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Y -- CONSTRUCTION, CHILLER PLANT EXPANSION, PLUM ISLAND ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER, GREENPORT, NEW YORK. SOL 8205-3K15-97 DUE 080597 POC David Springer, Contracting Officer, 301-344-0263 Pre-Solicitation Notice. The contractor shall provide all material, labor, equipment, and supervision, etc., necessary for the following project: The Base Bid will include the following elements: 1) a pre-engineered, single span, rigid braced frame building addition measuring 51 by 30 feet; 2) a centrifugal 375-ton water chiller; 3) an induced draft 375-ton cooling tower; 4) a 2,400-volt, 600-amp fusible switchgear; 5) a Class I, Type B, 480-volt, 3-phase, 4-wire, 60-hertz motor control center; and 6) all required, necessary, and appurtenant demolition, site work, connections, controls and monitors, piping, pumps, valves, electrical conduit and wiring to produce a complete and operating chiller plant addition. Option No. 1 will include: 1) an additional 375-ton chiller and an associated 375-ton cooling tower; 2) a motor control center; 3) an oil-filled, 5kV primary, 277/480V secondary, 500 kVa transformer; and 4) all required chiller controls, piping, pumps, valves, electrical conduit and wiringand painting for the second chiller. Option No. 2 will include: 1) the automatic temperature control field monitoring and control system with communications between the new DDC units and the existing Carrier "Chillervisor" system. The system will be an extension of the existing Landis & Gyr Powers System; 2) central and remote hardware, software, and interconnecting wire and conduit between the new and existing system including connection via phone line to the existing LGP system; 3) a supervisory control system and interface with the existing Carrier system. The new control panel shall fully communicate to the existing Carrier and LGP systems; translational hardware and software will be provided. Option No. 3 will include the removal of existing piping, the furnishing, installation, and painting of marine water boxes on the two existing 500-ton Carrier chillers, repiping devices, and returning the existing chiller system to operational status. The total Estimated Cost of Construction (ECC) for this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. Time for completion of the work will be 180 calendar days from the date of issuance of Notice to Proceed. A pre-bid meeting is tentatively scheduled for July 16, 1997, at Plum Island. Requests for sets of plans and specifications will be available to bidders at no cost. The request MUST BE SENT to STV, Incorporated, 205 West Welsh Drive, Douglassville, Pennsylvania 19518, Attention: Robert Kondrath. Supply is limited and will be made on a first come, first serve basis. TELEPHONE OR FACSIMILE REQUESTS FOR THE SOLICITATION PACKAGE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The solicitation is scheduled to be release o/a Jun 30, 1997, with bid opening o/a August 5, 1997. (Reference Solicitation No. 8205-3K15-97). </PRESOL> (0132)

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