Underground Utilities and Storm Water Improvements, Moore Air Base, Edinburg, Texas

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service intends to issue a request for proposals to install a new sanitary sewer, storm sewer, raw water delivery system, and electrical grid at Moore Air Base, Edinburg, Texas.  The project includes:

- Stormwater conveyance improvements.

- New gravity sanitary sewer system, building service reconnections, abandonment of existing sanitary sewer pipes and manholes, and site restoration.

- New raw water system for irrigation purposes, including installation of pumps, hydropneumatic bladder tank and associated piping, instrumentation and electrical work; sunshade and concrete slab; raw water distribution piping and reinstatement of service connections.

- New electrical and communication infrastructure, cabling, and equipment, including:

• Underground conduit system to include duct spacers, marking tape, pull cords, and above grade utility markers.
• Cast in place or pre-cast electrical manholes and communication manholes.
• Quazite or Electrimold Box Pad for pad-mounted electrical primary switches.
• Concrete pads for pad-mounted transformers.
• Four-way direct buried sectionalizing cabinets.
• Grounding at manholes.
• Installation of an OS2 single mode 12-strand fiber optic cable in new duct bank system from existing elevated water storage tank to existing water treatment plant, including programming integration of elevated water storage tank fiber optic I/O into existing water treatment plant control panel and SCADA system.
• Wiring and equipment to include pad-mounted transformers and primary switches, sectionalizing cabinets, and electrical secondary services to all buildings at the site.

This procurement is unrestricted, i.e., open to all interested parties.  The magnitude of this project is more than $10 million, and the NAICS code is 237110, with a small business size standard of $39.5 million.  The solicitation and all other documents related to this procurement will be available on SAM on or around June 10, 2022.  Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to Jim Roloff, contracting officer, by email at james.g.roloff@usda.gov.