OIC, Field Office Beaufort, P.O. Box 448, Port Royal, SC 29935-0448

J -- REPAIR AND CALIBRATION OF HTHW BOILER CONTROLS AT MCAS, BEAUFORT, SC SOL N62467-99-B-4919 DUE 051199 POC POC Technical Inquires MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING NO LESS THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO SCHEDULED BID OPENING TO THE ADDRESS ABOVE, Attention: Edward Alston, 843-525-3527 ext. 243/Contracting Officer Estelle Bing DESC: The Contractor shall furnish all supervision, management, tools, labor, materials, supplies, equipment, facilities, and transportation necessary to provide an annual preventive maintenance inspection, calibration, testing, and repair services for the High Temperature Hot (HTHW) Boiler Controls at the Marine Corps Air Station, Beaufort, South Carolina by means of a combination Firm-Fixed Price and Indefinite Quantity contract. This service shall include, once annually between the dates of 15 January through 15 February, the performance of a preventive maintenance inspection, calibration, and testing for all systems under the Firm-Fixed Price portion of the contract. In addition to the Firm-Fixed Price preventive maintenance inspection, the contractor shall provide Indefinite Quantity work to make repairs to existing systems; and other services to maintain the operability of the HTHW boiler control system for the boilers described as follows: The plant contains two HTHW generators rated at forty million BTUs per hour, output at 400 psig and 375 degrees Fahrenheit from an inlet temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit. It burns natural gas as the primary fuel and propane-air as a secondary fuel. Each boiler is equipped with a Coen packaged burner system rated at approximately 50,000,000 BTUs per hour input to the generator. The control system is primarily Foxboro equipment. The HTHW is distributed across the Base via three independent system 'LOOPS'. Each water generator serves an individual stack and the burners are individually controlled. Other systems within the plant are the HTHW Generator and System Circulation Pumps, Make-up Feed-water System, Water Treatment System, Nitrogen Pressurization System, Motor Control System, Compressed Air Systems, HTHW Blending System, Water Sampling System, Circulation Pump Seal Cooling Water System, and Propane-Air Gas Plant System. The actual Plant HTHW generated conditions are 165 psig and 360 degrees. The initial period of performance will be twelve (12) months from award. The specificaiton contains four (4) one (1) year option period to be executed by the Government if found to be in the Government's best interest. Federal Acquisition Regulation Clause 52.217-8, "Option to Extend Services", will be included in the solicitation. The proposed procurement is 100% set-aside for small business concerns. The Standard Industry Code is 7699. The small business size standard is $5,000,000.00. Posted 03/25/99 (W-SN312556). (0084)

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