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FBO DAILY - FEDBIZOPPS ISSUE OF JUNE 21, 2019 FBO #6419
SOURCES SOUGHT

H -- NDT for Deaerator (VA-19-00062877)

Notice Date

6/19/2019
 

Notice Type

Synopsis
 

NAICS

238290 — Other Building Equipment Contractors
 

Contracting Office

Eric R. McCray;Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 6;100 Emancipation Drive;Hampton VA 23667
 

ZIP Code

23667
 

Solicitation Number

36C24619Q0716
 

Response Due

6/21/2019
 

Archive Date

9/28/2019
 

Point of Contact

Hampton Virginia, 23667
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) for Deaerator Charles George VA Medical Center, Engineering Service Asheville, North Carolina 28805 This Sources Sought Notice is not a formal request for proposals or quotes. No formal solicitation document exists at this time. The government will not reimburse participants for any expenses associated with their response to this notice. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office (NCO) 6, Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East, is in the process of planning a requirement for Boiler Plants in support of the Charles George VA Medical Center, 1100 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NC 28805. The applicable NAICS code is 541350 (Building Inspection Services) and the size standard is $7.5 Million Your capability statement should demonstrate your firm s ability to meet the below requirement, which includes your: Company Name: Company Point of Contact Name: Company Point of Contact Email: Company Point of Contact Phone: Company DUNS Number: Describe briefly the capabilities of your company and the nature of the goods and/or services you provide. Describe your company's past experience on previous projects similar in complexity to this requirement, and include contract numbers, a brief description of the work performed, period of performance, agency/organization supported, and individual point of contact (Contracting Officer or Program Manager). Company eligibility for set-asides under the following small business programs: Vets First Program Service Disabled Veteran-owned small business Vets First Program Veteran-owned small business 8(a) Business Development Program participant HUBZone small business Economically Disadvantaged Woman-owned small business Woman-owned small business Small business The Veterans First Contracting Program applies to VA contracts only. VA has a preference to award contracts to verified service disabled Veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) first then to verified Veteran-owned small businesses (VOSBs) when market research indicates provides a reasonable expectation that the VA will receive two or more offers from eligible SDVOSB/VOSB firms at a fair and reasonable price. To be eligible for a VA SDVOSB or VOSB set-aside, the firm must be verified in the VA s Office of Small Business Utilization s (OSDBU) Veteran Information Pages (VIP) database as an SDVOSB or VOSB at the time the firm submits its offer to the VA. Additional information on VA s Veterans First Contracting Program can be found on OSDBU s website at https://www.va.gov/osdbu/verification/. In addition, the SDVOSB/VOSB must qualify as a small business under SBA s regulations. The Government reserves the right to contact any respondent and/or respondent reference to obtain additional information. At this time, no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. Any resulting procurement action will be the subject of a separate, future announcement. The information is provided for market research purposes and any potential strategy for this acquisition may change prior to any solicitation release. The acquisition strategy, evaluation methodology, contract type, and any other acquisition decisions are to be determined. It is the potential vendor s responsibility to monitor the FEDBIZOPPS website at https://www.fbo.gov for release of any future amendments or solicitation that may result from the sources sought. Vendors having capabilities necessary to meet or exceed the stated requirements are invited to provide information to contribute to this sources sought notice via e-mail to the Contract Specialist, no later than 24 June 2019 at 10:00 AM EST. Responses shall be emailed to: eric.mccray@va.gov. 1. Introduction: Most Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMC) have a central high pressure boiler plant to provide steam for heating and air conditioning, domestic hot water, kitchens, and sterilization. Some medical centers have laundries that utilize steam. Boiler plant safety, reliability, efficiency and equipment longevity are paramount concerns of VAMC management. Boilers and feedwater deaerators are pressurized devices containing steam and hot water. They can fail catastrophically causing injuries and death and massive property damage. Regular inspections by experts are an essential part of a program to address these concerns. This Statement of Work describes the requirements for the boiler inspections and feedwater deaerator inspections to be performed by Qualified Professional Inspectors under contract. A separate document lists the facilities where the inspections will be required, lists the boilers and feedwater deaerators to be inspected at each facility and provides a schedule for the inspections. Other pressure vessels may be included in the inspection requirements. Qualified Professional Inspectors as defined below shall perform internal and external inspections on high pressure (over 15 psig) steam boilers and internal inspections on feedwater deaerators and other pressure vessels. Non-destructive testing of feedwater deaerator pressure vessels shall be performed by certified non-destructive testing technicians as defined below under the guidance of the Qualified Professional Inspector. A separate Statement of Work covers the work of burner and instrument technicians inspecting, testing and calibrating burners, controls and instruments. 2. Qualified Professional Inspector is defined as any one or combination of: A boiler inspector who has a valid commission from the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors (NB). A boiler inspector who has qualified by passing a written examination under the laws, rules and regulations of a jurisdiction of a state. A boiler inspector who is regularly employed as a boiler inspector by a jurisdiction which has adopted and administers one or more sections of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code as a legal requirement, and has a representative serving as a member of the ASME Conference Committee. A boiler inspector who is regularly employed by an insurance company which has been licensed or registered by the appropriate authority of a State of the United States to write boiler or pressure vessel insurance. 3. Qualifications for Non-Destructive-Testing Technicians: The technicians shall be certified as being qualified Level II technicians in the non-destructive testing methods to be utilized. The certification shall be in accordance with the requirements of the American Society for Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT). 4. Reference Materials: The Qualified Professional Inspector shall demonstrate familiarity with and ready access to the current versions of the following codes and manuals: ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code: Section I - Power Boilers Section IV - Heating Boilers Section VI - Care and Operation of Heating Boilers Section VII - Care of Power Boilers ASME B31.1, Power Piping Code ASME CSD-1, Controls and Safety Devices for Automatically Fired Boilers ANSI/NB-23, National Board Inspection Code NFPA 85, Boiler and Combustion Systems Hazards Code VHA Boiler Plant Safety Device Testing Manual, 2nd Ed. 5. Inspection Requirements: Annual internal and external inspections are required for each boiler. Internal inspections of the feedwater deaerator pressure vessel are required every six years (or more frequently if welding repairs have been performed). At least two weeks notice to VAMC is required prior to an inspection. Also, the inspection must be scheduled for periods when VAMC determines that the boilers that will be inspected internally will not be needed for steam supply and when the Contracting Officer s Technical Representative (COTR) or his/her designate is available on site to monitor the inspections. To maintain steam service, typically only one boiler at a time will be scheduled for internal inspections per inspection visit. Thus, multiple visits per VAMC facility will be necessary every year to inspect all the boilers internally. Feedwater deaerator pressure vessel inspections must be scheduled during periods of low steam demand. Coordinate the inspection schedule with the COTR so that VAMC can prepare the boilers and feedwater deaerator for the inspections in advance and have personnel available to monitor the inspections. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
 

Web Link

Link To Document
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/VA/HaVAMC/VAMCCO80220/36C24619Q0716/listing.html)
 

Place of Performance

Address: Charles George VA Medical Center;1100 Tunnel Road;Ashville NC, 28805

Zip Code: 28805

Country: USA
 

Record

SN05345728-F 20190621/190619230023 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
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