$750M. All interested parties should verify that they fall under the NAICS code as a Small Business prior to submission.

The delivery date is estimated to be September 15, 2021 and with a target award date of May 15, 2021. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make the appropriate acquisition decision. Contractor must be registered in

System for Award Management (SAM.gov) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov).

The government will evaluate market information to ascertain potential market capacity. Based on the responses to this

Sources Sought Notice/Market Research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses or procured through full and open competition. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

All interested and qualified firms responding to this Sources Sought Notice are required to provide the following information:

1. Business Name, physical/mailing address, phone, point of contact, email and website if applicable;

2. CAGE Code & DUNS Number;

3. Any or all Small Business Classifications (Tell us if you are certified with the SBA under a socio-economic program such as, but not limited to 8(a) Program, SDVOSB, VOSB, HUBZone, Small Disadvantaged, and or WOSB;

4. Firm's Capability Statement with affirmative statement all supplies can be delivered.

Interested parties who consider themselves qualified to perform the above listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice no later than 4:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Wednesday, March 31, 2021. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to Karen Caskey at kcaskey@usbr.gov. Facsimiles will not be accepted.

Oral communications ARE NOT acceptable in response to this notice.

If you have any questions concerning this opportunity, please contact Karen Caskey at kcaskey@usbr.gov.