General Services Administration, Public Buildings Service, Property Management Contracts Division, 5PMC-E, Room 3324 (M/S 33-3), 230 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60604-1696

C -- CHILLER/COOLING TOWER REPLACEMENT AT THE BRICKER FEDERAL BUILDING, 200 NORTH HIGH STREET, COLUMBUS, OHIO SOL GS05P95GBC0069. DUE 071395. Questions may be directed to Erica Bradbury, Contract Specialist, 312/886-7876; or D. Glver, Contracting Officer, 312/353-3978. Design Build contract to provide design and construction for the replacement of the existing two (2) 267 TR (Tons of Refrigeration) Westinghouse centrifugal packaged chillers with two (2) new 300 TR centrifugal packaged chillers; the replacement of the existing cooling tower with a new cooling tower to match the new chillers; and the replacement of the chilled water and condenser water pumps at the Bricker Federal Building located in Columbus, Ohio. The new packaged chiller shall use HCFC-22, or HCFC-123, or HFC-134a refrigerant as appropriate for the chiller design; be provided with premium efficiency motor, VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) control, solid state starter and relay with disconnect switch and automatic tube cleaning system. The cooling tower motors and pump motors shall be of premium efficiency type. The new chillers, cooling towers and pumps shall be interlocked with the existing building Andover BAS (Building Automation System). Contractor shall devise a plan of action as to how the existing packaged chillers will be removed and disposed of from the building and how the new replacement will be installed in the same location. Some equipment might be temporarily relocated and reinstalled later to make way for the chiller travel. The contractor will be responsible for creating all drawings, specifications, and calculations required on this project. The contractor will be responsible for the construction of the entire project and for monitoring inspections and tests performed on the chillers during and immediately after construction. As an option to the Government, the contractor may be responsible for maintaining the chillers for a period up to three years. The offer will consist of a technical and price proposal. A Single-Price evaluation process will be used. The evaluation of proposals will be done on a Go-No Go Source Selection basis. Final selection will be to the responsible offeror with the Lowest Price Technically Acceptable proposal based on the evaluation factors established on the Request for Proposal (RFP). The total estimated cost for the work covered by this solicitation is between $500,000.00 and $1,000,000.00. The completion time for this project is one hundred eighty (180) calendar days which completion date shall coincide with the start of the 1996 cooling season. This solicitation is not set aside for small businesses. Therefore, responses from both small and large business concerns will be considered. The successful offeror, if not a small business concern, may be awarded the contract contingent upon submission and approval of an acceptable subcontracting plan. Closing date and time of submittal of offers is July 13, 1995, 4:00 p.m., Chicago time. Offers will be opened privately. The Request for Proposal package will be available on or about June 12, 1995. Please contact Erica Bradbury at (312) 886-7876 or write to GSA, PBS, Property Management Contracts Branch, 230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3324, MS 33-3, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Please reference the solicitation number, project title and location. (146)

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