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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Sources Sought Notice J045 Cleaning of Keeler Water Boilers (VA-20-00028783) 10468-3904 36C24220Q0354 N 238220 Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 2 James J. Peters VA Medical Center 130 West Kingsbridge Road Bronx NY 10468-3904 Marshand Boone Department of Veterans Affairs Northport VA Medical Center 79 Middleville Road Northport, NY 11768

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https://www.va.gov https://www.va.gov marshand.boone@va.gov marshand.boone@va.gov

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Department of Veterans Affairs Network Contracting Office 2 130 W. Kingsbridge Road Bronx, NY 10468

Synopsis:

Please note that this is not a request for quotes or proposals, the Government is seeking information for market research purposes only. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Northport VA Medical Center, is conducting market research to find qualified vendors to provide the following boiler cleaning service:

Please see draft statement of work for full description.

The North American Industry Classification Systems (NAICS) is 238220; the size standard is $16.5 million.

The purpose of this notice is to gain knowledge of potential qualified sources for this procurement. Responses to this notice will be used by the Government to make appropriate acquisition decisions. Responses to this notice should be provided in a capabilities statement which includes: 1) Offerors name, address, point of contact, phone number, and e-mail address; 2) Offerors interest in bidding on the solicitation when it is issued; 3) Offerors capability to perform a contract of this magnitude and complexity and three examples of comparable work performed within the past five years with a brief description of the project, customer name, and dollar value of the project) ; and 4) Offerors Business Size (Large Business, HUBZone, Service Disabled Veteran Owned and/or Small Business, 8(a)) and DUNS number.

If your firm is a Service-Disabled Veteran Owned or Veteran Owned Small Business, you must be CERTIFIED in VetBiz (see internet site: http://vip.vetbiz.gov). Contractor must be registered in System for Award Management (SAM) (see internet site: http://www.sam.gov).

Responses to this notice must be submitted in writing (email) and received by February 19, 2020 at 10:00 AM EST. A solicitation is not currently available. If a solicitation is issued, it will be announced on Federal Business Opportunities website http://www.fbo.gov at a later date, and all interested parties must respond to that solicitation announcement separately from the responses to this announcement. Please email questions and responses to this notice to Marshand Boone at Marshand.boone@va.gov.

Statement of Work

The vendor shall furnish all labor, materials, tools, equipment and supervision and perform work to thoroughly clean fire and water sides of two (2) Keeler Boilers. This service shall be performed at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Northport VAMC Boiler Plant Building 203.

Scope of Work:

The contractor shall provide the services of certified-licensed, qualified, professional mechanics to perform work to thoroughly clean and inspect fire sides and water sides of two (2) Keeler Boilers. Work will require scheduling at the Northport VAMC with the Engineering Service. The specific work required shall be described below:

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1. Have fully trained and qualified mechanics with confined space certification performing all work.

2. Perform all work in strict accordance with all latest OSHA-EPA-National Plumbing-National Electric-Federal-State-Local codes and accepted trade practices.

3. Lock out all atomizing steam, control air, feed water supply, main non-return steam stop, steam stop on main boiler room header, chemical feed lines, surface blow and bottom blow lines. Forces draft at main electric panel. All electric power to program and controls. Power supply to boiler at main electric panel.

4. Water sides: The vendor shall remove internal feed line and baffles from steam drum, clean and replace. The vendor shall supply new nuts and bolts to reinstall all internal baffles in steam drum. Nuts and bolts will be high temperature and high pressure steel grade 9.

5. All boiler tubes shall be cleaned by passing motor driven turbine brush on flex shaft through all tubes. The brush shall be kept in continuous motion to prevent damage to the tubes.

6. Scale rust and sludge loosened from tubes shall be flushed down the mud drain with water, and removed.

7. The steam and mud drum will be scraped and wire brushed to remove scale corrosion, rust and sludge.

8. Gaskets on steam drum will be supplied by government.

9. Fire sides: The vendor shall thoroughly clean all boiler tubes to remove soot, carbon, ash, and fuel deposits. The vendor shall steam, scrape and wire brush all fire sides.

10. Steam cleaner will be furnished by contractor. Compressed air will be furnished by contractor.

11. Vendor responsible for closing boiler after inspection is complete.

B. Perform the service once a year on boilers #1 and #3 on even years and boilers #2 and #4 on odd years between the months of August and September.

C. Be responsible for the integrity of all work related to this project.

D. Contact Plumbing Shop Supervisor or the designated representative when work will commence.

E. Provide all reports/findings/recommendations to Plumbing Shop Supervisor or the designated representative.

List of Boilers

3/ 40,000 lbs/hr 1/ 20,000 lbs/hr

14651-2 stamped NB4469 14651-3 stamped NB4470 14651-4 stamped NB4471

f. Period of performance: The contract will consist of a base period plus four one-year option periods.

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