Acillies and truman microwave radio towers

The U.S. Department of Energy, Southwestern Power Administration(Southwestern)

intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to construct two

self-supporting

microwave radio towers, radio/generator buildings, and associated secondary



power service on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Truman project offices

located near Warsaw, MO and Southwesterns Achilles Radio Site near

Achilles,

OK. Work generally consists of, but is not limited to, the addition of new



self-supporting microwave towers, foundations and accessories with antennas

and

feed lines; the addition of new Radio/Generator Building and foundations;

the

installation of standby generator sets and accessories; the installation of

new

LP tanks and piping; the addition of secondary power service to the new

Radio/Generator buildings; the removal and relocation/stacking of existing

guyed radio towers; and the removal and disposal of an existing radio

building

and associated equipment and materials. All work shall be in accordance

with

both the general specifications, site specific statements of work, and site



plans/drawings incorporated in the solicitation package.



In accordance with FAR 19.10, Small Business Competitiveness Demonstration

Program, this project is Unrestricted. However, Small Businesses are not

precluded from participating and are encouraged to submit a proposal.

The

applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for

this

acquisition is 237130 and the small business size standard is $31 million.



The magnitude of this project is estimated to be between $1,000,000 and

$4,000,000.



Contractor registration in the Governments Central Contractor Registry

(CCR)

is required in order to be eligible for contract award. Registration may

be

completed and information regarding the registration process may be

obtained at

http://www.ccr.gov.



The solicitation package will be issued on or about May 20, 2009 with bids

being due on or about June 22, 2009. Once issued, solicitation documents



will be available electronically for download at http://e-center.doe.gov

Electronic copies of the solicitation package may be requested by

contacting

Sean Long at Southwestern Power Administration, One West Third Street,

Tulsa,

OK 74103, or at 918-595-6740, or by email at sean.long@swpa.gov.

Hard

copies of the solicitation package will not be distributed. All

responsible

sources may submit a bid, which will be considered by Southwestern.