EMA - GEMS LN2 Generator Repair - ARG

The State of Illinois, through its Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security (IEMA-OHS), awarded a two-year repair and maintenance contract to Kelvin International Corporation, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, effective May 1, 2026, through April 30, 2028. The contract, valued at $70,000.00, establishes a break-fix arrangement for Liquid Nitrogen Generators (LN2 GEMS) located at seven Illinois nuclear power stations—Braidwood, Byron, Clinton, Dresden, LaSalle, and Quad Cities—as well as IEMA-OHS's Nuclear Safety Facility on Knotts Street in Springfield. Kelvin International Corporation will provide factory-certified service engineer labor and component replacement or rebuild services across 18 equipment categories, including helium compressors, nitrogen generators, cold heads, dewars, control panels, filters, valves, and cryogenic transfer lines.

The contractor's pricing structure consists of tiered break-fix labor rates ranging from $168 to $336 per hour depending on shift type and day of week (standard weekday hours, after-hours weekday service, Saturday service, and Sunday/holiday service), one-way travel rates to specified power plant locations ranging from $4,765 to $4,880, and a comprehensive pricing matrix for replacement and rebuild costs of generator components. The contract requires the contractor to maintain general commercial liability insurance of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 annual aggregate, with all services performed domestically within the United States. The contract is structured as an open market small purchase procurement with a maximum contract term not to exceed ten years including renewals.