Northern Division, NAVFACENGCOM, 10 Industrial Highway, Mail Stop #82, Lester, PA 19113-2090

Z -- REPLACE BOILER/CONTROLS, NAVAL RESERVE CENTER, KEARNY, NJ SOL N62472-98-B-0004 DUE 111598 POC Anthony Teti, Contract Specialist, 610-595-0626. This is a Pre-Solicitation Notice: Bidders/Offerors interested in obtaining plans and specification for this project, can mail or fax (215-697-1462) in their request on company letterhead stating if you are bidding as a prime contractor or sub-contractor/supplier, your complete address, telephone number and fax number along with a Company Check, Cashier's check, Money Order in the amount of $38.00 (THIS CHARGE IS NONREFUNDABLE) to: DEFENSE AUTOMATED PRINTING OFFICE, BUILDING 4/D, ATTN: ROY BOWSER, 700 ROBBINS AVE., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111-5094. Each check must be made payable to the U.S. TREASURY and annotated with the applicable solicitation number. Two sets of plans and specifications will be sent via First Class Mail upon availability to those contractors who have tendered payment. If a contract number is not annotated as requires or your check is not made payable to the U.S. TREASURY, your check will be returned unprocessed. NO PERSONAL CHECKS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL PROPER PAYMENT HAS BEEN RECEIVED. If you would like information on the mailing of the solicitation package via expedited courier service, please contact: MR. ROY BOWSER AT (215) 697-6257. GENERAL DESCRIPTION: The work includes the removal and disposal of asbestos containing material from the steam and condensate system risers serving the convectors on the third and fourth floors and the steam coils in the penthouse, the plumbing piping on the first floor, and the boiler unit. Removal and disposa of lead paint from the mechanical room wall to facilities installation of combustion air intake. Removal and disposal of existing 1,300 MBH, gas/oil-fired low pressure steam boiler unit, associated stack, housekeeping pad, boiler control panel, boiler accessories, and connected piping to system headers. Removal and disposal of fuel oil piping for the existing boiler. Removal and disposal of 75-gallon gas-fired water heater, abandoned 400-gallon domestic hot water storage tank, two(2) abandoned circulation pumps, associated controls, housekeeping pads, stack, accessories and connected piping to system headers. Removal and disposal of boiler ancillary equipment including the 140-gallon duplex pump feedwater system, two (2) 25-gallon manual chemical feed unit, associated housekeeping pads, and connected piping. Provision of new thermostatic steam trap assemblies for building convector units, realignment of condensate system piping for correct pitch, provide pipe supports for horizontal condensate system pipe runs, realignment and attachment of convector covers to the existing terra cotta brick walls. Provision of 2,300 MBH gas-fired low pressure steam boiler unit, stack, housekeeping pad, boiler management unit, combustion air intake, accessories and connected piping in accordance with ASME, NFPA and Factory Mutual Engineering Standards. Provision of boiler ancillary systems including 150-gallon duplex pump feedwater system, automatic chemical feed system, associated housekeeping pads, controls and connected piping. Provision of thermal insulation on all systems in which insulation was removed by this work, and on all existing uninsulated steam, condensate and plumbing system piping. Provisioin of insulation jacketing on all new and existing steam, condensate and plumbing system insulation. Provision of floor drainage system in the mechanical room to facilitate system and equipment drainage to the existing sanitry sewer. Estimated cost range is $100,000.00- $250,000.00. The SIC code is 1711 and the Small Business Size Standard is 7 million are applicable to this contract. The proposed contract (solicitation) will be issued as unrestricted and is subject to the evaluation criteria set forth in DFAR 252.219-7008 -- Notice of Evaluation Preference for Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns -- Construction Acquisitions -- Test Program (APR 1996).(Per the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFAR) has been amended to require all contractors to register in the Department of Defense (DOD) Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database. Be advised for solicitations issued after May 31, 1998, failure to be registered in the CCR makes an offeror ineligible for award of DOD contracts. Information regarding this registration may be obtained by accessing our web site at http://www.efdnorth.navfac.navy.mil or by referring to DFAR Subpart 204.73. If you need additional information, please contact Ms. Sheila Brown at (610) 595-0639). For technical questions concerning the plans and specification, please faxed to Mr Anthony Teti at (610) 595-0644. (0154)

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