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This solicitation is for cooling tower maintenance and repair services at the NIST Center for Neutron Research in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The scope of work includes inspecting, cleaning, performing routine maintenance, and completing any necessary repairs on the main cooling tower constructed in 2002 and the secondary modular cooling tower erected in 2011. Both towers have multiple cooling cells and ancillary systems such as a deicing system, fire protection system, and plume abatement system. The solicitation was issued by the Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology and has a solicitation number of 1333ND20QNB610625. Services are needed to address aging right-angle gear drives in some of the cooling tower cells. The objective is to maintain the cooling towers in good overall condition to support the NCNR's heavy water-moderated nuclear test reactor and associated neutron beam research operations.