Powerhouse Exciter System Replacement & Commissioning

This is a special notice prepared in accordance with FAR subpart 5.2, Synopses of Proposed Contract Actions. This is NOT a Solicitation. This is a Notice of Intent to Sole Source.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Portland District intends to award a sole source, firm-fixed-price contract to ABB, Inc., 10300 Boul Henri-Bourassa O, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada H4S 1N6.

The purpose of this acquisition is for ABB to supply a new excitation control system for Main Unit (MU) 16 at The Dalles Dam Powerhouse; an ABB Unitrol 6000 Excitation System. This work also involves commissioning the new MU16 excitation system and recommissioning the sister unit, MU15 ABB Unitrol F excitation system. ABB manufactures and supports these exciter systems. No other vendor can provide commissioning support and troubleshooting on this equipment, as it is proprietary hardware and software to ABB. The Powerhouse requires ABB exciters in order to be compatible/interoperable with the other systems in the Powerhouse.

The statutory authority for this sole source procurement is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements.

A SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE POSTED. The Government intends to proceed with this sole source action. The NAICS code is 335311 - Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing. The size standard as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration is 750 employees.

THIS NOTICE IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR QUOTATIONS. Responsible sources may submit a capability statement to the Contracting Officer before the notice end date. If no affirmative written responses are received by 3:00 PM PST on 13 March 2018, an award will be made without further notice. Oral communications will not be accepted in response to this notice. Electronic questions shall be submitted via email to brooke.l.patterson@usace.army.mil. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice.