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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF APRIL 19, 2017 FBO #5626
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J -- Boiler Tuning Services - Iowa City Base Year: 05/01/2017 to 04/30/2018 +4 - Attachment

Notice Date

4/17/2017
 

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

VA26317Q0551
 

Response Due

4/21/2017
 

Archive Date

5/6/2017
 

Point of Contact

Paula Moore
 

E-Mail Address

moore2@va.gov<br
 

Small Business Set-Aside

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
 

Description

This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested. The solicitation number is VA263-17-Q-0551 and it is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ). This requirement will be solicited as SDVOSB Set-aside. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code is 238220, Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning Contractors and the size standard is $15M. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Sioux Falls intends to establish a single award, firm-fixed price type contract for boiler combustion tuning services. A description of the services required is listed below under Statement of Work. Evaluation and Award Methodology: Acquisition of services will be procured in accordance with FAR Part 12 - Acquisition of Commercial Items and Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The Government intends to base award determination on the offer that provides the lowest priced quote to the Government and can meet the servicing requirements outlined in the attached SOW. Offerors are advised that the Contracting Officer will verify registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) and Vendor Information Pages (VIP) databases prior to award of any contract, by entering the potential awardee DUNS number into each database. Failure to complete the registration will result in elimination from consideration for award. Description: 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) (see SOW below for complete description of requirement). SUBMISSION OF QUOTE Quotes must be received no later than 4:00 PM CST Friday, 21 April 2017. The anticipated date of award will be approximately 1 May 2017. It is the responsibility of the offeror to ensure their quote is received in its entirety by the POC listed below prior to the solicitation closing date and time. Quotes will only be accepted by email. All quotations must be sent in.pdf, or.docx format only to Paula Moore, Contract Specialist @ paula.moore2@va.gov. Include the following in your subject line: Quotations submitted in response to VA263-17-Q-0551. Questions regarding this requirement must be emailed to the Contract Specialist, no later than 4:00 PM. CST on Wednesday, 19 April 2017. Questions will not be addressed via telephone. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2005-91 effective 30 September 2016. The following clauses and provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Condiditons Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, FAR 52.222-26 :Equal Opportunity, 52.222-35 Equal Opportunity for Veterans, FAR 52.222-36 Affirmative Action For Workers With Disabilities, FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation Commercial Items, FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items, FAR 52.252-2 Clauses incorporated by Reference and FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors - Commercial Items are all incorporated by full reference. PRICE SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES QTY UNIT OF ISSUE UNIT PRICE EXT'D PRICE SEMI-ANNUAL BOILER COMBUSTION TUNING SERVICES ON THREE (3) NATURAL GAS AND #2 FUEL OIL ENGLISH BOILERS SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED TWICE PER YEAR IN MAY/JUNE 2017 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/1/17 - 5/30/18. 2 EA     SEMI-ANNUAL BOILER COMBUSTION TUNING SERVICES ON THREE (3) NATURAL GAS AND #2 FUEL OIL ENGLISH BOILERS SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED TWICE PER YEAR IN MAY/JUNE 2017 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/1/18 - 5/30/19. 2 EA     SEMI-ANNUAL BOILER COMBUSTION TUNING SERVICES ON THREE (3) NATURAL GAS AND #2 FUEL OIL ENGLISH BOILERS SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED TWICE PER YEAR IN MAY/JUNE 2017 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/1/19 - 5/30/20. 2 EA     SEMI-ANNUAL BOILER COMBUSTION TUNING SERVICES ON THREE (3) NATURAL GAS AND #2 FUEL OIL ENGLISH BOILERS SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED TWICE PER YEAR IN MAY/JUNE 2017 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/1/20 - 5/30/21. 2 EA     SEMI-ANNUAL BOILER COMBUSTION TUNING SERVICES ON THREE (3) NATURAL GAS AND #2 FUEL OIL ENGLISH BOILERS SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED TWICE PER YEAR IN MAY/JUNE 2017 AND NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2017. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 5/1/21 - 5/30/22. 2 EA     TOTAL         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

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Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: VA263-17-Q-0551 VA263-17-Q-0551.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3421527&FileName=VA263-17-Q-0551-000.docx)

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Record

SN04475190-W 20170419/170417235202-cce217425cd7ccf7f5b0336f5fdf1715 (fbodaily.com)
 

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