J22 SOW - Boiler Rental.pdf

Scope of work

Emergency Rental Boiler Services

Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant

Heating Operations and Transmission Division

General Services Administration

I. Background: GSA’s Central Heating and Refrigeration Plant (CHRP) has 6 boilers, which supply saturated steam at 250 psig. It has about 700,000 pounds of steam per hour (lbs/hr) winter peak load, and the summer load is about 210,000 lbs/hr. Design capacity of these boilers are:

two (2) - 400,000 lbs/hr, two (2) -225,000 lbs/hr, and two (2) -180,000 lbs/hr. CHRP is in the process of repairing these boilers. Hence, in case any of these boilers suffers extensive damage and/or under repair, CHRP wants to substitute the steam lost capacity with the rental boilers.

II. Objective:

GSA-HOTD needs to reserve one (1) 70,000 lbs/hr saturated steam at 250 psig, rental boiler for the winter season to meet the system’s lapsed steam demand and/or repair its own boilers. This boiler shall modulate with the plant boilers with maximum steam producing capacity of 70,000 lbs/hr into the plant’s main steam header.

Under the existing rental boiler contract, three (3) rental boilers were installed on the C Street.

All stub-out connections inside the plant have been installed under the existing contract. All of the required piping, connections were fabricated during the old rental boiler contract and are in possession with the old contractor. This contractor is required to take possession of these piping, connections, breechings, etc., from the old contractor, and GSA will facilitate this transfer. Any connection, stub-out or equipment, specifically required for this contract shall be this contractor’s responsibility to fabricate, install and store for the entire life of this contract.

Contractor shall walk thru the plant to get familiar with the connections inside and outside of the plant. These connections are stack, piping (steam, feed water, city water, blowdown, chemical, gas fuel, oil fuel, electric, etc.) and staging area/traffic lanes of the street to be blocked and DDOT permit for the street blockage.

In case any of these parts/connections are not suitable for re-use, it shall be the contractor’s responsibility to fabricate and install new ones without any additional or separate cost to the government. To get rid of old parts/connections, which are no longer needed and are rusted, shall be discarded by the contractor.

The rental boiler needs to be installed within 15 calendar days from a Notice to Proceed (NTP) from CO (Contracting Officer) in case of a major repair to the plant boilers, or natural disaster.

Within these 15 calendar days, the rental boiler shall be supplying the required amount of steam, which is 70,000 lbs/hr at 250 psig, into the plant steam header.

This rental boiler shall be installed on C Street along the North wall of the CHRP building. The contractor shall supply, install, start-up rental boiler. CHRP will supply the treated feed water, which would be same as for the CHRP’s boilers, to the rental boiler. However, if these boilers require special chemical treatment, then the contractor shall furnish and install all equipment and chemicals for the rental boilers.

Contractor shall be responsible for connecting their boiler(s) to the plant systems, for which the stub-outs are already been installed. In case, new stub-out connections or existing connections are insufficient or malfunctioning, then the contractor shall be required to furnish and install new connections without any additional cost to the government. Also, for any repair needs to be performed to the existing connections, it shall be contractor’s responsibility to do it.

III. Contract type:

A. This contract is Firm-fixed price contract with Base year and optional four (4) years. This contract provides for furnishing Line Items for the optional years within stated limits, of certain services during a specified period. Under this contract, boilers shall be reserved for three months

(15th Dec thru 15th Mar) and if installation and operation are required, contractor will be paid in accordance with the pricing schedule under the contract. Under the line items, all hock-up equipment/connections shall be stored at the contractor’s site which shall be waterproof. All maintenance and repair of boilers associated rental equipment, connections/stub- outs and stacks shall be performed by the contractor thru out the life of this contract.

Fee/cost for maintenance, storage and repair to the connection, stub-outs and stacks shall also be paid every year.

Contractor may be asked to furnish and install additional boiler(s), with same capacity as the reserved boiler, up to three boilers, depending on the need of the Government, and in this case the contractor will be requested to submit a proposal for the additional boilers and a contract modification will be issued. Cost of additional boilers shall be same as the reserved boilers.

Contractor may use the reserved boilers hook-up piping connections dimensions as a template to prefabricate/alter existing connections and stub-outs.

