RECOVERY - Small Wind Distributed Generation for Land Port of Entry Demonstration Program

Proposals are due December 29, 2009, 2 pm Eastern, at the following address:

General Services Administration
O'Neill Federal Building
10 Causeway Street
11th Floor/Attn:  Alyssa Kennedy  (617-565-7948)
Boston, MA  02222

Overall site plan CS101, dated 01/11/2008 is removed as an attachment to the Request For Proposal.

The turbines must be located above contour line 617 as referenced on the attachment entitled "Parcel D- Revised" dated 11/20/2009.

No wetlands or buffer zone areas may be impacted by this project.

The Solicitation Package has been uploaded. The Solicitation Package consists of the following: The "Solicitation" which contains instructions to offerors and solicitation provisions. The "Agreement" which contains contract terms and conditions for any resultant contract. Associated drawings and forms constitute part of the above. The proposal due date is December 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm Eastern.

The proposal due date is extended to December 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm Eastern

The proposal due date is extended to December 15, 2009 at 2:00 pm Eastern

The Solicitation Package has been uploaded.

The Solicitation Package consists of the following:

The "Solicitation" which contains instructions to offerors and solicitation provisions.

The "Agreement" which contains contract terms and conditions for any resultant contract.

Associated drawings and forms constitute part of the above.



The proposal due date is December 8, 2009 at 2:00 pm Eastern.

A site walk-through is scheduled for Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. 
Interested contractors must contact Patrick Ross or Kathryn Thomas to register for the site visit.

Contract information:

Patrick Ross: 
patrick.ross@gsa.gov
Office phone:  603-410-4177
Blackberry:  617-913-6267

Kathryn Thomas:
kathryn.thomas@gsa.gov
Office phone:  617-565-8826
Cell phone:  617-276-5960 

The GSA is seeking information regarding availability and capability of businesses qualified to provide wind turbines with the following salient characteristics:

100 kW

Direct Drive

Digital system which does not require additional over-speed components

Approximately 150 feet in height

Heated nacelle

Compatible with harsh winter climates typical at the U.S./Canadian Border

 The only known source at this time for wind turbines with these salient characteristics is Northern Power Systems, Barre, VT.

 Interested parties shall provide sufficient technical literature, documents, etc in order for the Government evaluation team to make an adequate technical assessment as to whether the product meets technical acceptability. Interested parties must also demonstrate they are capable of providing a complete warranty for the wind turbine.

 In the event no information is received for a wind turbine which meets the outlined salient characteristics, the GSA intends to proceed with acquisition of a complete wind turbine system, which includes two100 kW direct drive wind turbine manufactured by Northern Power. The installation and integration of the wind turbines will be competed among certified installers for Northern Power.

GSA New England Region (GSA) has a requirement to furnish and install two U.S.manufactured 100 kW direct drive turbines at the Jackman, Maine Land Port of Entry. Northern Power Systems of Barre, VT is the only known source for the direct drive turbines. The Northern Power 100 model fits the size and scale of the location and the salient features are highly desirable and integral to GSA requirements. The contractor shall provide a total "turnkey" project including design, procurement and installation of two Northwind 100, 100-kW direct drive wind turbines at the Jackman, ME, LPOE. The two 100 kW turbines are to be the primary power source for the LPOE. The successful contractor must also ensure complete integration and compatibility with Hydro Quebec interconnection, the New England Independent System Operator for electric grid requirements and GSA advanced metering data requirements. Contractor will be responsible to obtain required permits.

Offerors will be required to complete and submit a document security agreement prior to receiving any drawings. All work is subject to employees obtaining HSPD-12 background clearances. Access to the facility is subject to GSA and local access policies.

Award will be on the basis of a best-value source selection considering price and non-price factors. Any responsible source may submit a proposal; however, qualified, factory-certified installers for Northern Power Systems are preferred and will receive higher technical ratings than contractors who do not hold such certification. The solicitation documents are exoected to be posted within the next two weeks.

XX - RECOVERY_Small Wind Distributed Generation for LPOE Demonstration Project

Description:

The General Services Administration intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Northern Power Systems, a small business contractor in Barre, VT, to furnish and install two 100 kW direct drive wind turbines at the Jackman, ME, LPOE.  This notice is not a request for proposals (RFP) or an announcement of a solicitation and no solicitation package exists at this time.  The planned 100 kW direct drive turbines include features which are either highly desirable or integral to our requirements.  These include: more energy efficient direct drive train, small size (140 feet approximate) that fits the architectural scale of the LPOE and falls under the FFA height limitation / restrictions.

The proposed contract will provide planning, siting, permiting, installation and maintenance of two 100 kw  turbines to generate 400,000 kWh approximate annually. The installation will includea data acquisition system, with continuous web based photo and file viewing of system output, emission reductions and weather information in real time; multiple inverters, isolation transformers and all interconnect requirements of the local Utility, Hydro-Quebec.

The work performed under this contract includes the following specific items and tasks:  design/ build services to install and demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of small wind turbines at a LPOE with  harsh winter conditions. This will include complete integration with local Utility and utility electrical grid to the Utility's specifications, data acquisition and annual maintenance of system, application to the Maine Efficiency for any financial incentive, as well as application for interconnection with Hydro Quebec Utility, ME DEP and ME LURA for any required permiting requirements, on behalf of the GSA, for final approval and sign off by authorized GSA Contracting Officer.

Authorized re-sellers are not eligible for this requirement.  This acquisition will be with Distrbuted Energy Systems, Barre VT. and not with an authorized re-seller due to the increased price mark-up routinely associated with the third party company.

The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this acquisition is FAR 6.302-1, which authorizes other than full and open competition when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements.

Distributed Energy Systems has demonstrated the requisite experience and capability to supply the GSA with the essential wind turbine system; training, integrated twenty year warranty, as well as maintenance capability.

Installation completion is desired by October 2010, but no later than )ctober, 2011.

Firms wishing to challenge the sole source acquisition must submit a letter of interest that demonstrates their firm's ability to provide, and experience in providing, a small scale wind turbine system incorporating the features described above.  Interested parties may submit a proposal and rationale as to why they should be considered within thirty (30) days of this notice.  If no affirmative written response is received within thrity (30) days after publication of this notice to the effect that a comparable qualified source is available, a sole-source award will be negotiated with Distributed Power Systems.  A determination by the Government not to proceed with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Interested parties shall provide sufficient technical literature, documents, etc in order for the Government evaluation team to make an adequate technical assessment as to whether the product and capabilities meet technical acceptability.  Interested parties must demonstrate they are capable of providing a complete warranty for the wind turbine system and that they can conform to all pertinent codes including, but not necessarily limited to: IBC, GSA-PBS - P100, NEC, IEEE1547, UL-1741.  Interested firms are requested to submit three copies of their capability statement and documentation by mail to Kathryn Thomas at GSA, Property Development Division, 10 Causeway Street, Room 975, Boston, MA  02222.    Responses should include a contact name and phone number, size of business and number of years in business and number of years experience with wind turbine technology and system installations.  The Government will not pay for any information or materials provided in response to this synopsis and submittals will not be returned to the sender.  If a solicitation is later released it may be synopsized in FedBizOpps.  It is the potential offerors responsibility to monitor this site for the release of any synopsis or solicitation.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 221119.