Boiler Controls Contractor QA.xlsx
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- HAFB Boiler Control Maintenance
- Solicitation number
- 2024-PZI-1329
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This document appears to be a question and answer sheet related to a federal contract opportunity for Boiler Controls Maintenance at Hanscom Air Force Base.
The key details are:
- The contract requires the provision of labor, tools, equipment, materials, supplies, parts, and transportation to maintain 4 dual fuel boilers at the Hanscom AFB central heating plant in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- The contractor will be responsible for ensuring all services and parts meet manufacturer specifications, federal/state laws, and the attached Performance Work Statement.
- On-site badging and visitor passes are required for contractor access, but parking is provided free of charge.
- The contractor must provide their own laptop and combustion controls software/engineering station, as well as all required employee training.
- The contractor is responsible for maintenance of the server/historian, client workstations, and touch screens, but the software is available on-site.
- The existing boiler control system is being upgraded, but details on the new system are unclear.
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Sheet1
| Boiler Controls Q/A | |
| Q | A |
| Is on-site parking provided free of charge or is a parking permit required? | Free of charge/no permit required |
| Will on-site badging and personal identity verification be required prior to being on site and is the badging provided free of charge or is a visitor pass provided for each visit? | Contractor can be granted 30 day visitors passes at the visitors center. This will get the contractor access to the plant. Contractors can also obtain DBIDs cards which allow access for a year. |
| Does the government have the combustion controls software/engineering station for the contractors to use or will the contractor have to supply this? | Contractor provides the laptop to connect to the controls |
| Is there an emissions regulation for the total hourse required for periodic testing, maintenance, or operator training on No. 6 fuel oil for each boiler during any calendar year? | Unknown |
| In the "Performance Work Statement" for this solicitation, section 1.2.3, states a professional engineer will review the reports. Is the government or contractor required to provide the services of a professional engineer? | The Professional Engineer is provided by the Contractor |
| Is the Environmental and Safety Training provided on site by the government or is the contractor responsible for providing the employee training per section 1.8 of "Performance Work Statement?" | Contractor is required to provide all training for its employees |
| In attachment 2, drawing E-19, is the contractor responsible for the maintenance of the Sever/Historian and Client workstations? | Yes. |
| In attachment 2 drawing E-19, who is the software manufacturer for the Operator workstations? | Unknown |
| In attachment 2, drawing E-19 who is the manufacturer of the touch screens on the boiler panels and balance of plant? | Unknown |
| Is the software for the touch screens available on site for the contractors' use or will the contractor have to supply this? | Avaliable |
| During the site walk through it was mentioned that controls were being upgraded. What system is this being upgraded to? | It's a system that Is being engineered. It's not by a particular manufacturer. |
| Are the new O2 analyzers part of the control system or will they be part of the upgraded system? | Part |
| Is The Allen Bradly compact Logix system installed part of the control system? | no |
| What brand is the control panel? (KEP seen on inside component, but please confirm if this is correct) | Unknown |
| Is ethernet communication used to relay from old boiler control room to the new boiler control room? | Yes. |
| Do you maintain software for Red Line? (Asked when contractors were looking inside the old boiler control room panels. I believe Red Line was the brand mentioned in this question, but please confirm) | Yes |
| Do you know what version of the software is required? (Follow up question to the one listed above) | No |
| Do you know if the software is still offered/available? (Another follow up to previous question) | Clear SCADA is no longer available |
| What scatus software is used? (Asked when reviewing the new boiler control room) | Answer provided on site visit: Clear SCADA, but an upgrade to GE iFIX is coming |
| If pictures aren't allowed to be taken during the site vsiit, can pictures of the boiler controls be sent after the site visit? | Yes. |
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