U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

K -- MODIFY EXISTING JOHNSON CONTROLS METASYS SYSTEM SOL PX6970 DUE 082297 POC Robin J. Traylor, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: click here to contract the contract specialist via e-mail, traylor.rob@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency intends to negotiate sole source with Johnson Controls, One Harry Street, Cranston RI 02907 to intall and make fully operational and functional five controllable heat exchanging systems at the Atlantic Ecology Division's Wet Lab at Narragansett RI. These systems shall be fully integrated with and contollable by the existing Johnson Controls Metasys System. The contractor shall provide all labor and materials to convert the four existing Karbate heat exchangers in each of three temperature control vessels with immersion flat titanium heat exhangers, and retrofit two non-controllable vessels with immersion flat titanium heat exchangers. The systems must heat water with a temperature of zero degrees Cto a tmperature of twenty degrees C at a flow rate of eight G.P.M and chill water with a temperature of twenty-four degrees C to fifteen degrees C at a flow rate of five G.P.M. These heat exchangers must fit in the existing 26' x 1' 2' (L x W x H). The heat exchangers must be externally compatible with salt water and the fresh water used internally as the cooling media. No materials toxic to experiments at the Lab may be used in the design, manufacture or installation of these systems. EPA believes Johnson Controls is the only vendor capable of satisfying the above requirements. Johnson Controls is the manufacturer and sole owner of the Metasys system and its proprietary design data. The period of performance is expected to take place from the date of award through December 1, 1997. No solicitation is available. All interested parties must respond within 15 days of the date of this announcement. Interested vendors shall: include information on the proposed service which 1.) clearly supports their capability to provide the above requirements and; and 2.) provide itemized pricing data that is sufficient to make a determination that competition is feasible. All responses must be in writing and must be submitted to the U.S. EPA, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attn: Robin J. Traylor, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. No telephonic requests will be honored. (0218)

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