Photovoltaic and Battery Installation Project, U.S. Consulate Cape Town, South Africa

Photovoltaic and Battery Installation Project, U.S. Consulate Cape Town, South Africa

The Regional Procurement Support Office in Frankfurt, Germany, intends to issue a Firm Fixed-Price Construction type contract during the third quarter of calendar year 2024.

The successful contractor shall provide complete DESIGN-BUILD construction services, contract coordination, and supervision, including but not limited to the management and construction necessary to meet the requirements of the contract within the established timeframe.

South Africa does not have the ability to provide enough power to meet the demands of their customers. As a result, a country-wide load shedding program has been instituted with rolling scheduled blackouts. These blackouts require the consulate to run on diesel generators most of the time at a very high fuel cost. This project has three components intended to eliminate the need for on-site diesel generator use:

1. Reduce energy use by upgrading the site lighting to more energy efficient LED lighting.
2. Provide on-site canopy-mounted and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic power system and associated parking spaces, drive aisles, and site landscape and drainage improvements, and
3. Provide a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).

In addition to those efforts aimed at eliminating diesel energy use, the project will provide EV charging stations for official vehicles.

The magnitude of this project is anticipated to be more than $10,000,000 U.S. Dollars for the entire project.

Companies interested in the solicitation should express their interest by written correspondence, no later than Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at the following email addresses machendd@state.gov and MUST include the following information: Name of Firm, Name, Telephone, Email Address of Point of Contact and Complete Physical and Mailing Address of Firm. DO NOT TELEPHONE.

Firms shall be knowledgeable in written and spoken English.

APPLICATION FOR SOLICITATION DOCUMENTATION CHECK LIST

In applying for the solicitation material, you are acknowledging that your company can reach compliance with the following highlighted requirements included in the solicitation.

As it is anticipated that the contract award will be greater than $10M, the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 applies to this solicitation.  The Act limits the award of a contract from this solicitation to United States persons or United States joint venture persons.  In order participate in this solicitation, prospective offerors must complete and submit DOSAR 652.236-72 Statement of Qualifications for the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act (Feb 2015), to include required support documentation.  Only prequalified applicants shall receive a copy of the solicitation.

Bonding:  The successful contractor will be required to provide the government with surety in the form of Irrevocable Letters of Credits, or other acceptable security IAW FAR 52.228-15, totaling 40% of the value of the contract. 

Registration in the US System for Award Management (SAM) database is mandatory to be considered for award. The registration must be in “ACTIVE” status.  Offerors may obtain information on registration and annual confirmation requirements at the help tab of https://www.sam.gov and the Federal Service Desk: www.fsd.gov. (The FSD is a free technical support service desk for user assistance.)

Solicitation and award will be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States of America. This requirement is being competed utilizing full and open competition procedures.

The solicitation package/documents shall not be placed on SAM.gov.  Only prequalified vendors shall receive a copy of the solicitation package/documents when available.