Department of Agriculture · Forest Service · USDA FOREST SERVICE-SPOC EAST
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Solicitation details
Solicitation number
1141206
Notice type
Presolicitation
NAICS
221320
Product service code
H146
Set-aside
Small Business Set Aside - Total
Posted
2024-11-06
Response deadline
Nov 19, 2028, 7:00 PM UTC
Place of performance
Mammoth Cave, KY
Contracting contact
jordan.carlsen@usda.gov
Market intelligence
Account requiredWho wins this work, and what it pays
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Work for this project requires the contractor to be responsible for for furnishing and supplying all labor, materials, equipment, utilities, miscellaneous items, freight and delivery and all necessary valid licenses for the work summarized in the SOW: 1. Furnish and install 480V, 3 PH, 30A feeder from existing panelboard to proposed aeration equipment disconnect. 2. Furnish and install 480V, 3PH, 30A disconnect, including grounding system, post, pipe bollards, and conduits. 3. Furnish and install microbubble lagoon aeration system consisting of the following: a. Control panel with individual motor overload protection circuit breakers. b. Self-contained floating microbubble aerators cord connected to control panel with tethers and anchors (4 each). 4. Locate private and utility owned buried electrical lines in the area of work and provide location on as-built plans with reference measurements to existing infrastructure. 5. Furnish third-party inspection of electrical work included in this contract. The magnitude of this project is between $25,000.00 and $100,000.00 This Pre-solicitation Notice seeks to provide information to interested parties about potential opportunity to perform the construction, additions, alterations, or maintenance and repairs as described above. This Pre-solicitation Notice does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service. Respondents are advised that the United States (U.S) Government will not pay for any information or administrative cost incurred in response to this Pre-solicitation Notice. All costs associated with responding to this Pre-solicitation Notice will be solely at the responding party's expense. Please be advised that all submissions become Government property and will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the U.S Government to form a binding contract. The solicitation will be on or about 20th November, no additional information is known at this time.
Contact
Point of contact
Jordan Carlsen
Role
not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email
jordan.carlsen@usda.gov
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