Install the Energy Management Control System – Phase II at Thule AB, Greenland

The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to issue a solicitation package seeking to award a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract to Install the Energy Management Control System – Phase II at Thule AB, Greenland. 
This will be a competitive, Invitation for Bid (IFB) Solicitation. General Conditions at Thule Air Base: The location of Thule Air Base limits exterior work to the months of June through September, although work is sometimes possible in May and/or October. Additionally, Thule's location demands that all supplies/personnel must be shipped /transported in/out via air/sealift. Thule Air Base is not a commercial air/seaport and there is no other access. Shipping schedules are dictated by Defense contracts, and materials and labor are not available locally. The region is glaciated, and the existing soil is generally permafrost, which exists from 1 to 6 feet below the surface to a measured depth of 1,600 feet. Winter temperatures average between 20 -30 degrees F below zero while average summer temperatures are between 40-50 degrees F above zero. One annual military cargo sealift departs from Norfolk, Virginia to Thule AB, on or about 1 July. There are two sealifts that leave from Copenhagen, Denmark to Thule AB, one in July & one in August. Airlifting any materials or equipment via military aircraft is very expensive and only normally allowed on an emergency-need basis.

Project Description:
Install Phase 2 of Energy Management and Control System (EMCS) in 67 buildings and above ground utility systems that were not included in the WWCX 03-1004A. The system will include sensors, actuators, and interface devices within buildings and limited fiber optic communications to interconnect buildings and will be compatible with existing  the system installed by WWCX 03-1004A and with planned changes to central heating utility. Control action will be limited to facilities identified. System will control heating and lighting per occupancy schedules and limit the range of temperatures selectable by the user to prevent overheating areas or allowing areas to freeze.

Once the contract is awarded, the contractor will be required to commence design within five (5) calendar days after the date of receipt of the notice to proceed and construction will begin in the summer of 2023. 

The work is estimated to cost between $4,000,000 and $8,000,000.  It is the intention of the government to award in June/July 2022.

Liquidated Damages of approximately $1,850.00 per calendar day of delay will be assessed to the contractor until all work under the contract is accepted as complete.

This procurement is restricted to Danish and Greenlandic Firms only.