Chiller Removal & Installation at the Mahon Federal Courthouse
Project Description
The General Services Administration, Public Building Service, Region 7, is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify parties having an interest in and the resources to remove two (2) 285 ton chillers, condenser water pumps, chilled water pumps, valves, VFD's, Direct Digital Control actuators, refrigerant monitor, electrical and all associated work to integrate into the Building Automation System. The Place of Performance is at the Mahon Federal Courthouse 401 W. Texas Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102. All necessary connections, valves, pumps, piping and electrical modifications shall be included. In addition, the new chiller's control system shall communicate with existing building automated system. Replacement Chillers shall be wired to and communicate by BACnet or directly to the Building's Niagara JACE Controller. They shall not be linked through a propriety building system controller. Contractor will be responsible to verify the existing BAS and provide all necessary wiring, controls, and/or Modbus/BACNet cards (if needed) to integrate chiller's controls to BAS. The Contractor will have 45 days to complete the work after the equipment arrives on site. The new chillers requirements are as follows:
New Chiller Requirements:
- Minimum 285 tons of cooling each chiller
- IPLV- 0.332
- Evaporator EWT/LWT (F) Evaporator 55/45
- Evaporator GPM- 684
- Condensor EWT/LWT (F) 86/96
- Condensor GPM- 821
- Evaporator Pressure Drop (Not to exceed) 6 psi (2 pass heat exchanger)
- Condensor Pressure Drop (Not to exceed) 6 psi (2 pass heat exchanger)
- Minimum two compressors per chiller
The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to be assigned to this procurement is 238220; the associated small business size standard is 15 million. The magnitude for this project is between $500,000 to $1,000,000.
THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated to this request for capability information.
If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information:
(1) A complete and current record of your registration within the System for Award Management, located at https://www.sam.gov/. The record shall include your DUNS number, organization name, address, contact name, email address, web site address, telephone number, type of organization, and small business type(s).
(2) A capability statement supporting claims of organizational and staff capability to perform the tasks listed in the "Project Description" paragraph above.
(3) In order to demonstrate successful experience as a General Construction (GC) Contractor and/or as Plumbing, Heating, and Air Conditioning contractor, please provide at least three but no more than five similar chiller removal and installation projects (200 ton or larger water cooled chillers) substantially completed within the past five years from the issuance of this Sources Sought utilizing Attachment A. The total project construction cost at award of the similar projects must not be less than $350,000.00.
GSA requests that potential sources only submit the minimum information necessary.
The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, including type of small business set-aside. NO LARGE businesses need to respond to this notice.
Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions. However, GSA may contact sources to gather additional information as required.
Submission Instructions: Interested parties, excluding large businesses, who consider themselves qualified to perform the above-listed services are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 2:00 PM (CDT), Friday March 24. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be emailed to LH Lee, Contract Specialist, at the following address: lh.lee@gsa.gov
Lester H. Lee, Phone 8178505535, Email lh.lee@gsa.gov
