MODIFICATION
Y -- Frost Effects Research Facility Refrigeration Repair by Replacement
- Notice Date
- 1/19/2018
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 238220
— Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE ITL, GSL, EL, CHL, Vicksburg, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, VICKSBURG, Mississippi, 39180-6199, United States
- ZIP Code
- 39180-6199
- Solicitation Number
- W913E5-18-103409
- Archive Date
- 2/10/2018
- Point of Contact
- Adrienne Bingham, Phone: 6016342702
- E-Mail Address
-
adrienne.y.bingham@usace.army.mil
(adrienne.y.bingham@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought for market research purposes only. The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is conducting market research to determine the availability of contractors capable of delivering a functional refrigeration system for the Frost Effects Research Facility (FERF). This is not an Invitation for Bid, a Request for Quotation or a Request for Proposal. There is no obligation on the part of the government to acquire any of the services described herein. Respondents will not be notified of the results of this announcement. No reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow-up information requested. The Government is seeking responses to this sources sought synopsis from all interested businesses capable of providing these services. Small businesses in all socioeconomic categories (including Small, 8(a) Business Development Program, Historically Under Utilized Business Zone (HUBZone), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SDVOSB), Woman Owned (WOSB)) are highly encouraged to identify capabilities to meet the requirement for the ERDC. The US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire has a requirement for the repair by replacement of the refrigeration system cooling both the Frost Effects Research Facility (FERF) and the existing Materiel Evaluation Facility (MEF). The requirement is to deliver a functional refrigeration system. The system requires repair by replacement to fix a number of ailing sub-systems, to change use of refrigerant (R22 banned for production by 2020) while still making use of the existing glycol working (heat transfer) fluid, and to improve certain functionality requirements (controls, monitoring, efficiency, other). Once repaired, the refrigeration system will be able to control ambient temperature in the facility while also rapidly cycling ground temperature through a number of freeze-thaw cycles through use of the FERF's 10 ft x 10 ft ground refrigeration panels. The proposed project will be a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) contract. The anticipated procurement strategy is to utilize the Design-Build approach which means combining design and construction in a single contract with one contractor. Procurement objectives are as follows: 1) Functional Low-Temperature Refrigeration Loop, 2) Functional Medium-Temperature Refrigeration Loop, 3) Functional Hot Defrost Loop, 4) FERF air temperature at -7°C when 25°C measured outside air temperature, as measured from a thermometer held by person standing at least 10 feet away from ground position of air handler (hypocenter), 5) Operation of cold (low-temperature) loop in FERF sufficient to create permafrost in one (1) of four (4) test cells - 25% of full test volume area simultaneous to air-handler operation, 6) Alternatively, when FERF is not operating, MEF to maintain -30°C when 25°C measured outside air temperature, using low-temperature loop. Medium temperature loop can be switched off in this operational configuration, 7) User interface allows input of a control program that varies temperature and sub-system operation with the objective of holding temperatures specified above, self-alarming and capable of safe-shutdown, 8) Capable of operating for 96 hours continuously without human intervention and shutting down safely if error occurs during that period, and 9) R22 is eliminated from the FERF/MEF complex. The work described herein is anticipated to be Unclassified. Responses should identify whether Commercial Of-The-Shelf (COTS) solutions are potentially available. Responses should confirm bonding capability. Interested companies responding to this sources sought should include the following information: • Company name, address, DUNS number, CAGE code, point of contact, telephone number and email address. • Information describing the company's capability to perform and past performance. Provide specific information on relevant work the same or similar in size and complexity. Include contract number, contract description, dollar value and a customer point of contact, telephone number and email address. Identify whether your firm was a prime vendor or subcontractor. • Provide the company's business size (small or other than small) and all applicable socio-economic category information (Small, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB) • Your responses shall be provided via email to the POC listed below and are due no later than 9:00 AM CST Friday January 26, 2018. All email correspondence must include the Solicitation Number W913E5-18-103409. Questions and responses may be submitted to the POC below via email. Responses to this Sources Sought is limited to ten pages. Adrienne Bingham Contract Specialist Engineer Research and Development Center Vicksburg, MS 39183 Adrienne.Y.Bingham@usace.army.mil
- Web Link
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ERDC-Cold Regions Research Engineer Lab, 72 Lyme Rd, Hanover, New Hampshire, 037551290, United States
- Zip Code: 51290
- Zip Code: 51290
- Record
- SN04794959-W 20180121/180119231250-f8e7dba98b96d4e0723f7c2db757929a (fbodaily.com)
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