SPECIAL NOTICE
Z -- McNary Main Unit Exciters, Digital Governors, and Powerhouse Controls Upgrade
- Notice Date
- 10/23/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 238210
— Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, Walla Walla, Attn: CENWW-CT, 201 North 3rd Avenue, Walla Walla, Washington, 99362-1876, United States
- ZIP Code
- 99362-1876
- Solicitation Number
- W912EF19RSN01
- Archive Date
- 11/27/2018
- Point of Contact
- Hillary A. Morgan, Phone: 5095277214
- E-Mail Address
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hillary.a.morgan@usace.army.mil
(hillary.a.morgan@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT SURVEY ONLY. This is not a request for proposal, request for quote, or an invitation for bids. A solicitation, specifications, or drawings are not available at this time. This is a SPECIAL NOTICE. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. The Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District is conducting this market research to gather pertinent information to help the contracting officer determine whether Project Labor Agreements (PLA) for a large scale electrical construction project (exceeding $25 million) at McNary Lock and Dam in the Pacific Northwest are appropriate. The McNary Main Unit Exciters, Digital Governors, and Powerhouse Controls Upgrade project includes replacement of the main unit generators excitation systems, installation of digital governors, and powerhouse controls upgrade. The powerhouse controls portion includes complete replacement and upgrade of powerhouse S-boards, control room SC-boards, auxiliary control systems, annunciators, and sequential events recorder (SER) systems. The S-boards and SC-panels will be replaced with a new layout that will include a network communication-based control systems with new HMIs for unit control, annunciation, and SER systems. Some systems will still be hardwired, for instance, manual synchronizing and breaker controls. The McNary Lock and Dam powerhouse is located on the Columbia River in Washington State. A PLA is defined as a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement with one or more labor organizations that establishes the terms and conditions of employment for a specific construction project and is an agreement described in 29 U.S.C. 158(f). Interested parties are requested to respond to this PLA Special Notice with the following information: (1) Do you have knowledge that a PLA has been used in the local area on projects of this kind? If so, please provide a list of recent (2-5 years) construction projects in the local labor market of the project under consideration. Include the following items: Project Name/Location; Detailed Project Description; Initial Cost Estimate/Actual Final Cost; Was the project completed on time; Number of craft trades present on the project; PLA (Y/N); Were there any challenges experienced during the project (delays, investigations, health and safety issues, labor shortages, management/organizational issues, etc.)? (2) Are you aware of skilled labor shortages in the area for those crafts that will be needed to complete the project? If so please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible. Are there other projects in the vicinity that could limit the pool of skilled labor available for this project? (3) Are you aware of time sensitive issues/scheduling requirements that would impact the rate at which the project should be completed? If so, please elaborate and provide supporting documentation where possible. (4)Identify specific reasons why or how you believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government's interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement. (5) Identify specific reasons why you do not believe a PLA would advance the Federal Government's interest in achieving economy and efficiency in federal procurement. (6) Are there ways in which a PLA might increase costs on this particular project? (7) Please identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the use of a PLA on the referenced project. (8) Please identify any additional information you believe should be considered on the non-use of a PLA on the referenced project. Interested parties must respond to this Special Notice no later than 12 November 2018. Mail, or E-mail your response to U.S. Army Engineer District Walla Walla, Attn: CENWW-CT/Ms. Hillary Morgan, 201 N. Third Avenue, Walla Walla, WA 99362; E-mail - Hillary.A.Morgan@usace.army.mil. Please provide your contact information in the submitted response. This Special Notice is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for the information solicited.
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