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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 13, 2017 FBO #5620
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J -- Boiler Tuning Services - Iowa City Base Year: 05/01/2017 to 04/30/2018 +4 - Attachment

Notice Date

4/11/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

238220 — Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Medical & Regional Office Center;2501 W. 22nd St.;Sioux Falls SD 57105
 

ZIP Code

57105
 

Solicitation Number

VA26317N0541
 

Response Due

4/14/2017
 

Archive Date

4/29/2017
 

Point of Contact

Paula Moore
 

E-Mail Address

moore2@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

This is a sources sought notice only and it is not a solicitation notice. Please DO NOT provide a quote at this time. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gain knowledge of qualified potential contractors and their socioeconomic size classification in accordance with NAICS code 811310. Responses will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. After a review of the responses to the sources sought notice, a solicitation announcement may be posted to GSA s ebuy or FBO.gov. A response to this sources sought notice is not an adequate reply to the forthcoming solicitation. The VA in Iowa City, IA is seeking a qualified contractor to provide boiler combustion tuning services. See attached statement of work (SOW) for details. This is not a solicitation and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Additionally, a response to this sources sought notice is not a request to be added to a prospective bidders list or to receive a copy of the solicitation. The purpose of this sources sought is strictly for market research purposes. Please send all responses to Paula Moore at paula.moore2@va.gov NLT 4:00 PM CDT on 14 April 2017. STATEMENT OF WORK Boiler Combustion Tuning Services Iowa City VA Health Care System 1. Introduction: Provide semi-annual boiler tuning services to set combustion for Natural Gas and #2 Fuel Oil for three(3) English Boilers located at the Iowa City VA Health Care System(VAHCS), 601 Highway 6 West, Iowa City, Iowa 52246-2208. Boiler Tuning Service visits will be coordinated through the Boiler Plant Supervisor Boiler Tuning Services to be performed in April/May and November/December. 2. Technician Qualification: Technicians shall have completed at least a one-year trade school and have five years successful experience in testing and calibration of burners, controls and instruments. The experience shall be largely with institutional and industrial boiler plants similar in design to the Iowa City VAHCS plant. The Chief Engineer may define and accept equivalent qualifications. Technicians shall demonstrate familiarity with and ready access to the current versions of the following reference: (1) NFPA85, Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazards Codes Technicians shall be equipped with portable electronic flue gas analyzers and other test instruments necessary for the required tuning. At facilities with programmable digital controls, the technicians must be capable of programming the controls and have the appropriate hardware and software for this. 3. Inspection, Testing and Calibration Requirements: Technicians shall perform inspection, tuning, testing calibrating, and adjustments of burners and boiler plant controls. This shall be done every six months with dates scheduled through the Boiler Plant Supervisor. The Iowa city VAHCS may extend the schedule for burners in limited service. b. Provide at least two weeks notice to the Contracting Officers Representative (COR) prior to performing the work. Work must be conducted when the COR or his/her designate is available on site to monitor the work. c. Work cannot be scheduled during heavy steam load periods. Only one boiler at a time can be out of service. d. The Iowa City VAHCS will have the boilers that are to be serviced prepared for the technicians upon their scheduled arrival. This includes having the boilers clean of soot and loose scale; oil nozzle cleaned; fully warmed and at normal steam pressure; all boiler, burner and fuel train pressure gauges calibrated; fuel meters in accurate operation; boiler steam flow, stack temperature and flue gas oxygen instruments operating. e. The Iowa City VAHCS will comply with any requirements of the test personnel that are considered reasonable by VAHCS. f. The inspections and combustion tuning shall comply with: 1) The written recommendations of the equipment manufacturers. 2) The requirements and recommendations of the NFPA 85 Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazards Code including applicable appendices. 3) Burner performance requirements in this document. g. A Summary of the work is as follows: 1) Meet with Boiler Plant Supervisor to discuss any boiler issues. 2) Review records that show combustion performance (flue gas oxygen, carbon monoxide and NOx). 3) Perform overall visual inspection of systems. Verify that systems comply with referenced code and VAHCS requirements stated in this contract. 4) Operate burner(s) on each fuel from low fire to high fire and back to low fire in at least six increments and record combustion performance, flue gas oxygen, carbon monoxide, Nox, fuel train pressures, atomizing train pressures, burner pressures, combustion air temperature, flue temperatures and boiler steam output. 5) Compare the combustion performance data with VAHCS requirements and previous readings. If necessary, make adjustments to the fuel, combustion air controllers, and FGR controller and damper to obtain the required performance. Record the new performance data. h. Required burner performance (natural gas and #2 fuel oil): 1) Achieve, but do not exceed, boiler maximum steam flow output rating. 2) Maximum carbon monoxide: <50 ppm (natural gas), <80 ppm (#2 fuel oil). 3) Maximum Nox: <30 ppm (natural gas), <90 ppm (#2 fuel oil). 4) Flue gas oxygen: 2.5 4.2% (up to 5.2% at load below 40% of maximum steam output; no upper limit at minimum firing rate; oxygen can be one percentage point higher on oil firing on single-point positioning systems). Flue gas oxygen (low excess air burners): 1.0 2.0% (up to 2.5% at loads below 40% of maximum steam output; no upper limit at minimum firing rate; oxygen can be one percentage point higher on oil firing on single point positioning systems). 5) Smoke on Natural Gas and #2 Fuel Oil shall not be visible. Comply with local emissions regulations. 6) Note: Copies of the applicable emissions regulations must be available in the boiler plant office. 7) Flames shall be stable with no pulsations, shall be retained near burner, no blow off or flashbacks, no constant flame impingement on refractory or water walls. i. List of instrumentation and controls to be inspected and calibrated: 1) Steam flow transmitters, feed water flow transmitters, and natural gas flow transmitters. 2) Steam flow/computer readout. 3) Flue gas oxygen analyzer/computer readout. 4) Master Steam pressure and combustion controllers. 5) Boiler outlet draft controllers. 6) Boiler water level controllers. 4. Invoicing. Invoices will be submitted after the completion of each semi-annual service. Invoices will not be considered complete until the Boiler Plant Supervisor receives complete written reports to include burner performance, O2 Levels efficiencies, etc.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/SFaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/VA26317N0541/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA263-17-N-0541 VA263-17-N-0541_1.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3407281&FileName=VA263-17-N-0541-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3407281&FileName=VA263-17-N-0541-000.docx

 

Note: If links are broken, refer to Point of Contact above or contact the FBO Help Desk at 877-472-3779.
 

Place of Performance

Address: 601 Highway 6 West;Iowa City, IA

Zip Code: 52246
 

Record

SN04468655-W 20170413/170411235406-de69de3b2f9eadfc0dfdf59355753a47 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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