Design, Installation, and Startup of Automated Metering Reading (AMR) Equipment  and Related Services SOURCES SOUGHT: THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT AND MARKET SURVEY FOR  WRITTEN INFORMATION ONLY. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION ANNOUNCEMENT FOR  PROPOSALS AND NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED FROM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO  REIMBURSEMENT WILL BE MADE FOR ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING INFORMATION  IN REPSONSE TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT OR ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION REQUESTS. THE  PURPOSE OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO OBTAIN QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS FROM  INTERESTED 8(A) JOINT VENTURERS (MENTOR PROT?G? FIRMS), HUBZONES, SERVICE  DISABLED VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES, AND OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES FOR PERFORMING  THE WORK DESCRIBED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Specialty Center Acquisitions, NAVFAC  (SCAN), is seeking qualified 8(a) Joint Venture (Mentor Prot?g?), HUBZONE,  Small Service Disabled Veteran Owned, and Other Small Business sources with  current, relevant experience and the capacity/capability to perform advanced  metering design, equipment installation, and start up services for automated  meter reading solutions for Naval installations worldwide to support the Navy?s  Energy Program. Firms shall have the necessary experience to be able to  provide the services as mentioned above to support the advanced metering and  associated systems at U.S. Navy and Marine Corps facilities, worldwide in  support of EPACT 2005. The Commander of Naval Installations Command (CNIC) has designated the Naval  Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), Port Hueneme, CA, as the Program  Manager for executing an advanced metering infrastructure to comply with EPACT  2005 at naval shore installations. The three primary goals under the AMI  program are, Billing, Energy Consumption, and Energy Management. This will be  accomplished by installing building level advanced metering throughout Navy and  Marine Corps installations where cost effective. Meter communication to  servers will occur on at least an hourly basis through a common web based  server that will aggregate all advanced meter inputs into a common server  interface. This requirement will be full and open competition under NAICS Code 238210  applies with a $13,000,000 size standard. A fixed-price, Indefinite Delivery  Indefinite Quantity multiple award, construction type contract is anticipated.  A base year with four (4) one-year option periods is anticipated. The  solicitation will be used to award up to four (4) multiple award contracts (MAC? s) is anticipated. Interested small businesses in the categories described in this announcement  are requested to submit a brief, written capabilities statement outlining  relevant experience and capabilities. The capability statement shall not  exceed five pages and consist of recent, relevant past performance information  in providing the type of services described above as a prime or subcontractor.  Please include current points of contact for verification purposes, contract  number, dollar value, period of performance, contracting agency and a brief  description of the contract scope of work. Also, identify whether you are a  current GSA schedule contract holder and terms. Submit the requested  information electronically to maria.r.miller@navy.mil no later than COB 21  November 2007. Since this is a sources sought announcement for acquisition  planning purposes only, no evaluation letters will be issued.