SOLICITATION NOTICE
J -- Technical Evaluation and Support For Life Cycle Maintenance And Catastrophic Recovery of The Existing Radar Towers in the Weather Radar Network.
- Notice Date
- 3/10/2016
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 237130
— Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Western Acquisition Division - Boulder, 325 Broadway - MC3, Boulder, Colorado, 80305-3328, United States
- ZIP Code
- 80305-3328
- Solicitation Number
- NWWG1200-16-RP-00294MEC
- Point of Contact
- Mark Caban, Phone: 303-497-6875
- E-Mail Address
-
mark.caban@noaa.gov
(mark.caban@noaa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- LOCATION OF WORK: There are 165 NEXRAD radar sites located around the world. Most of the NEXRAD sites are located within the continental United States; however, there are sites in Korea, Japan, Azores, Hawaii, and Alaska. Many of the sites are located in remote, difficult to reach areas, while others are in the middle of densely populated areas in full view of the general public. NAICS CODE: 237130 Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction. Small Business Size Standard $36.5 Million. SET-ASIDE STATUS: HUBZone set-aside. DESCRIPTION: NOAA's Acquisition & Grants Office, Western Acquisition Division, Boulder, in support of the National Weather Service, Radar Operations Center in Norman, OK seeks potential vendors to provide various maintenance and repair activities to the WSR-88D NEXRAD radar towers. The design and engineering data for the WSR-88D Towers are the proprietary property of Valmont-Microflect (CAGE: 29189). The Government does have data rights to the unique as-built drawings for each tower and detailed bills of material for each tower configuration. The Government has available, a set of installation drawings and detailed bills of material to reconstitute any tower height contained within the WSR-88D network for both the Limited Phase Production and Full Scale Production configurations. These drawings contain references to all Valmont- Microflect part numbers and parts/quantities required to install any tower configuration in the NEXRAD network. The areas requiring maintenance and repair include replacement of structural components, replacement of fasteners, repair/replacement of lightning protection system components, corrosion removal, cleaning, painting, and repair/replacement of galvanic coatings, and tower foundation replacement/repair. Preventative measures to protect the tower from other issues besides weather related ones may also be required, e.g., bird proofing and power washing chloride deposits. Although the government does not require the use of OEM parts, the contractor must specify any proposed replacement components which are not OEM parts, and demonstrate to the government's satisfaction that the substitute part is interchangeable and of the same quality of the like OEM part. Engineering services may also be required in any of the previously mentioned maintenance activities. TENTATIVE SOLICITATION ISSUE DATE: April 1, 2016 TENTATIVE PROPOSAL DUE DATE: April 20, 2016 ANTICIPATED AWARD DATE: July 28, 2016 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: We anticipate awarding a contract with a one year base and 4 one year option periods. ANTICIPATED CONTRACT TYPE: Indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity, firm fixed-price task orders. CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION: To be eligible for award, a contractor must (1) be registered in SAM.gov. The solicitation will be available on or before April 1, 2016. No collect calls will be accepted. All responses to this notice may be submitted via e-mail to Mark Caban, Contracting Officer, at mark.caban@noaa.gov. The phone number for the Contracting Officer is (303) 497-6875.
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