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- Condenser Water Filtration System Upgrade
- Solicitation number
- HC102821R0018
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Defense Information Systems Agency
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This document contains a question and answer file related to a federal contract opportunity for upgrading a condenser water filtration system. The opportunity involves enhancing cooling towers, replacing piping, adjusting water pumps and filtration controls, and utilizing temporary chillers for redundancy testing at a Defense Information Systems Agency facility in San Antonio, Texas. Questions from contractors must be submitted in writing by April 9, 2021, with responses provided to address location details, component reuse, insulation and grounding requirements, security escort availability, and registration under the relevant NAICS code. The payment schedule was also updated to account for optional work in the revised performance work statement.
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Q&A Water Filtration Upgrade
| Q&A Number | RFP Page | RFP Section/ Paragraph | Solicitation Amend # | CLIN/ Clause/ Appendix/ Attachment/ Other | Contractor Questions | Government Answer |
| 1 | 9, 10 | 6.8 | 1 | Will the (2) 500 Ton temporary air cooled chillers be located inside the fence near the cooling towers or in the parking lot outside the fence? | Per the Site's direction, locate the temporary chillers in the parking lot right outside the fence. Fuel tank access will need to be maintained. | |
| 1 | 13 | 6.10.8. | 1 | Will the engineer provide his/her design drawings to assist with the contractor’s shop drawings? | Drawing set has been provided via Appendix A. | |
| 1 | 35 | 3b | 1 | Are there any impact fees (utilities, permits etc) that the contractors should be aware of for this project? | If driving in a grounding rod for the air-cooled chillers, contractor is responsible for contacting 811. The contractor is responsible for any other necessary local coordination. | |
| 1 | General | 1 | Will the contractor’s be able to work after-hours and weekends in addition to normal work hours? | No. M-F, 6:00 - 17:00. The security escorts can stagger to get them to 17:00. | ||
| 1 | General | 1 | Will the DISA maintenance staff be responsible to shut down and restart the chillers during this project? | Contractor is responsible for any coordination. DISA maintenance will asist the contractor in shutting down or restarting the Site's Chillers. | ||
| 1 | 35, 39 | 3c | 1 | Will the 5% “Surge Support” be allocated to staffing or treated as a contingency for the entire project? | This is defined in section 6.11 in the PWS. | |
| 1 | 4 | 5.1 Task 1 | 1 | Will the contractor be responsible for Commissioning or will it be provided by DISA? | As defined in section 6.9.2, contractor is responsible for testing and commission the system with Government witness and acceptance. | |
| 1 | General | 1 | Is there an insulation spec (type, thickness etc) to accompany the aluminum jacket requirement? | Contractor shall provide 1 inch thick closed-cell EPDM insulation between the pipe and the jacketing on all exterior pipe new and existing. | ||
| 1 | 16 | 11 | 1 | Will there be adequate escorts for this project? (The contractors field staff may be working in multiple locations on site) | The government will provide adequate security escorts to meet all contract and site security requirements. Facility access is controlled and project phasing is required. | |
| 1 | 6 | 6.3.2 | 1 | Are the existing Basket Strainers adequate to be re-used to help control the cost for this project? | As stated in the RFP/PWS, the basket strainers can be reused. | |
| 1 | 7 | 6.5.1 6.5.2 | 1 | The existing Triple Duty valve looks fairly new, is it adequate to be re-used to help control the cost for this project? | As stated in the RFP/PWS, the triple duty valves can be reused. | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.2.1. | 1 | Sidestream systems can only remove 15%-25% of solids from a loop. Even a basin sweeper system will have trouble removing 99% of solids. | The salient characteristics are described in section 6.2.1. See the attched independent testing results for model eTCX-210-SRV. | |
| 1 | Pg 5 | 6.2.1. | 1 | 250 gpm sidestream at the above mentioned percentage would a be a model eTCX-050-SRV (rather than the eTCX-210-SRV listed) | The salient characteristics are described in section 6.2.1. See the attched sheet for model eTCX-210-SRV. | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.2.1. | 1 | Spec asks for both an SRV (solids recovery vessel) and an ABV (automated ball valve or 'purge to drain'). You can have both, but can only run one at a time. | No comment. | |
| 1 | 9 | 6.7.4. | 1 | BAC connects is an available option | Section 6.7 of the PWS shall be followed. | |
| 1 | 9 | 6.8.2. | 1 | On the temporary chiller why 10” hose? We will have 6” flanges on the chiller and have to reduce anyway. The 6” hose can flow 1200 – 1500 GPM through each hose. | PWS is adjusted to change the minimum hose diameter for the temporary hoses from 10 inch to 6 inch. | |
| 1 | 10 | 6.8.5. | 1 | On the temporary chiller why insulate the hoses? As soon as the hose starts to sweat the insulation will come apart. | The insulation requirement may be waived if condensation inside the mechanical room is managed and the water temperature is maintained per the PWS. | |
| 1 | 5 | 6.2.2. | 1 | What is the weight capacity that is required on the maintenance cat walk? | Minimum requirements are: uniform load of 60 psf and a concentrated load of 450 lbs. Decking material shall be galvanized or another non-corrosive material. | |
| 1 | 6 | 6.2.5. | 1 | On the cooling tower motors grounding rings will you allow external grounding rings or do you require internal? |
| Internal grounding rings are required. The mnotors may be sent off for the rings to be installed during the period when the Site is on Temporary Chillers. | |||||
| 1 | General | 1 | Does a contractor have to be registered in SAM to perform work under NAICS 333415 to get the award or can they receive award under NAICS 238220 or other construction related NAICS codes. | Contractors can only receive award if registered under NAICS 333415 | |
| 2 | General | 9 | Will the payment schedule be updated to account for optional work contained within the revised PWS? | Yes, the payment schedule was updated and attached in sam.gov. It will also be mentioned in the next solicitation amendment. | |
| 2 | 5 | 6.2.1 | 9 | Side Stream Filters: See Attached section 6.2.1 “Location specified by either the Site POC or the COR. Do you have a general idea of proximity to figure an accurate piping footage take off? | The Side Stream Filters can go either inside or outside the facility. Due to the already crowded mechanical room, there is only about an 8-foot radius or less of space in proximity to the existing chiller lines in just a couple areas. We would prefer the Side Stream Filters be placed under the cooling towers immediately adjacent to where existing filters are currently located which can be accomplished within just a few feet. |
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