Sources Sought
Building 510 Substation Upgrade - Phase I
Department of Energy
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Due in 10 daysSmall business
- Response due
- Oct 23, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
- Solicitation number
- MH484019
- Set-aside
- Small Business Set Aside - TotalSmall under NAICS 238210 means average annual receipts up to $19 million. Check your size
- NAICS
- 238210 · Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
- Place of performance
- NY, 11973
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Brookhaven National Laboratory's contractor (BSA) is asking small electrical contractors to say they are interested in the Building 510 Substation Upgrade - Phase I in New York. The work removes the old substation equipment in the Physics Building and installs a new outdoor substation. This is a sources sought notice (a market check, not a request for offers): the formal solicitation will be issued later.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 12, 2026.
- Worth checking: Sources sought, not a solicitation. This only asks who is interested; a business has to respond to this notice to be told about the formal solicitation, which will be posted on SAM.gov at a later date. From the notice:
The formal solicitation will be issued at a later date and will also be posted on SAM.gov at that time.
- Minor: Government supplies the switchgear and transformers. The contractor installs this equipment but does not buy it (Government Furnished Equipment (GFE): equipment the Government supplies to the contractor), so delivery timing is outside the contractor's control. From the notice:
The Contractor shall not procure the switchgear or transformers under this contract.
- Minor: Phased installation in a working building. Work is staged to keep the building's electric service running, which means planned cutovers and coordination with the building's occupants. From the notice:
Installation will be executed in a phased approach in order to minimize…
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Full brief
What they want
- Remove two medium-voltage (higher-voltage power) substation transformers, one medium-voltage oil switch and the medium-voltage distribution cabling
- Install a new exterior substation with two new medium-voltage transformers, one pad-mounted medium-voltage switchgear and medium-voltage feeders in a new concrete-encased duct bank
- Build the new substation in the north loading dock parking lot, with transformer and switchgear pads, grounding and crushed stone
- Do the installation in phases to limit electric service disruptions, with provisions for a future redundant circuit configuration
- Remove the old transformers and oil switch from the basement equipment vault after the cutovers are completed
- Place of performance
- NY, USA; Building 510 (the Physics Building)
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- October 23, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- Email a statement of interest and capabilities statement to the BSA Contract Specialist, Megan Howard, at mhoward@bnl.gov
What to include when you submit
- Send a statement of interest along with a capabilities statement
- Include your SAM.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI: your business's registration ID in SAM.gov)
You must have
- Small business (SAM.gov lists this notice as a total small business set-aside under NAICS 238210, Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors)
- Be capable of performing the work described and be registered in SAM.gov with a UEI From the notice:
Please include your Sam.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI).
Not in the notice text
- When the formal solicitation will be issued, its evaluation method and contract type
- Contract length, schedule and estimated value
- What later phases of the Building 510 upgrade cover; the title says Phase I and the text does not describe other phases
- Any bonding, licensing, security or site access requirements for the work
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 12, 2026
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Office
- Brookhaven Natl Lab -DOE Contractor, Upton, NY
- Product/service code
- Z2NZ · Repair or Alteration of Other Utilities
- Business type
- Construction & renovation (FedReady's search grouping, from NAICS 238210, not a SAM.gov field.)
- Contracting contact
- Primary contactMegan HowardAlternate contactChad Wilson
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
Before you respond
Terms on this notice: Sources sought notice, Set-aside
Full notice text from SAM.gov
Notice of Interest: BSA is seeking interested contractors capable of performing the work describled below and interested in receiving the forthcoming solicitation. The formal solicitation will be issued at a later date and will also be posted on SAM.gov at that time. Note that switchgear and transformers are being provided to the contractor as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). Interested contractors are invited to submit a statement of interest along with a capabilities statement to BSA's Contract Specialist, Megan Howard, at mhoward@bnl.gov. Please include your Sam.gov Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Project Description: The Physics Building was constructed in 1962 and much of the electrical system, original to the building, is beyond its useful life. These systems are also not compliant with current building codes, contain hazardous materials and need complete upgrades. The existing protective devices may not operate as specified, increasing the potential for arc-flash hazards and system damaging electrical faults. Repairs are cost prohibitive and may lead to extended unplanned outages in this mission critical facility. The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, materials (except as noted below), equipment, and services necessary for complete removal and upgrading of the existing Building 510 electrical substation equipment that feeds the newly replaced electrical distribution switchgear. This project includes the removal of two medium voltage substation transformers, one medium voltage oil switch and medium voltage distribution cabling. The project also includes the installation of a new exterior substation with two new medium voltage transformers, one pad mounted medium voltage switchgear and medium voltage feeders in a new concrete encased duct bank. The new substation will be constructed in the north-loading dock parking lot, complete with new transformer and switchgear pads, grounding and crushed stone. Long lead electrical equipment procurements are planned early in the project and construction of the substation infrastructure can be completed in parallel. Once the cutovers are completed the old transformers and oil switch will be removed from the equipment vault in the basement of Building 510. The Contractor shall not procure the switchgear or transformers under this contract. Installation will be executed in a phased approach in order to minimize electric service disruptions to the building and will provide provisions for future redundant circuit configuration.