The base reservation fee for boilers which shall be given to the contractor regardless of the amount of work requested in that year. If these reserved boilers and associated equipment are used for producing steam, then the reservation fee shall be used or adjusted in the rental service fee for the above three months period.

Any maintenance and repair fee for the boiler shall be included in the reservation/rental fees. Maintenance fee for the connections and stack shall also be paid on annual bases.

B. Boiler Reservation Guarantee: Contractor shall have a sub-contractor agreement with the boiler rental company. The contractor shall provide a copy of boiler reservation agreement and purchase order with their sub-contractor to GSA/HOTD. The contractor shall visit the boiler storage location to make sure the boilers are available and report to GSA/HOTD with document of proof.

IV. Scope of Work:

1) Basic tasks for Base year & Optional years:

a. Boiler reservation: Contractor shall reserve one (1) boiler 70,000 lbs/hr, rated to produce steam at pressure 250 psig for winter season (December 15th - March 15th), so that they can be brought to the plant, if required, hooked-up with stub- out connections and start making steam within 15 days from the NTP.

b. Storage & maintenance of equipment: contractor shall store all connected equipment during the entire contract period, for 12 months period (April 1st – March

31st) at a place so that it can be brought to the plant to have the boilers steaming within 15 days from the NTP. Contractor shall perform all maintenance and repair needed to the boilers and associated equipment, including connections and stack.

2) Boiler Services: When Contracting Officer (CO) issues Notice to Proceed (NTP), Contractor shall bring the above boiler at the plant, connect the boiler and associated equipment, and start sending 70,000 lbs/hr saturated steam at 250 psig into the plant steam header continuously within 15 days, including weekends and holidays. Contractor’s boiler(s) shall be able to modulate or share load below its capacity with the CHRP’s boilers if required

3) All mechanical, controls, electrical work, equipment, connection, and layout must be verifying the feasibility, capacity, and manner of installation of equipment by a certified, Registered Professional Engineer of the related field and approved by the Project Manager.

4) Start of the Boilers: The tentative schedule for the base year of the contract is as follows:

- December 15 to March 15. Total rental period shall be maximum 90 days. Tentative schedule shall be discussed and confirmed with COR.

- Storage & maintenance of equipment for the entire contract period of 12 months (April

1 to March 31).

- Government may need rental boiler(s) for additional months, like earlier than Dec 15 and later than April 15, and the contractor shall comply with this request, because CHRP wants to repair its own boilers.

- Restoration of plant equipment to their original status (valves, lines, pumps, steam system, feed water system, HOTD Hot well, electrical system, etc.) before shutting the rental equipment. Plant lines/connections shall be drained, blanked; any leaking valve or line shall be repaired by the contractor.

- Restoration of street: Remove all equipment within seven (7) days after the service period.

5) Contractor’s boilers(s) shall have automatic controls on their boiler, which shall be connected to the plant master for modulating with the CHRP boilers. Contractor shall provide duplicate controls inside the Watch Control Room inside the CHRP Building.

6) Contractor shall make sure to have sufficient make-up water source for their boilers, suggested to use fire hydrants and city water sources from inside the plant building.

7) Street connections or connections from rental boiler(s): Contractor shall provide all necessary connections to the existing stub-outs inside the plant. These stub-outs include steam, feed-water, gas, fuel oil, blowdown, city water, condensate return, electric power and boiler stacks. If additional stub-outs / connections and / or modifications of the existing are required to accomplish rental boilers’ connection to the plant system, then the contractor shall be responsible for this work. Maximum number of boilers may be increased to three or a capacity of 210,000 lbs/hr, if the need arises.

8) Induced Draft Fan (ID): In case the natural draft through the stack does not prove sufficient for the rental boilers operation, then the contractor shall provide and install the induced draft (ID) fans on the stacks without additional cost to the government. CHRP will identify source of electric power and the contractor shall furnish and install all electric wiring equipment and other controls needed.

