Specification for the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative(NASPI)

Added: Apr 11, 2008 1:14 pm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), National Energy TechnologyLaboratory

(NETL), intends to issue a full and open competitive solicitation to write

a

specification for the North American SynchroPhasor Initiative network

(NASPInet), a network composed of Phasor Gateways, a Data Bus and a set of

common services. The North American Industrial Classification System

(NAICS)

code for this effort is 541512 Computer Systems Design Services with a

size

standard of $23M. The contractor shall provide all facilities,

supervision,

personnel, equipment, and services to perform the contract requirements.

A

Fixed Price contract is contemplated.



This requirement is in support of DOEs Office of Electricity Delivery and

Energy Reliability in its mission to lead national efforts to modernize the



electric grid, enhance the security and reliability of the energy

infrastructure, and facilitate recovery from disruptions to the energy

supply.

A draft statement of work (SOW) is attached to this synopsis.



It is anticipated that the solicitation will be made available for

downloading

from the IIPS Internet page on or about May 6, 2008 with proposals due on

or

about June 30, 2008. The IIPS page is located at http://e-center.doe.gov.

At

this internet site you will be able to register with IIPS, enabling you to

download the solicitation, join the mailing list for the solicitation,

submit

questions, review responses to questions, and to submit a proposal. If you



need technical assistance in registering or for any other IIPS function,

please

call the IIPS Help Desk at (800) 683-0751 or e-mail the Help Desk personnel

at

IIPS_HelpDesk@e-center.doe.gov.



Questions relating to this solicitation are required to be submitted

electronically through the question submittal option of the IIPS program.

All

responses to solicitation questions will be released on the IIPS Internet

page. The solicitation will only be made available in IIPS, no hard

(paper)

copies of the solicitation and related documents will be made available.