A.02 USACE Finance Center Chiller Replacement REQUEST FOR INFORMATION W912HP24S5004 6.10.24.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION W912HP24S5004

Project Description—USACE Finance Center Bldg.787 Replace Two Chillers, Millington, Tennessee

PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT:

This notice constitutes a SOURCES SOUGHT/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) only. This announcement seeks information from industry and will ONLY be used for preliminary planning and market research purposes. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION NOTICE. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this RFI. The purpose of this RFI is to determine interest and capability of potential qualified contractors relative to the North American Industry Classification code 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors. The Small Business size standard for this NAICS code is $19M. The type of solicitation issued and the manner of advertisement will depend on the responses to this RFI.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Charleston District has been tasked to solicit the interest of prospective offeror(s) to determine the availability of qualified contractors to compete under a potential solicitation resulting from this announcement. The purpose of this RFI is to gauge interest, capabilities and qualifications from industry as the Government must ensure there is adequate competition amongst the potential pool of responsible contractors. Responses to this synopsis will be used as a market research tool in order to determine acquisition strategy and how the upcoming solicitation will be advertised. This RFI is intended for both Small and Large Businesses (Update accordingly).

BACKGROUND & SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS:

Background: The Charleston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires the services to replace two chillers for USACE Finance Center (Millington, TN).

The solicitation will result in a firm fixed price type procured.

Summary of Requirements:

Introduction/Background The USACE Finance Center located on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South Finance Office, Millington, TN, Building # 787 currently has Two (2-each) 200-Ton Chillers that have reached their end of life and need to be replaced as soon as possible before 100% failure.

One of the two chillers is currently not operating and is in a locked-out and tagged-out “Out of Commission” status. The second chiller is currently operating at approximately 60% of its maximum capacity. These two chillers are located inside a Mechanical Room 136 located inside Building 787, at 5722 Integrity Drive, Millington, TN 38054. The government is concerned that the only operating chiller will fail and there is no back-up chiller or temporary chiller connections in place to support the building’s cooling demands.

Intent and End Result The intent of this project is to replace the two existing chillers and to integrate them into the Base’s Energy Management System (EMS) in order to cycle and operate properly. This will require removing and replacing various equipment such as the two (2) each 200 ton chillers, all supporting appurtenances such as electrical/electronic controls, pumps, system accessories, valves, piping, insulation, make up water, chemical treatment, DDC controls, refurbishing the cooling tower by replacing the drift and fill materials, new drive belts, perform supporting maintenance and any other system modification that is required to bring the chillers back in automatic/hands free operation.

The End Result is the new Chillers controllers and supporting equipment will be placed in “Auto” position and the buildings HVAC Control System will take over the system operation. Providing “Auto” Automatic control and pertinent information will be sent to and received from the main NAVFAC Headquarters Bldg 455 where MAXIMO is used to monitor all of the building’s equipment and alarm status messages.

PLACES OF PERFORMANCE / LIST OF SITES:

USACE Finance Center located on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South Finance Office, Millington, TN, Building # 787

REQUESTED INFORMATION:

(1) Your firm's intent to submit a proposal for this contract when it is formally advertised.

(2) Name of firm with address

(3) Point of Contact (name/phone/email)

(4) Business Size, Large Business or Small Business to include designation as HUBZone, 8(a), Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, and/or Woman-Owned Business. The Government must be able to verify SBA certification of Hubzone, 8(a) and SDB via SBA.gov

(5) A letter of current bonding capacity from an acceptable surety/bonding company both expressed in dollar value per contract and aggregate bonding capacity.

(6) Teaming / JV arrangements: Although we are not looking for formal signed agreements at this time, if you intend to “team” with another firm, formally or informally, you must submit information, not more than one (1) page, about your team’s involvement. More specifically, you must submit sufficient information for the government to determine the roles each team member will play and what your socio-economic status is or will be considering the proposed arrangement. Therefore, included in your one (1) page if you are a small business and you intend to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 51% of the profits and managerial function will go to and be performed by the small business. Likewise, if you are an 8(a) firm intending to mentor/protégé and/or JV with a large business both team members must sign agreeing that 40% of the labor will be performed by the 8(a) firm. Additionally, if the team is a mentor/protégé arrangement, identify the areas that will be mentored. Any supporting documentation that confirms your socio-economic status as a team should be provided. The Government may not give credit to your socio-economic class if there is not sufficient documentation or if the Government cannot verify that your business is as such.

(7) A Statement of Capability (SOC) stating your firm's skills, experience, and knowledge required to perform the specified type of work will be utilized as a market research tool in making decisions related to the solicitation of this contract. This should include documentation of your breadth in past experience and competence in delivering similar requirements. The SOC should be no more than four (4) pages in length.

(8) Demonstrated Experience: Insert what the contractors need to submit in order to demonstrate capability to perform, to include geographic location, project size, equipment list and equipment capability.

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THIS

PROJECT WHEN IT IS FORMALLY ADVERTISED, PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT

A RESPONSE TO THIS RFI.

WHEN / WHERE TO SUBMIT RESPONSES:

Interested business concerns are requested to complete and return via email any responses to this RFI electronically no later than 2pm EST, on 20 June 2024 to the attention of the Contract Specialist, Corey Dyer, Corey.D.Dyer@usace.army.mil . To ensure your submission is received and processed appropriately, please subject your email "RFI RESPONSE: W912HP24S5004 FIRM NAME HERE" Participation is voluntary; respondents will not be paid to participate. However, your participation in this market research endeavor is greatly appreciated and will be instrumental in assisting the USACE Charleston District in making the solicitation decision most appropriate for market conditions and to meet the Government requirements.

NOTE: The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms. Submittals will be used for market survey information only.

Interested parties providing information as part of this market research process are hereby advised that your information will NOT be used later as part of the evaluation process should you choose to submit a proposal in response to any solicitation that may result in the future. All information submitted under this RFI will be considered proprietary and will not be available for use outside of the Federal government.

Intent and End Result