9) Controls: Rental boilers and other equipment controls shall be DDC type, Preferably, ABB’s network 90 or compatible. Contractor shall install a rental boiler plant master controller to modulate the rental boilers with the plant steam load, and display information (pressure, pounds of steam per hour, on/off status of rental equipment, alarms/enunciators, etc.), inside the operation booth on first floor. Contractor’s controller/server shall include a computer PLC with monitor and should be able of clear/acknowledge alarms remotely from the 1st floor control booth. All rental boilers controls shall be DDC (direct digital), computer/PLC based.

10) Operation: Also, contractor shall provide around the clock operation and training for two (2) weeks for the CHRP’s operators at site for all equipment, furnished under this contract.

Government will operate rental boilers and associated equipment after two weeks of training/joint operation with the CHRP’s operators. Contractor shall have written instructions on how to operate these boilers and implement these instructions during joint operation. All maintenance and repair to the equipment furnished under this contractor shall be contractor’s responsibility. Contractor’s supervisory level operator shall visit the rental boiler plant for 2 hours every day to check rental equipment status, and schedule maintenance and repair with the

Government plant supervisor.

11) Storage: After the end of the rental period, the contractor shall remove all equipment, boilers, piping, stack and breechings, store it them at their place/space, for the entire period of the contract (12 months, April 1 to March 31), which should be weather proof (no raining, and no flooding). Any damage to the equipment in five (5) years term of this contract (Base &

Options) shall be contractors’ responsibility to repair /or replace without any additional cost to the government.

12) DC-Permit: Contractor shall secure street block permit from the DC-Government for installing boilers and associated equipment on the street. Suggest the DC permit be for a longer period than the rental period in the contract because street marking, barricading, security fencing and then restoration. Government will reimburse this fee to the contractor if boilers are brought in at the site.

13) General Requirements for Street Connections:

Contractor shall be responsible for all necessary piping, valves, electric, controls and other equipment required to connect their equipment from the street to the stub-outs, control room or other plant systems, located inside the plant. At the end of each rental period/task, contractor shall be required to restore the site as original within seven (7) days or as required by the DC

Government. Also, during the summer months, CHRP’s treated water equipment, feed water pumps, water softening and treatment equipment, hot well, etc., may be shut down for the repair, and therefore contractor shall supply all treatment, make-up water, diversion of condensate return, pumping, etc. Contractor shall be responsible for installing the make-up (city water) water connection and piping.

All pipes, headers, braces, supports, hangers, breeching for the exhaust gas, automatic controls and other equipment fabricated and installed for the purpose of connecting the temporary rental boilers to the existing stub-out connections, shall be contractor’s responsibility and they shall be kept in good shape during the term of this contract. At the end of this contract, Government shall have the right to keep these outside/street connections, including controls. Contractor’s storage place shall be such that no rain, snow and other environmental element do not cause damage to them. Government may inspect contractor storage space at any time during the term of this contract.

If GSA Historic Preservation branch instructs the contractor to remove the stacks, then the contractor shall remove and haul it away from the site.

V. General Condition:

A. Contractor shall furnish all supervision, engineering, labor (including the operators), equipment and material to provide and install a complete set of boiler(s) to produce and supply modulating saturated steam in winter up to 70,000 lbs/hr or more @ 250 psig into the CHRP’s steam header(s). Each boiler shall have steam producing capacity between 70,000 and 75,000 lbs/hr.

Contractor’s boilers shall start producing the required steam within 15 days from notice to proceed.

B. The Contractor will get the construction staging permit from the DDOT of DC government to park the Boilers and its associated equipment on the C Street side. The Government will provide the Air Quality permit to operate the boilers from district department of EPA. Securing other necessary permits and approvals like transportation of boilers and its associated equipment, piping connection, breechings to bring it to the site and return, for each trip will be contractors’ responsibility. The payment of occupied meter parking fees, bonds, escrow accounts and/or letter of credit are contractors’ responsibility. The Contractor shall comply with all relevant environmental standards, to include CO2 limits and NOx limits. All costs required to obtain necessary permits and approvals shall be built into Contractor’s price. The Boiler staging permits and approvals per revised, latest TCP which allows the contractor to install the rental boilers and associated equipment to keep open two traffic lanes heading West and one lane heading East at all times. Both side meter parking would be occupied as per approved TCP. Contractor shall utilize the sidewalk for installation of their equipment after installation of a sub-structural floor

(cover the sidewalk with 1” or thicker steel plat before installation of equipment on top);

however, basement floor steam tunnel are located under part of the sidewalk and street, where no equipment will be allowed to be positioned/stationed. The location of such tunnel will be apparent upon site visit.

