PRESOL | Y | CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT UPGRADE OF BURNERS TO EXISTING BOILERS 1 THRU 4 AT THE NIST STEAM AND CHILLED WATER GENERATION PLANT AT THE NIST, GAITHERSBURG, MD CAMPUS.

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF JULY 03, 2011 FBO #3508
SOLICITATION NOTICE

Y -- CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT UPGRADE OF BURNERS TO EXISTING BOILERS 1 THRU 4 AT THE NIST STEAM AND CHILLED WATER GENERATION PLANT AT THE NIST, GAITHERSBURG, MD CAMPUS.

Notice Date: 7/1/2011
Notice Type: Presolicitation
NAICS: 236210 — Industrial Building Construction
Contracting Office: Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
ZIP Code: 20899-1640
Solicitation Number: SB134111RP0081
Point of Contact: Robin Jeffries, Phone: 301-975-3601, Michael R. Szwed, Phone: 301-975-6330
E-Mail Address: robin.jeffries@nist.gov, michael.szwed@nist.gov
(robin.jeffries@nist.gov, michael.szwed@nist.gov)
Small Business Set-Aside: Total Small Business
Description: Steam is produced at 150 psi by up to six steam generators located in the Steam and Chilled Water Generation Plant (4 nameplate-rated at 44,000 lb/hr and 2 rated at 80,000 lb/hr). There are four (4) Union Iron Works boilers at 55MBtu/hr and two (2) English Boiler & Tube, Inc. at 99.8 MBtu/hr currently installed and operational. All boilers are dual-fired for natural gas and No. 2 fuel oil. The 4 Union Iron Works boilers are original to the facility, installed in 1962, and are to be upgraded for this requirement.. There have been several construction upgrades to the feedwater systems, condensate and fuel pumps, water treatment and other ancillary systems over the last 15 years, and a major project to replace and upgrade central plant controls was completed in April 2011. The NIST facility currently operates the heating plant under and MDE permit with an expiration date of April 30, 2013, and it is anticipated that compliance with stricter visible, NOx, and Sulfur Dioxide emission standards will be required for all future projects on Boilers 1-4. The owner seeks to improve the energy efficiency and air emission discharge performance of the existing Boilers 1 thru 4. The requirement is for the replacement of existing burners, forced draft fans, wind boxes, natural gas trains of Boilers 1-4 at the NIST Steam and Chilled Water Generation Plant with new Low NOx packaged burners, forced draft fans, wind boxes, natural gas trains and auxiliaries. The new burner/fan assemblies will feature state-of-the-art variable speed drives for FDF's, installation of economizers, and new electrical services and control devices. The design is planned such that each pair of boilers demolition and construction work can be performed over the summer months and requires keeping the facility capacity for steam generation at 80,000 lb/hour plus 1 boiler redundancy. THIS PROCUREMENT IS 100% SET ASIDE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. The standard classification NAICS code is 236210 -- Industrial Building Construction. With a small business size standard of $33.5 million. The anticipated period of performance is 280 Calendar Days for distinct construction phases with each boiler that will prohibit all construction during the winter heating season of 2011. Detailed specifications and drawings will be issued with the solicitation. The magnitude of construction for the entire project is between $3M and $6M. Minority Businesses that seek assistance with bonding should contact MBDA - Minority Business Development Agency at www.MBDA.gov. Other Small Businesses should contact their Small Business Representative at the Small Business Administration. The Government intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract. Source selection will be based on a best value trade-off evaluation. The solicitation, solicitation amendments, and all questions and answers related to this procurement will be made available via the Internet at http://www.fedbizopps.gov/. The solicitation is anticipated for release to the vendor community on or about July 15, 2011 and will only be available via the Internet at the above web site. Potential offerors are responsible for accessing the web site. Interested parties must respond to the solicitation in order to be considered for award of any resultant contract. There is no written solicitation available, telephone requests will not be honored, and no bidders list will be maintained. Potential offerors are required to direct all questions via e-mail to robin.jeffries@nist.gov.
Web Link: FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB134111RP0081/listing.html)
Place of Performance: Address: NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B125, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States; Zip Code: 20899
Record: SN02488435-W 20110703/110701234711-35fadf9b1062cfaf87a9eddc7471a45e (fbodaily.com)
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Y -- CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT UPGRADE OF BURNERS TO EXISTING BOILERS 1 THRU 4 AT THE NIST STEAM AND CHILLED WATER GENERATION PLANT AT THE NIST, GAITHERSBURG, MD CAMPUS.