SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- EITF Support Services
- Notice Date
- 4/12/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- USACE HNC, Huntsville, P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville, AL 35807-4301
- ZIP Code
- 35807-4301
- Solicitation Number
- W912DY-13-R-EIS1
- Response Due
- 4/26/2013
- Archive Date
- 6/11/2013
- Point of Contact
- Drew Choat, 256-895-1179
- E-Mail Address
-
USACE HNC, Huntsville
(andrew.r.choat@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- 1. NOTICE OF INTENT: The U.S. Army Engineering Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama (CEHNC) Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF) program has a requirement to provide general support services in support of the EITF. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT A FORMAL SOLICITATION. The Government is only performing market research in order to determine if businesses possess the capability to execute the requirements. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a commitment by the Government. The anticipated amount of this requirement is estimated to be between $38M to $50M. 2. The purpose of this requirement is for providing support to meet existing and emerging program requirements for the Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF) to Assistant Secretary of the Army (ASA) Installations, Energy & Environment (IE&E). The Army has established the EITF as the central management office for the Army's planning and execution of large scale renewable energy project that will leverage third party finance. The EITF has primary responsibility for the Army's goal of deploying 1 gigawatt (GW) of renewable energy projects by 2025 and will also contribute to other congressionally mandated energy goals. The EITF's projects will typically be greater than 10 megawatts (MW) and serve to enhance installation energy security against a growing number of threats. Projects will include solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass technologies and will typically be either on or adjacent to U.S. CONUS Army installations. 3. Scope. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH) has a need to provide general programmatic, administrative, policy, and coordination in support of the EITF. The contracted services will support the staffing and programmatic needs of the EITF. The objective of the proposed acquisition is to provide a contract to be used by the EITF for support services. The contractor employees performing services will be controlled, directed and supervised at all times by management personnel of the contractor, including an on-site supervisor. Contractor employees will perform independent of and without the supervision of any Government official. Actions of contractor employees may not be interpreted or implemented in any manner that results in any contractor employee creating or modifying Federal policy, obligating the appropriated funds of the U.S. Government, overseeing the work of Federal employees, providing direct personal services to any Federal employee or otherwise violating the prohibitions set forth in Parts 7.5 and 37.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). The Contracting Officer's Representative (COR) will provide general instructions on limitations and deadlines, and is responsible for administration of the contract to include inspection and acceptance of deliverables. 4. The most applicable North American Industrial Classification System Code (NAICS) is 541330, Engineering Services. Prospective contractors shall be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of a contract. Firms are encouraged to obtain further information on SAM registration at the following website: https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM/. This announcement does not obligate the Government to award a contract nor does it obligate the Government to pay for any bid/proposal preparation costs 5. If you would be interested in such work you are requested to submit a capability statement which addresses as a minimum, the following items: (a) Company name and address; (b) Point of contact name, phone number and email address; (c)Would you be proposing on this project as a sole contractor, prime contractor with subcontractor(s), prime contractor with team member subcontractor(s), or a joint venture? (If you have proposed a joint venture, identify to the extent possible, your team members. Identify the business size of your team members or joint venture firms. If a teaming arrangement is planned, give details to the extent practicable on how the team likely will be composed. See FAR subpart 9.6 for Government policy on teaming arrangements.) (d) Describe your experience in the following areas: i. Developing, staffing, and supporting a large Government agency. ii. Energy projects performed with the Government. iii. Creating project schedules, quality control plans, safety plans, and methods used to control costs (i.e. could be software or a process). (f) Briefly summarize projects performed in the last five years that demonstrate your experience in performing the services listed in paragraph three above. Include point of contact information, dollar value, location, and size of facilities (approximate area in square feet) for each project. 7. Responses can be submitted electronically using the following address: andrew.r.choat@usace.army.mil and Earl.W.Johnson@usace.army.mil All responses shall be received by 3:00 PM CST on 26 April 2013. Responses shall be no more than 10 pages (single spaced, front side only, no smaller than Times New Roman, font size 12 or equivalent). Extraneous materials (brochures, manuals, etc.) will not be considered. Questions concerning this announcement shall be submitting in writing via email to both Contract Specialist Drew Choat (email address noted above) and Contracting Officer Earl Johnson (email address noted above). 8. Registration as an interested vendor for the subject notice does not in any way exempt your firm from submitting the required capability questionnaire. Therefore, if your firm would like to be considered an interested source for this requirement, please submit a capability questionnaire in accordance with the posted announcement. Your response to this announcement is not a request to be considered for a contract award. This is not a request for proposal and does not obligate the government to award any contract. The Government does not intend to rank submittals or provide any reply to interested firms.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USACE HNC, Huntsville P. O. Box 1600, Huntsville AL
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
- Zip Code: 35807-4301
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