75N99024R00090 C109584 - Building 105, Providing Standby Power for Chilled Water Generation to Improve Reliability of the Research Triangle Park (RTP) Central Utility Plant (CUP)
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- Solicitation number
- C109584
- Agency
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NIH Construction
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
- Place of performance
- Durham, North Carolina 27709, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Facilities (ORF) has issued a Construction Solicitation Notice (C109584) for a Design-Build project to improve the reliability of the Central Utility Plant (CUP) located at the Research Triangle Park (RTP) campus in Durham, North Carolina. The objective is to provide standby power for chilled water generation to support critical laboratories and facilities on the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) campuses. The work includes correcting medium voltage and low voltage duct bank settlement concerns, replacing existing medium voltage feeders, installing above ground medium voltage switches, and constructing a new medium voltage generator yard and electrical vault. Responses are due by September 23, 2024 and will be evaluated based on factors such as technical approach, past performance, and price.
This is not a set-aside procurement, but small business joint ventures are encouraged to respond following the procedures described on the Small Business Administration website. The estimated project value is between $25,000,000 and $100,000,000, and the period of performance is 1,105 calendar days from the notice to proceed. The place of performance is the Research Triangle Park in Durham, North Carolina.
Notice text
SOLICITATION NOTICE FOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, RESEACH TRIANLE PARK, DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Research Facilities (ORF) has a construction requirement to improve the reliability of the Central Utility Plant (CUP) located at Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham North Carolina. The objective of the project is to provide standby power for chilled water generation in support of laboratories and buildings on the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) campuses.
Background: Currently, the RTP CUP does not have backup electrical power for any of the chilled water production facilities. If the campus electrical utility service were to fail, the RTP campus would not have the ability to provide chilled water for cooling and humidification control in the Vivarium and research facilities. Buildings, laboratories, and facilities on the RTP and EPA campuses require continuous chilled water flow. If chilled water service is interrupted vivarium research and highly sensitive scientific equipment that requires stringent temperature and humidity controls could be damaged. Therefore, the ability to quickly recover from electric power failure is of paramount importance for assured continued operations.
The objective of this project is to improve the Medium Voltage Electric (MVE) infrastructure for the NIEHS campus and upgrade the power production and distribution system for standby chiller function within the CUP. This work will consist of correcting medium voltage and low voltage duct bank settlement concerns and conductors throughout campus, replacement of existing medium voltage feeder 107/204 fed from Building 107 to all connected loads, installation of above ground medium voltage switches for all taps, construction of a new medium voltage generator yard and electrical vault underneath ground to provide uninterruptable chilled water production and harden power distribution for critical support buildings serving the RTP campus.
This requirement is a Design-Build (DB) project to improve the MVE infrastructure for the NIEHS campus and upgrade the power production and distribution system for standby chiller function within the CUP. The DB Contractor is to provide all services for review of existing conditions, preparation of stamped construction documents from the provided bridging documents, provide professional solutions supported by engineering calculations, and turnkey construction in accordance with the bridging documents and contract requirements.
Magnitude of project: $25,000,000 - $100,000,000
Work to be performed under the project may include but is not limited to any of the disciplines listed in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes as follows:
- NAICS of 236220- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
Contractors responding to this notice to perform the contract as small business joint ventures shall use the procedures described at the Small Business administration (SBA) web site. The SBA URL is www.sba.gov, and the keyword search is Joint Venture and or Mentor Protégé.
Responses should be submitted no later than Monday, September 23, 2024 2:00pm EST. Responses should be limited to not more than 10 pages. Any information provided to the Government as a result of this notice is voluntary. The Government will not pay for any information submitted in response to this Solicitation Notice. Only responses submitted via email will be considered. Email submissions should be submitted to Thao Nguyen at thao.nguyen@nih.gov and Thuy Le at thuy.le@nih.gov
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