Bonneville Powerhouse 1 Control Room Fire Protection

Synopsis: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Portland District intends to solicit construction firms who are interested in submitting a competitive firm-fixed price proposal for this project. This announcement is for the construction of the Bonneville Powerhouse 1 Control Room Fire Protection located at Bonneville Dam.

Project Scope: The purpose of this project is to perform the construction of a fire alarm and detection system for the control room and incidental related work. This is a construction project to lengthen tenability of the control room for controlled shutdown and emergency operation of both powerhouses. The control room and its emergency egress will be fire hardened and have positive pressurization from an external independent air supply. A master fire alarm control panel and control room operator interface, and multiple fire status annunciation panels at key egress locations will be installed to provide annunciation of fire events from both powerhouses. Fire and smoke detection will be installed in the most critical areas of both powerhouses. The work focuses on implementation of fire detection and control room modifications to ensure tenability and emergency egress from the control room during a fire event.

Acquisition Strategy: The solicitation will be a request for proposal (RFP). The Lowest Price Technically acceptable source selection process will be used to evaluate proposals. Evaluation criteria will be stated in the RFP. This acquisition will result in a single fixed-price contract.

Magnitude of Construction: The estimated cost of the project is between $5,000,000 and $10,000,000.

Set Asides and Codes: This is an unrestricted, full and open acquisition. This effort is classified through the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) under code 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction. The Small Business Standard Code (SIC) is 1629 ($36.5M). The FSC is Z2KA - Repair or Alteration of Dams.

Proposal Procedures: The solicitation will be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, https://www.fbo.gov/, once it is issued. Firms are requested to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.

Proposal Period: The solicitation is scheduled for release on or about 17 November 2017. The tentative date for receipt of proposals is on or about 03 January 2018.

Plans and Specifications: The solicitation will also be posted on the Federal Business Opportunities website, https://www.fbo.gov/, once it is issued. Firms are requested to register electronically to receive a copy of the solicitation when it is issued.

System for Award Management (SAM): Offerors must register in the SAM at https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/ prior to submission of proposals and prior to receiving an award.

Point of Contact: The USACE-NWP Contracting Office will be the sole point of contact for this action. E-mail responses to the Primary Point of Contact, Thomas J. Cohick at thomas.j.cohick@usace.army.mil. E-mail is the preferred method for receiving responses to this pre-solicitation notice.

THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING INDUSTRY THAT THIS SOLICITATION WILL BE POSTED ON FBO ON OR ABOUT 03 NOVEMBER 2017. THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND PROPOSALS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THIS PRE-SOLICITATION NOTICE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR EVALUATED.

THE GOVERNMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THIS SOLICITATION EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE CLOSING DATE. NO REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO THIS PRESOLICITATION NOTICE OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUEST.