Electronic Systems Center, Operational Contracting Div., Construction Branch (PKOC), 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-1806

Z -- PROTOTYPE GEOTHERMAL HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM -- BLDG. 1825, HANSCOM AFB, MA SOL F19650-97-R0014 DUE 070397 POC Janet Maille, Contract Specialist, 617-377-2463; Patricia Archer, Contracting Officer, 617-377-3118. This project will replace the existing domestic hot water, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system and controls with a design-to-build, turn-key four season water source-geothermal-heat pump system in Building 1825, Hanscom AFB MA. Building 1825 is an approximate 3,000 sq.ft. office area with 20 people. The principal items of work include but are not limited to: design, site preparation, excavation, drilling deep water well, trenching, paving, concrete work, roof patching, piping, mechanical systems, controls, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, exterior and interior electrical connections, fire detection, duct work, system testing, balancing, shop drawings, as built drawings, and miscellaneous other work. The contractor shall provide all labor, material, equipment, tools, coordination, quality control, and supervision. The following are minimum qualifications the Contractor must possess: The design drawings and calculations must be stamped by licensed professional civil, mechanical, and electrical engineers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; A PE stamp will be required on all drawings submitted for construction. The contractor shall be responsible for the proper sizing, calculations, shop drawings and installation submittals for the geothermal system. Contractor shall provide pollutant emission information of new system versus the existing system. The Government will provide existing condition drawings of the building both in mylar and Microstation CADD disks. There will be optional bid items for the following: provide three zones with controls; ductwork, new suspended ceiling tiles, provide Johnson Controls Metasys for the control of the HVAC and Mech Room equipment, connect meters to Johnson Controls base-wide EMCS, provide and connect water well and geothermal heat pump performance monitoring equipment; and provide design and as- built drawings in Microstation Verson 5.0. The Contractor shall have installed five or more Standing Column Wells in the New England Region with in the past 60 months. The Contractor must be a member, in good standing and certified well driller with the National Ground Water Association. The Contractor performing the drilling must have at least 60 months of experience in drilling wells. The Contractor must possess a valid International Ground Source Heat Pump (IGSPHA) installer certification. The period of performance for this project will be 120 calendar days. The magnitude of construction is $100,000 to $250,000. This is a firm-fixed price contract. All firms interested in receiving a copy of the IFB should respond in writing within 15 calendar days of this publication to ESC/PKOC, 104 Barksdale Street, Hanscom AFB MA 01731-1806, Attn: Janet Maille. Requests can also be faxed to 617-377-4324, Attn: Janet Maille. (0028)

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