Recovery act, project 620A4-09-117, replace steam traps at castle point, a/e the AE design firm is to provide a/e services to evaluate and design of the steam trap replacement and remote monitoring…

This federal contract award was issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to DCS Infrastructure, LLC, a service-disabled veteran-owned small business (SDVOSB), to provide architectural and engineering (A/E) services for the replacement of steam traps and remote monitoring equipment improvements at the VA's Castle Point campus in New York. The contract, valued at $223,764.43, is a firm-fixed-price delivery order under a larger indefinite delivery vehicle (IDV) contract held by DCS Infrastructure with the VA's Veterans Integrated Service Network 2. The A/E services will include surveying the existing steam systems, designing the steam trap replacements and return line improvements, and incorporating a new remote monitoring system. This contract does not have a set-aside designation, but DCS Infrastructure's SDVOSB status indicates it is a preferred awardee for the VA's infrastructure maintenance and operations work.

Recovery act, project 620A4-09-117, replace steam traps at castle point, a/e the AE design firm is to provide a/e services to evaluate and design of the steam trap replacement and remote monitoring equipment improvements for the steam systems and return lines at the castle point campus. Work includes, but is not limited to the following: a/e to perform design services: 1. Field survey of all buildings to locate, identify, record condition and defientecies, sizing, capacity, etc. And development of a plan of the (steam supply and condensate return) systems. Perform the computation of building loads, current consumption usages, computation and analysis of supply and return pipe sizes and return pump size. The design to existing systems to locate and replace, relocate and install, and calculate sizing, capacities of new steam traps. 2. Design of renovations to the mechanical rooms, including: necessary room configuration and RE-construction of piping and equipment support pads, ventilation as needed, 3. Design of return (condensate) line improvements and condensate pumping systems. 4. Implement new trap monitoring system into system design for remote monitoring. 5. Design for abandonment and removal of steam supply and return lines including asbestos abatement. 6. A/e shall perform surveys of mechanical rooms, internal video inspection of tunnels, site visits and prepare logs of findings. 7. Procure and coordinate inclusion of asbestos and lead survey and design for abatement including domestic water piping within tunnel, basement and crawlspace areas to provide abated areas for subsequent construction activities. 8. Design for temporary RE-insulation of piping in abated areas until subsequent construction activities.