Design/build electrical feeder & transformer replacement, madrid

The U.S Consulate General, Frankfurt provides the following Pre-Solicitation Notice regarding the issuance of a Request for Proposal (RFP) for:

DESIGN/BUILD ELECTRICAL FEEDER & TRANSFORMER REPLACEMENT

U.S. EMBASSY MADRID, SPAIN

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Firm Fixed-Price Design/Build Contract in the third or fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2025.

The offeror shall provide complete design and construction services, contract coordination, and supervision, including but not limited to the management and construction necessary to meet the requirements of this contract within the established timeframe.

The U.S. Government requires the services of a contractor for selective improvement project includes the removal and replacement of the existing direct-buried high voltage electrical feeders, and existing transformers.  

The required works includes but are not limited to preparation of a boundary, topographic, and utility (BTU survey) of the Embassy compound and design a path for a new concrete encased duct bank for new main electrical feeders from the existing substation on the west side of the site to the existing electrical room in the basement level of the Chancery. The new bank shall be designed per OBO design standards shall be designed for minimal disturbance to post operations, existing underground utilities, and existing plantings and shall include spare conduits. The contractor shall provide and install new electrical feeders, including all terminations and provide one (1) new step-down transformer on east side—remove three (3) existing transformers in basement electrical room. Using the data provided by the surveys, the contractor shall locate and remove the existing direct buried main electrical feeders and spares. The Contractor must develop a comprehensive power outage plan that limits power outages on the compound to maintain post operations.

Pursuant to Subpart 36.204 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), the estimated magnitude for the entire project is between $1,000,000.00 and $5,000,000.00 U.S. Dollars (Note:  the prescribed FAR range determinations provide relatively wide ranges only, in order to give potential offerors a very general orientation as to the magnitude of the work.  However, the specified range is not meant to give any indication as to the Independent Government Cost Estimate for this project, which could be at the lower or the upper end of the range indicated). 

Qualified companies interested in the solicitation shall express their interest by written correspondence to the attention of Ms. Wencke Jacobsen at JacobsenW@state.gov  no later than April 4, 2025, using the solicitation number 19GE5025R0055 in the subject line.

DO NOT TELEPHONE. All requests for a copy of the solicitation MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Unique Entity Identifier (Former Dun’s #), Name, Telephone and Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm. 

The solicitation package/documents shall not be placed on SAM.gov as the documents contain SBU information.  Only companies submitting a letter of interest and complete “Application for Solicitation Document” check list attached hereto may receive a copy of the solicitation package/documents when available.

The solicitation package will only be available in the English language. All requirements for translations will be at the expense of the Contractor. Additionally, you are required to complete and include in your expression of interest the below checklist. All requests for the solicitation document that are submitted without the checklist, or with an incomplete checklist, will be rejected.

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English and possess all appropriate permits and licenses to perform construction work in Spain.    

A pre-proposal conference and site visit and shall be tentatively scheduled for May 2025, precise dates will be provided to interested offerors with the solicitation package.