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This is market research only trying to find vendors interested in this work STATEMENT OF WORK Job Description: FAA Power Services Group (PSG) Electrical Line Distribution (ELD) Program desires a feasi... This is market research only trying to find vendors interested in this work STATEMENT OF WORK Job Description: FAA Power Services Group (PSG) Electrical Line Distribution (ELD) Program desires a feasibility study for designing/constructing alternative energy systems (AES) (solar, wind, etc) to supplement existing FAA generating capacity at five remote sites. These sites support radio/beacon and/or navigation facilities for commercial airlines and the military. For most of the sites, a submarine power cable to supply needed power has been deemed not to be cost effective due to the distances involved, as well as difficulty of maintaining submarine power cables in sea channels in the approaches to the sites. The study will provide details and recommendations to allow the department to decide on the feasibility and technical/cost requirements of constructing alternative energy systems in lieu of using power cables connected to the local grid. Emphasis is on solar energy as the preferred alternative, but FAA is flexible in the mix of AESs. This is a site study/recommendation only; complete design and installation will be a separate future procurement contingent on an FAA decision to proceed past the study stage. The FAA’s motivation for looking into providing alternative energy supplemental power to these sites is that the providing, supporting, and maintaining prime power generation currently is expensive, inconvenient, and fuel and labor intensive. There are also environmental (fuel leaks, tank corrosion) concerns with the existing large fuel storage tanks supporting the prime power generators (PX). Any significant but cost-effective reduction of reliance on these PX systems will result in an improvement. Basic Data: Five sites for which feasibility studies for AES are desired Period of Performance: July through October 2021 (est) Tasks: The contractor shall provide technical support to the tasks identified below and support and/or complete any deliverables identified herein. Tasks include: Preliminary: Initial “meeting of the minds” with FAA and possibly other government representatives to carefully characterize FAA interests, concerns, and constraints, and evaluate contractor suitability to the study project. Establishment of an organizational and study project structure. Assessment: Identification and preliminary confirmation of suitable study project stakeholder team members and alternates, if appropriate. Aerial and terrestrial field assessment of terrain and solar/wind/other environment. Delineation of integration of AES with any existing power/signal cable routing corridors connecting the FAA facilities, Delineation of how AES would be integrated considering the standoff distances and other technical operational requirements of existing FAA facilities such as radar. Development of project alternatives and conceptual designs for each. An assessment of necessary environmental, regulatory, and permitting requirements. Rough order of magnitude cost estimates and timelines for each project alternative. Performing risk assessment and recommending a preferred alternative. Develop a conceptual design for the preferred alternative and associated cost estimate. Provide the equivalent information of a 10% design review. A Draft Report for review that includes a risk assessment of the alternatives and the data in the items above. A Final Report that incorporates requested corrections and clarifications to the Draft Report. Included in the reports should be any other salient information deemed important by the bidder but not covered herein. Proposal Cost and Timeline: Four months after an FAA notice to proceed is issued, a Draft Assessment Report shall be submitted, followed by a Final Report two weeks from FAA recommended edits to Draft Report. Contractor may make appeal to alter the schedule if seasonal weather or other factors interfere with the study effort. Proposed cost is not to exceed $150,000 or actual cost, whichever is less. FAA Responsibilities: The FAA shall provide the following: Participate in a pre-assessment meeting of the minds. Assign a single point of contact and alternate if appropriate. Provide site data regarding reliability, operating costs, electrical use, etc. Provide a snapshot of existing FAA facility operational facilities, their space, standoff distance, and other requirements, and a summary statement of any future modifications/additions projected for FAA facilities on the island, if any. Review and comment on Draft Assessment Report in a timely manner to facilitate Final Report. Agreement to protect any proprietary, confidential, or critical energy infrastructure information provided and marked as such by the bidder within the study project proposal. Work Location: See Basic Data section above. Satellite photos, available site and equipment photographs, and other data that may be available from the FAA may be used for the study. Although site visits may be allowed (request written permission on a site by site basis), the cost of transportation to and from the actual sites, as well as any boarding or other living expenses, is not part of this procurement. Access to the sites is not guaranteed by FAA due to several factors relating to availability of staff, weather, transportation timing, and other factors. Evaluation Criteria: Deliverable end product will be a project design/installation study for possible auxiliary or alternative energy systems to supplement the FAA PX power sources. Deliverable shall provide up to and including the necessary information to fulfill the requirements of a 10% design review. Interested vendor send a capabilities statement to Kimberly.Burt@faa.gov.