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Y -- INCINERATOR UPGRADE FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN LABORATORIES. SOL 263-99-B(M6)-0134 POC Anthony S. Gaither, P-301-435-4323, F-301-402-2951 E-MAIL: Microsoft Exchange rich text format., gaithert@ors.od.nih.gov. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice. The National Institutes of Health, Acquisition Branch C has a requirement to upgrade the incinerator at their Rocky Mountain Lab site. The required work will be performed at the NIH-NIAID Rocky Mountain Laboratories, 903 South Fourth Street, Hamilton, Montana 59840. This is a furnish and install project. The work includes field piping and wiring to the equipment from specified utility termination points (gas, water, electric, etc.) in the incinerator building. Include all labor, materials, equipment, tools and management services for modification and retrofit of one (1) Consumat Systems, Inc. Incinerator No.1 Model CS-225P (small) downrated to 300 lbs/hr of medical waste and one (1) Consumat Systems Inc. Incinerator No. 2 Model CS-325PE (large) downrated to 500lbs/hr of medical waste. The contract will include the demolition and/or removal and the fabrication and/or furnishing and installation of a wet scrubber system with fan, a chemical deed system and sub-cooling system, a cooling tower, a high temperature refractory lined breaching, a FRP scrubber stack, isolation dampers, stack caps, a continuous emissions monitoring system, a data acquisition system, controls, instrumentation and scale. The period of performance is anticipated to be 210 calendar days from the issuance of the Notice to Proceed. The estimated cost range for this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Full and open competition is solicited. Specifications and drawings will be available on or about July 30, 1999, from the Bid Custodian, Building 13, Room G-800, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, at a non-refundable cost of $40.00 per set. (Only money orders, certified checks, and cashier's checks are acceptable. The required form of payment shall be made payable to the National Institutes of Health. Personal or company checks will not be accepted.) Request for IFB must be on company letterhead citing IFB No. 263-99-B(M6)-0134 and indicating the address to which all agenda and communications should be transmitted. Telephone requests will not be accepted. The pre-bid conference, if necessary, and the bid opening will be scheduled per the solicitation documents. Be prepared to state the IFB number when calling. Bidders must have installed at least one incinerator scrubber and one incinerator monitoring and controls system within the last five years. All responsible sources may submit a bid which will be considered. Posted 07/09/99 (W-SN352542). (0190)

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