US Army Engineer District, Louisville, c/o Rock Island District Corps of Engineers, Clock Tower Building, PO Box 2004, Rock Island, IL 61204-2004

28 -- SUPPLY AND INSTALL TWO (2) INDUCTION TURBINE/GENERTOR UNITS, BUILDING 1360, ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS Sol DACA27-95-R-0051. Due 050895. Contact W. Fleming, Contract Specialist, 309/794-5486/ Mr. George Kona, Kydroelectric Design Center, 503/326-3863. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is currently involved in modernizing two (2) induction turbine/generator units and eight (8) synchronous turbine/generator (main units in Building 160 at Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island County, Illinois. The requirement exists to furnish and deliver two (2) new Francis type turbine runners and rehabilitate appurtenances and to install same into existing water passages; to furnish, deliver, and install two (2) new generators; to furnish, deliver and install eight (8) exciters; to modify ten (10) existing governors; to modernize the plant control system; and to inspect, replace and/or rehabilitate miscellaneous generating unit assemblies and components at the Rock Island Arsenal Hydroelectric Plant. The requirement will be procured through the use of a Competitive Negotiation Procedure which uses a Request for Proposal (RFP) as the solicitation document. The RFP requires prospective offerors to develop and submit a proposal that will be evaluated based upon descriptive literature, qualifications, and competitive range using the following selection criteria listed in descending order of importance: 1) Plant Control System (functionality of submitted design, operational requirements, software submittals, documentation, hardware submittals and experience); 2) Turbine (organization design experience, individual design experience, manufacturing experience, organizational capabilities, project engineer experience, performance characteristics, computer modeling capability, turbine-to-prime contractor proximity; and turbine contractor-to-HDC proximity); 3) Generator (experience with slow speed machines, reliability, and overall experience); 4) Governor (forced outage rate, experience, O&M manual usefulness, spare parts availability, and engineering support); 5) Excitation System (forced outage rate, experience, O & M manual usefulness, spare parts availability, and engineering support); 6) Site Visit; and 7) Price. The contract will be awarded to the firm submitting the proposal considered to be the best in terms of the technical evaluation factors and price that is determined to be in the best interest of the Government and therefore, the project will not necessarily be awarded to the firm submitting the lowest price proposal. Specifications, including bid form and half size drawings will be furnished at the cost of $70.00. Full size drawings will be furnished at the cost of $175.00. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. The proposed procurement listed herein is Unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification Code (SIC) for this solicitation is 3511, 1000 employees. (060)

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