Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, public Works Acquisition Branch, Facilities Management Section, 9410 Tracey Loop, Suite 265, Fort Belvoir VA 22060

H -- BOILER INSPECTION SERVICES SOL DACA31-95-B-0093 DUE 091595 POC Colleen O'Keefe (703) 805-2981, Contracting Officier, Marie Raglind (703) 805-2970. Fax requests to Colleen O'Keefe at (703) 805-3122 The U. S. Army Center for Public Works (CECPW) has a requirement for a firm-fixed price Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery Type Contract for Boiler Inspection and Boiler Evaluation services to be performed at approximately 120 U. S. Army installation in the fifty Unites States and Panama. There will be a base plus four option years. Simultaneous boiler inspections, unfired pressure vessel inspections, and boiler evaluations at any nmuber of installations may be required. The actual number, type and location of boilers and unfired pressure vessel to be inspected, and the number of boiler evaluations, may vary from year to year. Boiler inspection services are required on an estimated 1,200 boilers. Boilers are either steam boilers (above 15 pounds per square inch, gauge (psig) or high temperature water (HTW) boilers (in excess of 250 degrees F). Boiler inspections shall be performed in conformance with the Rules for Inspections, Section VII, Care of Power Boilers, of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Inspections shall be performed by individuals meeting the fully qualified requirements of ''authorized Inspector'' as define by C6.100 Section VII, Recommeded Rules for Care of Power Boilers of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code. Generally, each steam boiler will be inspected semiannually. The primary inspection will be both internal and external, and may include performing a hydrostatic test. The second inspection, and external inspection under steam pressure, is made during a second visit. HTW boilers will be externally inspected annually while under operation. Internal inpsections of HTW boilers (including associated expansion drum/tank) may be extended to every three (3) years. ASME stamped unfired pressure vessels shall be inspected internally and externally on an as requested basis. Some of these inspections may include the requirement for ultrasonic thickness tests of the pressure vessel shell. these inspections are limited to unfired pressure vessels operating within boiler plant, including air receive tanks and deareating heaters. Boiler Evaluation services are required on steam and HTW boilers. Contractor shall provide specialists in vibration analysis, corrosion chemistry, metallurgy, and other disciplines as my be required on an as need basis, to determine the cause of equipment failures, Evaluations may include entire boilers, components including but not limited to boiler tubes and drums. Evaluations may also include boiler systems including but not limited to gas fuel oil, and solid fuel feed systems, and induced and forces draft fans and duct systems. This invitation for bid is unrestricted and all reponsible sources may submit an offer. (0208)

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