Response to Solicitation questions 36C24221Q0383.docx

Response to questions: 36C24221Q0383 Chiller Maintenance.

Below are the questions followed by the responses specific by site.

1. Page-5- Please clarify Dates referenced, All chillers except 1200T in January, but 1200T also references Jan 2021, Condensers due again in Jan?

2. Page-5- Only Inspect Cond/Evap Tubes during Annual Start-up? East Orange doesn’t reference the tube cleaning schedule as Lyons does on Page-10.

3. Page-7- Cooling Towers are not listed @ East Orange

4. Page-8- Only Inspect Cond coils on Air Cooled?

5. Page-9- What year is the Eddy Current Testing being performed? When was the last testing performed?

6. Page-10- Quarterly Coil cleaning on two (2) Air Cooled Chillers @ East Orange?

7. Page-10- Seasonal shutdown scheduled for Lyons, but not East orange. Will there be a seasonal shutdown for East Orange? Please advise of scope and expectations.

8. Page-12- Cooling Tower PM Frequency?

9. Page-12- What type of ATC Software is installed @ East Orange?

10. Page-13- What type of Switchgear components are installed @ Lyons?

11. Page-13 – “Frequency”. Will quarterlies be expected to be completed by the contractor at Lyons? Please confirm plan to complete manufacturer recommended quarterly pms at Lyons (by contractor or onsite personnel).

12. Does the maintenance work @ lyons and East Orange Campuses involve any insulation work?

13. We want to confirm that this is just a PM contract for (1) year only. This is a base Plus four provisional options years.

14. You would like year 2,3,4 & 5 priced out separately? Yes. See instructions in solicitation.

15. Condenser Tubes are punched annually.

16. Evaporator Tubes are punched every (5) years.

17. Can we verify the assets nomenclature and see all chillers and cooling towers by setting up a site visit?

18. Are the cooling towers included at the East Orange Site as well? The asset spread sheet we received is only showing Chillers.

19. Eddy Current Testing is done every (3) years on the condenser’s & every (5) years on the evaporators.

20. Vibration analysis is done annually?

21. Were both the evaporator tubes & the condenser tubes punched this year at both locations?

22. Was Eddy current testing done this year on both the condenser tubes and evaporator tubes?

East Orange Campus: Responses

1. Question # 1 – All chillers at East Orange to be cleaned in January/February

1. Page-5- Only Inspect Cond/Evap Tubes during Annual Start-up? Tubes should be punched during seasonal shutdown

1. Question # 7 – Cooling Tower PM – 1 Time in March before start up.

1. Page-8- Only Inspect Cond coils on Air Cooled? No, inspect and clean coils before start-up

1. Eddy Current Testing can be done 2022.

1. Page-10- Quarterly Coil cleaning on two (2) Air Cooled Chillers @ East Orange? Yes

1. Page-10- Seasonal shutdown scheduled for Lyons, but not East orange. Will there be a seasonal shutdown for East Orange? Yes, should be the same as Lyons

1. Page-12- Cooling Tower PM Frequency? 1 Time in March before start up.

1. Page-12- What type of ATC Software is installed @ East Orange?

1. N/A

1. N/A

1. Does the maintenance work @ Lyons and East Orange Campuses involve any insulation work? NO

1. We want to confirm that this is just a PM contract for (1) year only.

1. You would like year 2,3,4 & 5 priced out separately?

1. Condenser Tubes are punched annually. Yes

1. Evaporator Tubes are punched every (5) years. No, they are punched annually

1. Can we verify the assets nomenclature and see all chillers and cooling towers by setting up a site visit? NO

1. Are the cooling towers included at the East Orange Site as well?-The asset spread sheet we received is only showing Chillers. Yes, towers are included

1. Eddy Current Testing is done every (3) years on the condenser’s & every (5) years on the evaporators. Yes

1. Vibration analysis is done annually? Yes

1. Were both the evaporator tubes & the condenser tubes punched this year at both locations? No they were not

1. Was Eddy current testing done this year on both the condenser tubes and evaporator tubes? No

Lyons Campus: Responses

1. All Chillers at Lyons to Cleaned in January/February

2. Tubes to be cleaned, inspected and punched during seasonal shutdown

3. N/A

4. N/A at Lyons.

5. 2022

6. For East Orange

7. For East Orange

8. Page 12- one (1) time in March before Start up

9. For East Orange

10. Asco Switchgear

11. No, Lyons VA Staff.

12. No

13. N/A

14. N/A

15. Yes

16. No They are punched annually.

17.Yes

18. For East Orange

19. Yes

20. Yes

21. No Chiller maintenance has not been done at Lyons

22. No Eddy Current Test have not been done at Lyons