FL station battery charger

The Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, is seeking to procure battery chargers for the Fontenelle Power Plant to replace an existing station battery system that provides backup power for power plant protection systems, emergency lighting, and communications. The procurement involves replacing two existing load-sharing chargers that have proven unreliable with new chargers capable of operating independently. This opportunity falls under NAICS code 335999 (All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing) and PSC code 6125 (Converters, Electrical, Rotating). The solicitation number 140R4025Q0087 is anticipated to be released on July 31, 2025, through the System for Award Management (SAM) website. Potential offerors must be actively registered in SAM to be considered, and interested parties should contact contract specialist Brittney Murphy at bmurphy@usbr.gov for inquiries while monitoring SAM for updates and solicitation documents.

This procurement is designated as a 100% small business set-aside with a size standard requiring no more than 600 employees for qualifying businesses. The pre-solicitation notice does not specify the award value, budget range, or exact quantities of battery chargers to be procured. No incumbent contractors or current service providers are mentioned in the available documentation. The timeline indicates that interested parties have a brief window to prepare, as the solicitation release date of July 31, 2025, follows closely after the pre-solicitation posting date of July 29, 2025. The procurement focuses on reliability improvements over the existing system, suggesting that technical specifications and performance requirements will be critical evaluation factors when the full solicitation is released.