Bgndrf yard piping & flow measurement upgrades

The Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, intends to solicit design-build services for yard piping and flow measurement upgrades at the Brackish Groundwater National Desalination Research Facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico, with solicitation release anticipated August 17, 2026. This procurement carries a Total Small Business set-aside under NAICS 237110 (Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction), with a $45 million size standard.

Place of performance is the facility's outdoor test area (Pad 10) at 500 Lavelle Road, Alamogordo, New Mexico. Scope includes design and construction of a flow measurement vault with magnetic flow meters; source water, potable water, and concentrate water piping systems; three above-grade piping manifolds; four concrete vaults at existing valve locations; conduit and controls cabling to the existing plant SCADA system; temperature-controlled heat trace and insulation for all pressure piping; and testing, training, and commissioning. An optional line item addresses locating and replacing 50 to 500 feet of damaged source water storage tank pipeline.

The anticipated budget ranges from $500,000 to $1,000,000. Design phase must be completed within 122 days after contract award, with construction, commissioning, and performance testing completed within 305 days. Offerors must maintain minimum bonding capacity of $1,000,000 (100 percent of awarded contract price). The Government will conduct best value evaluation under FAR Part 15 and Part 36.3. Contact Valerie Jiron, Contract Specialist (valerie_jiron@ios.doi.gov), with copies to Mary Maestas, Contracting Officer (mary_maestas@ios.doi.gov), for questions submitted in writing.