Centralized helicopter maintenance services

Added: Aug 25, 2008 11:40 am Western Area Power Administration (Western) intends to award one ormore

contracts for Centralized Helicopter Maintenance Services. Contractor

shall

furnish all labor, supervision, facilities, materials, equipment, tools and



supplies necessary to provide Centralized Helicopter Maintenance Services

to

accomplish scheduled major inspections, overhauls, major alterations, major



repairs, unscheduled major inspections, scheduled 100-hour and annual

inspections on 3 Western helicopters, and their components. Work includes

time

between overhaul (TBO) inspections and replacement of retirement life items



listed under the following type certificates: H2SW, E4CE and E1GL, with

latest

revisions. Western operates the following aircraft: one Bell Helicopter

Model

407, Registration # N617DE, Serial l#53798 (based at Loveland, CO); one

Bell

Helicopter Model 407 N619DE, Serial #53410 (based at Phoenix, AZ); and one



Bell Helicopter Model 206L-3, Registration # N27TK, Serial #51138 (based at



Huron, SD). Minimum qualifications include requirement that contractor

must be

a FAA Certified Repair Station. Offerors may submit quote(s) for one, two

or

all three of the helicopters. In accordance with the Service Contract Act,

the

applicable U.S. Department of Labor Wage Determination will apply for the

contractors service facility location. Place(s) of performance is unknown

at

this time. The Contracting Officer will obtain wage determinations for

specific places of performance if asked to do so in writing (via email) by

September 12, 2008. Term of contract is anticipated at one base year and

four

option years. The solicitation is set aside 100% for Small Business

Concerns

(NAICS Code 488190, size standard $6.5 million). The solicitation (Request

for

Quotes/RFQ) will be issued electronically on or about August 27, 2008.

Quotes

may be submitted by regular or express/overnight mail. Quotes submitted

electronically or by fax will not be accepted. Proposals will be evaluated



based upon the criteria stated in the RFQ. Contractors must be registered

in

Central Contractor Registration database (CCR) to be eligible to receive an



award from any Federal agency. Contractors must also complete the On-line

Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) electronically at

http://orca.bpn.gov, and update its reps and certs annually. Proposals are

due

by 2:00 PM Mountain Time on September 19, 2008.