Bend Seed Extractory Site Improvements

This project involves electrical, mechanical, and site improvements at multiple buildings at the Bend Seed Extractory, Deschutes National Forest, Bend, Oregon (Deschutes County).  Government operations shall be occurring on site and in associated existing buildings throughout the entirety of construction.  Work involved in this project is as follows:

1. Connect seed extractory and packing shed restrooms to City of Bend sewer system with construction of new force main, rebuild of existing lift station, and decommissioning of the existing septic tank, drain field, and extensive distribution piping.
2. Replace existing halon fire suppression system in seed extractory and seed freezer with EPA-approved clean agent fire suppression system.  Work includes all associated components for complete system replacement (new fire alarm and clean agent release panels, piping, nozzles, and detection and alarm devices).
3. Decommission seed extractory, seed freezer, and tree cooler’s electromechanical control panels.
4. Provide and install simplified controls for tree cooler and seed freezer to replace decommissioned panels.  Provide and install new programmable logic controller (PLC) in seed extractory building.  Extensive electrical and controls work also includes connection of seed freezer and tree cooler to private network for remote monitoring of existing Heatcraft IntelliGen™ refrigeration controls.
5. Optional work includes decommission and full rebuild of existing tree cooler humidification system, as well as installation of new automatic transfer switch and emergency generator at seed freezer.

The selection process, and evaluation criteria to be addressed, will be outlined in the forthcoming solicitation.  The solicitation will be available for download exclusively via https://www.sam.gov on or about 07/05/2022.  Paper copies of the solicitation will not be issued.  The Government intends to award without discussions, however, reserves the right to conduct discussions should it be deemed in the Government’s best interest.

A pre-proposal conference for this project is planned to be held on-site, date to be announced in the forthcoming solicitation.

One Firm Fixed-Price (FFP) contract will be awarded.  The contract period of performance will be 180 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed, estimated for 10/01/2022.    

The magnitude of this construction project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.  All offerors will be required to provide a Bid Bond (20%) with their proposal submission.  Performance and Payment Bonds (100% each) will be required of the successful awardee.

Note:  Per FAR 52.204-7(b)(1), System for Award Management (SAM), an Offeror is required to be registered in SAM when submitting an offer and shall continue to be registered until time of award, during performance, and through final payment for any contract resulting from this solicitation.  Information on registration may be obtained via:  https://www.sam.gov.  All Offerors must complete the electronic version of the Representations and Certifications in the SAM system.

This announcement serves as the Pre-Solicitation notice only.  Responses to this synopsis are not required.