RFQ Questions and Responses Q0226.pdf
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- Repair Steam Leak at USDA Laboratory Facility
- Solicitation number
- 12505B23Q0226
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This document contains questions and responses related to solicitation number 12505B23Q0226 from the Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Field Research Implementation and Information Delivery Midwest Area for repair of a steam leak at a USDA laboratory facility. The solicitation requests bids to repair a steam leak at a pressure rating of 125 PSI. Site visits must be requested by August 9, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET by contacting the identified points of contact. The USDA will perform lock out of the steam system according to its own procedures, and will provide ventilation for the hot vault environment, but contractors are responsible for their own lock out and safety procedures. Foreign pipe may be used for repairs.
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RFQ Questions and Responses Repair Steam Leak at USDA Laboratory Facility
12505B23Q0226
1) Can you provide a pressure rating and some pics so we can submit a quote for this requirement?
Response: 125 PSI
2) We are interested in bidding on the referenced Solicitation, and we would like to request a site visit. Please advise whom we should contact.
Response: Site visits can be lined up through the following contacts:
Curt Moore (515) 231-9240
Jeff Waterbury (515) 450-4023
Ben A’Hearn (515) 450-2334
All requests for Site Visit must be submitted no later than 9 August 2023 1400 ET. Requests submitted later will not be authorized.
For reference, contractor will not be allowed in vault unless steam system is shut down and locked out which requires a minimum 2 weeks’ notice to campus staff and must be over a weekend on a
Saturday.
3) Our subcontractor wonders if USDA is responsible for System shutdown and startup, Lock out / Tag out, and Vault Ventilation.
Response: USDA staff will lock out steam per USDA procedures however contractor shall also lock out steam to ensure system is locked out according to contractors’ own safety procedures. Ventilation will be provided for the vault however the vault is an extremely hot environment and contractor is encouraged to take the necessary precautions per their own company’s safety procedures.
4) Would it be possible to use foreign pipe for the spool? If not, we’ll have to buy a 21’ pcs of buy American.
Response: Yes
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