Research and development - microgrid installation and reconfiguration

Added: Mar 07, 2012 1:15 pm US ARMY CONTRACTING COMMAND - WARREN, MI, INTENDS TO ISSUE A SOLE-SOURCE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL TO NEXTENERGY CENTER, DETROIT, MI. THE PROPOSED EFFORT CONTEMPLATES THE AWARD TO INSTALL THE DC BUS ARCHITECTURE, 500 KILOWATT (KW) ELECTRONIC POWER CONTROL AND CONDITIONING (EPCC) ENDURING BASE (EB) GAMMA UNIT, AND A SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION (SCADA) UNIT AND FOUR (4) SMART LOAD INTERFACE CONTROLLER (SLIC) BOXES THAT WERE DESIGNED, TESTED, AND DEVELOPED BY NEXTENERGY (CONTRACT W56HZV-05-C-0741); AND RECONFIGURE THE EPCC EB GAMMA UNIT TO PROVIDE CONTINUOUS POWER TO THE SYSTEM INTEGRATION LABORATORIES (SILS) LOCATED A TANK AND AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ENGINEERING CENTER (TARDEC). THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO PROCURE THESE SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ON AN OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION BASIS WITH NEXTENERGY CENTER UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF 10 U.S.C. 2304(C)(1) AS IMPLEMENTED BY FAR 6.302-1, ONLY ONE RESPONSIBLE SOURCE AND NO OTHER SUPPLIES OR SERVICES WI! LL SATISFY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS. A PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE OF 18 MONTHS IS ANTICIPATED TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT. THIS CONTRACT IS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 5.207; ALL RESPONSIBLE SOURCES MAY SUBMIT A CAPABILITY STATEMENT TO JONATHAN.P.NEILL.CIV@MAIL.MIL. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 01:00 P.M., LOCAL TIME, WARREN, MI, 21 MAR 2012. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS OR A SOLICITATION OF OFFERS.