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Z -- SERVICES & MATERIALS FOR UPGRADE TO CENTRAL HEATING PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM, BUILDING 1215 SOL 1-144-GGK1.1219A DUE 060796 POC Sang H. Lee, Contract Specialist (804) 864-9570. Category Z -- Services and Materials for Upgrade to Central Heating Plant Control System, Building 1215 -- SOL 1-144-GGK1.1219A DUE 6-7-96 POC Sang H. Lee 804-864-9570 or e-mail s.h.lee@larc.nasa.gov. The contractor shall design, configure, fabricate, integrate, install, and test all materials, equipment, components, and systems necessary for upgrading the Heating Plant Control System. The work includes but is not limited to, the following: A) Provide final configuration and installation drawings for this control system upgrades. Provide as-built markups of existing facility drawings. B) Provide central control room operator interface stations (i.e., IBM PC or compatible), associated equipment, and enclosures. C) Relocate existing boilers No.1, 2, and 3 controls and monitoring equipment from their present location to a new location next to associated boilers. Install in GFE enclosures and rewire to existing control devices and sensors. Interface boilers 1, 2, 3, and 5 equipment to new control room equipment. D) Provide local and remote control and monitoring of common plant equipment. Interface to existing local control panel and motor control center (MCC). Provide a programmable logic controller to interface with new control room equipment, existing local panel and MCC. Provide necessary enclosure for housing the equipment. E) Provide new data loggers and enclosures for housing the equipment. F) Provide and mount instrumentation for compressor area equipment. Provide process sensor tape for installed instrumentation. G) Monitor alarm panel status monitoring contacts. H) Provide all necessary wiring, conduit, terminal strips, and enclosures, for a complete working system. I) Provide all system integration and software for a complete working system. J) Provide interface with existing audible alarm system. Provide new silencer pushbuttons and associated wiring. PLC programming shall turn on and off the audible alarm system as necessary. K) Provide training of Government personnel. L) Provide contract closeout documentation. Shop and installation drawings prepared specifically for this project shall be updated to reflect the final as-installed configuration and shall be submitted in both electronic media format and as a set of reproducible drawings. Estimated cost range is between $250,000 and $500,000. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which will be considered by the Agency. June 7, 1996-- Proposal due date is approximate. Solicitation available approximate 5-7-96. An ombudsman has been appointed to hear concerns from offerors, potential offerors, and contractors during the preaward and postaward phases of this acquisition. The purpose of the ombudsman is not to diminish the authority of the contracting officer, the Source Evaluation Board, or the selection official, but to communicate concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations of interested parties to the appropriate Government personnel and to work to resolve them. When requested, the ombudsman will maintain strict confidentiality as to the source of the concern. The ombudsman does not participate in the evaluation of proposals, the source selection process, or the adjudication of formal contract disputes. Interested parties are invited to call the installation ombudsman Belinda Adams at 804-864-8989. Concerns, issues, disagreements, and recommendations which cannot be resolved at the installation may be referred to the NASA ombudsman Tom Luedtke at 202-358-2090. Before consulting with any ombudsman, interested parties must try to resolve their concerns with the contract specialist or the contracting officer. DO NOT CALL THE OMBUDSMAN FOR SOLICITATION REQUESTS/INFORMATION. (0107)

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