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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 10, 2017 FBO #5831
DOCUMENT

S -- Portable water softener tank - Attachment

Notice Date

11/8/2017
 

Notice Type

Attachment
 

NAICS

221310 — Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
 

Contracting Office

Department of Veterans Affairs;VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21);VA Northern California HealthCare System;5342 Dudley Blvd, Bldg 209;McClellan CA 95652-2609
 

ZIP Code

95652-2609
 

Solicitation Number

36C26118Q0090
 

Response Due

11/13/2017
 

Archive Date

12/13/2017
 

Point of Contact

RICO JOHNSON
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT FOR MARKET RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. The Department of Veterans Affairs is in the process of determining the acquisition strategy for Water Softener Tank Service for VA Palo Alto Health Care System with location in Palo Alto, and Livermore CA. Please note that this Request for Information (RFI) is for information only and does not constitute a solicitation for competitive bids/proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. However, all interested parties who believe they can meet the requirement are invited to submit information describing their capability to provide the required services. OVERVIEW: SEE STATEMENT OF WORK BELOW Please include the follow information about your organization in your response (1) Name of Organization, (2) Address + Zip Code, (3) Telephone number, (4) Fax Number, (5) Size of Business: Large or Small, (6) SAM status, (7) Point(s) of contact, and (8) email address. Organizations responding to this RFI should provide the company s capabilities to perform this requirement. The NAICS code is 221310. The Small Business size standard is $27.5 million. The information received as a result of this notice will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A determination by the VA not to open the requirement to open competition, based on responses to this sources sought synopsis is solely within the discretion of the VA. The Government does not intend to pay for any information provided under this sources sought synopsis. All responses must be sent via e-mail to Rico Johnson, Contracting Officer, at rico.johnson@va.gov. Responses to this sources sought synopsis are due by 2:00 PST on Nov 13, 2017. Statement of Work for Annual Water Softener Tank Service -Portable Tanks Specific type of service: The contractor shall provide all labor, personnel, equipment and supplies for the Portable water softener tank exchange service at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System Livermore Division, 4951 Arroyo Toad, Livermore, CA 94550, Building 6, Boiler Plant (BP). Description of the service: The contractor shall deliver and exchange groups of sixteen 9 High Top (HT) water softener tanks (approx. 3.0 cubic feet of resin per tank). This service shall be a scheduled replacement of sixteen spent (used) tanks. Contractor shall provide a total of sixteen tanks of two banks of eight tanks each. These will be connected to the existing boiler plant soft water manifold set up for this purpose. Eight tanks in service and eight tanks in standby. Salient characteristics for the tank: The tanks need to be sized to be able to fit in the location were the soft water manifold is located (site visit required). The existing tanks are 9 diameter and with 45 height. There is sixteen connection points on the manifold. Tank(s) connections must be compatible with existing water piping manifold. If not the contractor shall provide the tank to manifold flex connector at the contractor expense. Tanks (s) must be portable so the contractor can safety deliver and change out tanks without assistance form VA personnel. The tanks need to have a total softening capacity to provide 14 days of service time before need for change out under normal operating demands (Approximately 280,000 grains). Service contractor needs to demonstrate timely delivery of the tanks for the periodic change out according to the agreed schedule. Delivery Schedule: Contractor shall delivery sixteen (16) new softener tanks (cylinder PE HICAP Exchange) every 14 days and the delivery truck driver shall contact the Boiler Plant Operator (BPO) prior to tank change out. If additional tank exchanges are required between scheduled service delivery days, the contractor shall respond to a service request within 5 days of notification either by phone or via email from the COR. Working Hours and Period of Performance: Services will start fourteen days after contract award. All work shall be done from Monday through Friday, between 7:00AM-16:00PM except Federal Holidays. When the services occur on one of the Federal holidays, listed below, the regular janitorial services shall automatically shift to the following business days (Monday through Friday): New Years Day January 1 Martin Luther King s Birthday 3rd Monday in January President s Day 3rd Monday in February Memorial Day Last Monday in May Fourth of July July 4th Labor Day 1st Monday in September Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October Veteran s Day November 11th Thanksgiving Day Last Thursday in November Christmas Day December 25th No Government equipment will be furnished. Payment: Payment: Contractor shall provide an invoice within ten days of completion of the monthly deliveries. Invoices shall be submitted to the Federal Service Center for payment as per contract instructions. Copies of the invoices will need to be sent to the COR via email. The Contracting Officer s Representative is Frank Quiles, Boiler Plant Supervisor. Regulation: The Contractor shall follow VA rules, regulations, and guidelines per Rules of Behavior (ROB). Quality Control: The contractor shall follow it own internal quality assurance and control practices. Performance Monitoring: COR or his designated person (Boiler Plant Operator) will monitor the timely delivery of tanks, and conditions of space upon completion of tank exchange. Justification: Soft water make up water is required as part of boiler plant operations to minimize scale build up in boiler waterside, in order to prevent a reduction heat exchange efficiency and/or failure of the pressure vessel.
 

Web Link

FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/VANCHCS/VANCHCS/36C26118Q0090/listing.html)
 

Document(s)

Attachment
 

File Name: 36C26118Q0090 36C26118Q0090.docx (https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3898027&FileName=36C26118Q0090-000.docx)

Link: https://www.vendorportal.ecms.va.gov/FBODocumentServer/DocumentServer.aspx?DocumentId=3898027&FileName=36C26118Q0090-000.docx

 

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Record

SN04735838-W 20171110/171108231353-d63155586caea2956d05e03a3134c95c (fbodaily.com)
 

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