Large-Tier Electrical Construction IDIQ

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to solicit offers on a full and open competition basis for large-tier electrical construction services at the NIST campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland. This is a new requirement with no incumbent contractor. The procurement is expected to result in one or more Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contracts with a five-year ordering period, a minimum ordering value of $5,000, and a combined ceiling of $73,788,828 across all task orders and awardees.

The solicitation will include requirements for an initial task order to be awarded shortly after the IDIQ contract award. Representative work over the contract term may include demolition, installation, maintenance, modification, troubleshooting, testing, and repair of electrical systems and components. Scope elements include branch circuits, low- and medium-voltage service, 13.8 kV distribution systems, transformers, switchgear, panelboards, motors and control centers, UPS systems, generators, lighting systems, direct digital controls, and underground distribution infrastructure including manholes, cables, and splices.

The requirement also includes work involving life safety and specialized control systems such as fire alarms, mass notification, gas monitoring, laser safety interlocks, air aspirating systems, oxygen and carbon dioxide monitoring and release systems, and related exhaust or vent hood interlocks. Contractors will be expected to work from plans, blueprints, wiring diagrams, engineering drawings, and operations and maintenance manuals to support safe and compliant electrical construction and maintenance activities.

The solicitation is expected to use the advisory multistep process under FAR 15.101. Only offerors that submit a Phase 1 offer may proceed to Phase 2. Draft Phase 2 evaluation factors are anticipated to include bonding capacity on a pass/fail basis, requiring at least $20 million bonding capacity per contract and $70 million aggregate bonding capacity, as well as technical capability, including the technical approach for the first task order.