Eufaula and Paragould Autotransformers

The U.S. Department of Energy, Southwestern Power Administration(Southwestern)

is seeking proposals to furnish, deliver and install one (1)

autotransformer at

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Eufaula Dam Substation, located

approximately 8 miles SW of Porum, OK on Hwy 71, McIntosh County, Porum, OK



74455; and one (1) autotransformer at Southwesterns Paragould Substation,



located 2 miles Northeast on Hwy 1 from Hwys 1 and 25 intersections, Greene



County, Paragould, Arkansas 72450. The Eufaula autotransformer shall be of

the

outdoor, core form, three-phase, 60 Hertz, two-winding, oil-immersed type,

self- and forced-cooled, Class ONAN/ONAF/ONAF, rated at

120000/160000/200000

kVA. The Paragould autotransformer shall be of the outdoor, core form,

three-phase, 60 Hertz, two-winding, oil-immersed type, self- and

forced-cooled,

Class ONAN/ONAF/ONAF, rated at 42000/56000/70000 kVA.



As part of the installation the contractor shall be required to remove and

temporarily store the existing autotransformers; and, set, completely

assemble,

install, fill with oil, connect, field test, and place the new

autotransformer

in complete readiness for operation immediately after delivery.



This solicitation will be issued as a Total Small Business Set-Aside. The

applicable North American Industry Classification System code for this

acquisition is 423610 and the small business size standard is 100 employees



(the applicable size standard for a small business offering a product it

itself

did not manufacture is 500 employees).



The solicitation will be available on or about April 9, 2009, with

proposals

being due on or about May 12, 2009. Once issued, solicitation documents

will

be available for download at http://e-center.doe.gov, or by contacting Jim

Hunt

at (918) 595-6669 (email at jim.hunt@swpa.gov). It is the intent of

Southwestern to award a single, firm fixed-price purchase order for this

acquisition.