Chief, Centralized Contracting Div (402D3), National Cemetery System Operations Support Center, 5101 Russell Road, Triangle, VA 22134

43 -- IRRIGATION PUMP STATION SOL RFQ 786-50-98 DUE 042898 POC James Jackson, (703) 44-3085 (Voice), (703) 441-3070 (Fax) Provide F.o.b. destination, within consignee's premises, one Flowtronex PSI Model FPX-VBCP-1500-3-50 PSI Boost (1 ea 3HP, 2 ea 40 HP) packaged variable speed pump station rated for 1500 GPM at 50 Boost PSI at station discharge, excluding installation to the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego, CA 92106. Pump shall have cast iron casing, bronze impeller and mechanical seal, 3600 RPM 460/3/60 full voltage, horizontal NEMA faced ODP motors with space heaters. Standard construction includes: silent wafer check valves; individual lug style pump suction isolation valves; individual grooved pump discharge isolation valves; 6" flow meter spool with Data Industrial flow sensor; 6" station discharge isolation valve; 3" station relief valve; stainless steel pressure transducers; heat exchanger; continuous weld around deck plate and steel grit blast of all piping and structural members. Controls include: U.L. listing of complete pump station; U.L. listed NEMA 4 starter and control panel; 200 amp main disconnect; fused motor protection rated for 200,000 A.I.C.; Allen-Bradley microprocessor controller with Smoothflow control software; 40 HP 460 volt variable frequency drive; input line reactor (transient suppression); Dual mechanically interlocked output contractors for automatic alternation of pumps; low discharge pressure shutdown; high discharge pressure shutdown with auto restart; VFD fault shutdown with auto restart; overload shutdown; individual high pump temperature safety shutdown; S.L.A.P. U.S. category B & C surge & lightning arrestor with total power dissipation of 82,500,000 VA. Maximum clamping voltage -- 1,500 volts (200a Pulse, 8*20 msec); lamp test function; individual run time monitoring; automatic alternation of lead pumps; first out fault indication; automatic ramp up feature to slowly ramp up to design pressure (1 psig every 4 seconds) when filling lines when restarting after a shutdown or whenever pressure has substantially dropped; automatic diagnostic utility (ADU); operator terminal information system (OTIS) for viewing flow, total flow, setpoint and system pressure, pump station diagnostics, pump run times, and all other registers within the PLC. With data logging flow and pressure capability and 253 station event history, and individual motor phase failure, phase imbalance & low voltage protection. Price is to include motor space heaters, inorganic paint, start-up and pumplog Remote monitoring and warranty. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in the Federal Acquisition Regulation Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotation is being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Solicitation Number RFQ786-50-98 is issued as a Request for Quotations and incorporates provisions and clauses that are in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-04. This is a 100% set-aside for small businesses, Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 4971, with a size standard of $5 million dollars. Quotation is to be sent to the attn of James C. Jackson, U.S. department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery System, Operation Support Center, Centralized Contracting Division (402D3), 5101 Russell Road, Quantico, VA 22134, no later than April 28, 1998, close of business. Facsimile quotation is acceptable and can be fax at (703) 441-3070. The following clauses and provisions are applicable to this solicitation: FAR Clause 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; FAR Clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes and Executive Orders, with the following incorporated by reference: F.o.b. Destination, Within Consignee's Premises; VAAR Clause 852.270-4, Commercial Advertising, FAR 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity, FAR 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled and Vietnam Era Veterans, FAR 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers, FAR 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era; 52.225-3, Buy American Act -- Supplies; FAR Provision 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, FAR Provision 52.233-2 Service of Protest; FAR Provision 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items and VAAR Provision 852.219-70, Veteran-Owned Small Business. Please call (703) 441-3085 or (703) 441-3072 for full text of all clauses and provisions provided in this synopsis/solicitation. See Numbered Note 1. (0110)

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