Upgrade liquid nitrogen piping, Plum Island, NY

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), intends to issue a Request for Proposals to replace the existing liquid nitrogen piping with approximately 75 feet of 1 ½" vacuum jacketed pipe at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center, NY. PIADC is located on Plum Island, New York. It is an 840-acre island off the North Fork of Long Island and has various scientific and non-scientific facilities to support USDA's scientific research mission. It is accessible by a government-provided ferry from Orient Point, NY, and Old Saybrook, CT. Equipment and vehicles are transported only from Orient Point. Access to this area is controlled and each individual visitor requires an escort. The estimated magnitude of this project is between $25,000 and $100,000. The NAICS code is 238220, with a small business size standard of $15 million. This procurement is set aside for small businesses only. The solicitation, including specifications and all other documents related to this procurement, will be available on the Federal Business Opportunities website (fbo.gov) on or around May 7, 2015. It is the responsibility of interested parties to monitor this site for the solicitation and amendments, if any. Questions concerning this synopsis should be directed to James Roloff, Contracting Officer, by email at [email protected].