General Services Administration, PBS,The Wanamaker Building,100 Penn Square East,Philadelphia,,PA 19107-3396

S -- CHILLED WATER SRVC.AT METRO WEST&GARMATZ SOL GS-03P-96-DWC-0069 DUE 111396 POC Contact,Kenneth M. Shutika,215/656-6150,Contracting Officer,James J. Smith, 215/656-6091 The contractor shall install, own, operate, and maintain facilities, including metering systems, isolation heat exchanger, piping and valves, necessary to provide continuous chilled water service to the heat exchanger (s) at the Garmatz U.S. Federal Courthouse, 100 South Hanover Street and the Metro West Federal Office Building, 400 North Greene Street in Baltimore, Maryland for a 10-year period with one 10-year option period available to the Government. The Contractor shall obtain and pay for all rights-of-way, easements and permits necessary to provide chilled water service to the facilities. The Contractor shall design the chilled water system interface in each Government facility. At a minimum, this shall include the Contractor's chilled water piping, the metering system, control valves, isolation heat exchanger, isolation valves and piping to connect to the building chilled water system. Design and subsequent modifications, including demolition of existing chiller plant, of the buildings' internal chilled water systems necessary for connection shall also be part of this contract. All equipment on the building side of the isolation heat exchanger installed as a result of this contract shall become the property of the Government after acceptance of the installation. Offers will be evaluated based upon price and technical factors. Technical factors will include key personnel, past performance, the Offeror's district chilled water system, operation and maintenance, and district chilled water connection proposal. A separate contract may be awarded for each building. All work in the Federal buildings shall take place after normal business hours. The combined estimated cost range for these services on an annual basis is between $500,000 and $2,500,000. This announcement constitutes the synopsis of the Pre-Invitation Notice. The SIC Code is 4961. Specifications and drawings will be available on October 11, 1996. For copies of the solicitation, please mail a written request to Ms. Shelia Watkins at the General Services Administration, Chesapeake Realty Services District (3PCCD), The Wanamaker Building, 100 Penn Square East, Room 614, Philadelphia, PA 19107-3396. Requests may be faxed to Ms. Watkins at (215) 656-5838. This Commerce Business Daily notice represents the Governmement's official information on this project. Any information of this project taken from any other publication is used at the sole risk of the contractor. The procuring office cannot guarantee the accuracy of information contained in other publications. (0269)

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