Air Coolers, Hoover Dam IDIQ

Work to be performed under this solicitation consists of reconditioning and restoring heat exchangers that are presently located at Hoover Dam Power Plant in Boulder City, Nevada. This will require offerors to transport, inspect, clean, recondition, deliver and participate in the testing of the overhauled heat exchangers. In any given year the offeror will recondition heat exchangers from one manufacturer or any combination of manufacturers. The reconditioned air coolers are not required to be installed under this contract. Installation will be performed by Dam personnel. All restoration is to be performed at contractor's facility. The proposed contract's performance period will start on date of award and run for a 5 year period. There are no Option Provisions. It is the Government's intent to place multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity type contracts with a guaranteed minimum award quantity of one (1) heat exchanger with a maximum dollar value of $5,000,000 for the 5 year period. This acquisition will be pursued in accordance with FAR Subpart 12 Commercial Items. This requirement is being issued on a 100% Total Small Business set-aside basis. The North American Industry Classification System Code is 332410, Power Boiler & Heat Exchange Manufacturing with a size standard of 500 employees. The solicitation will include a description of the requirement, instructions to offerors and information on the required certifications. It will be available by electronic posting only at www.fedbizopps.gov on, or about January 21, 2011 and will close 30 days later on, or about, February 21, 2011. For award evaluation purposes, source selection criteria will be included in the solicitation. Offerors will be required to submit a technical proposal that addresses their experience/past performance doing similar work, as well as reference information. For information, please contact the Contract Specialist, Brooke Mena, at 702-293-8489 or by email at bmena@usbr.gov. Offferors must print the documents from www.fedbizopps.gov and use them for submission of their offers. In order to receive a contract award, contractors are required to register with the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) system at www.ccr.gov. CCR is a self-service database. Vendors register themselves and maintain their own information through the CCR web site. The CCR Handbook and information on the registration process can be obtained via the CCR website, http://.ccr.gov or by calling the CCR Help Desk at 1-888-227-2423. Failure to register in CCR may make an offeror ineligible for award. Visit the website to obtain further instructions about registering.