Barkley Power Plant - Cooling Water Piping Replacement

SMALL BUSINESS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE/REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

PURPOSE:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) BEING RELEASED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) PART 10: MARKET RESEARCH. This RFI is issued solely for informational, market research, and planning purposes only. It does not constitute an Invitation for Bid (IFB), Request for Quote (RFQ), or Request for Proposal or a promise to issue an RFQ/IFB/RFP in the future. No solicitation document exists at this time. Issuance of this notice does not constitute any obligation on the part of the Government and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, implied or otherwise, to issue a solicitation or award a contract. In addition, respondents are advised that the United States Government is under no obligation to pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this RFI. At this time, proprietary information is not being requested, and respondents shall refrain from providing proprietary information in response to this RFI.

BACKGROUND:

The Barkley Powerplant is located in Lyon County, KY. The Barkley Power Plant started operation in early 1966 when the first of its four units were placed on line. Each of Barkley's four generators is capable of producing 32,500-kilowatt hours. In a typical year, Barkley Power Plant is capable of producing enough electricity to power over 30,000 homes.

REQUIREMENT:

This requirement consists of the supply of all labor, equipment, tools, supplies and materials necessary for the removal, disposal, and replacement of all transformer cooling water and emergency cooling water piping, valves, strainers, controls, pumps, and appurtenances for Units 2 thru 4 in the Power Plant.

REQUESTED INFORMATION:

Only U.S. Small Businesses under NAICS 238220-Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioner Contractors, which has a size standard of $15 Million, are requested to respond to this RFI. Size standards are the average annual receipts of a firm. How to calculate average annual receipts can be found in 13 CFR 121.104.

1. State whether you are considered a small business under NAICS 238220- Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioner Contractors.

2. State your firm's name, address, DUNS or CAGE, and primary point of contact.

3. State your firm's level of experience as a prime contractor in performing similar work to the requirement listed above.

4. State your firm's level of experience as a contractor performing similar work to the requirement listed above on a Government installation.

5. State the awarded and completed dollar value of contracts your firm has successfully completed within the past six years as a prime contractor doing business directly with the Federal Government.

6. State your level of interest in submitting a proposal as a prime contractor to the Federal Government based on the limited scope of work description above.


RESPONSES:

Please submit your information via email to Ray Kendrick, Contract Specialist, at
Ray.Kendrick@USACE.ARMY.MIL no later than 10:00 a.m. CDT on June 29, 2015. You may also submit supplemental materials such as company brochures and literature.