C. All Boilers and controls shall be identical for ease in operations by the Government operators, receiving EPA operation permits, hook-ups to existing plant stub-out, interchangeable parts, etc.

Sizing of the contractor’s boilers to fit with the existing stub-out shall be the responsibility of the contractor.

D. The Contractor shall comply with the Washington, DC, Department of Environment, Air quality

Division permit requirements to construct/operate boilers and associated equipment.

Management of traffic on a daily basis shall be contractor’s responsibility. Any other permit required by the DC Government shall be contractor’s responsibility.

E. The contractor shall have 15 days from the NTP to install all boilers with its associated connections and start steaming at full load from the time the Contracting Officer issues its Line

Item directing the commencement of boiler operations

F. Boiler(s): The boiler(s) shall be rated, tested, and built as per AMBA, UL and ASME codes, and installed in accordance with NFPA 31, NFPA 54, NFPA 85 and Federal, Washington, DC

(local) rules and regulations. Contractor shall provide factory-assembled and tested packaged water tube boiler(s). The boiler(s) shall be mounted on a steel base with forced-draft burner and packaged burner controls. Contractor shall be responsible for adjusting his boilers steam producing pressure to make-up for the piping lost. Provide complete boiler trims and controls for the operation. Boilers shall have doors and observation ports for inspection of furnish, and waterside hand holes and manhole 24” inches for inspection. Provide refractory insulation for all doors, and fiberglass insulation jacket on boiler shell, and hard enamel finish. Contractor shall furnish and install all necessary equipment to independently support and operate these boiler(s).

HOTD dictates what fuel will be provided to the boilers, and Contractor will be entitled to no additional compensation relating to HOTD fuel selection, which will be natural gas and/or #2 fuel oil and may be required to operate each rental boiler at different fuel.

G. Boiler Emissions: Boilers shall meet Washington, DC emission standards. As a minimum, burner shall be steam atomizing type (for No.2 oil) and multiport type (for gas). If boiler burners are air atomizing, then contractor shall provide its own air compressors. Contractor shall provide

NIST traceable, calibrated meters for fuel oil, natural gas, and steam produced for each boiler or one for all boilers. Burner control’s turndown ratio for each boiler shall be 10:1 (or a higher ratio) for gas and 8:1 (or a higher ratio) for oil or as regulated by the DC Government. Efficiency, without economizer, for each boiler shall be minimum 78% for gas and 80% for oil.

H. Boiler Controls: Boiler controls shall be furnished with direct digital control (DDC), with automatic/supervised firing capability. Boilers shall have the flame/burner safety control per the

NFPA codes. Boiler control panel shall come with a modem to allow for remote monitoring at the CHRP’s control room/booth. Contractor shall provide and install a monitor/computer, with graphics and touch controls to monitor status of all rental equipment, inside the CHRP control booth. Contractor shall provide a boiler plant master to modulate their boilers with the CHRP plant boilers. Contractor shall draw-up a control or modulating scheme for modulating rental boilers with CHRP’s boilers for prior approval from the Contracting Officer and/or project engineer. Contractor shall install a pressure transmitter in the plant steam header to set- up rental boiler plant master. Contractor’s boilers shall be capable of operating at the maximum capacity

(base load) or in modulating mode (trimming mode) with the CHRP boilers. Contractor’s boiler controls shall allow option to operate the boilers in supervisory mode (operator starts/stops, and changing loads), or automatic mode to follow (lead or lag) with the CHRP steam plant master.

Contractor shall furnish and install a computer monitor, in the control room/booth to display operational status of all rental boilers. Contractor boilers shall have meters to measure steam produced and oil and gas usage.

I. Boiler temporary housing: Contractor shall install a temporary housing to enclose the boiler(s) and other equipment for weather proofing, sound dampening and security. The housing shall be constructed from structural steel support members and galvanized sheet metal for the roof and walls. Contactor shall install a minimum of two steel doors (each 36" wide) with locks for security. The temporary housing shall be anchored to prevent flying away with wind and shall be strong enough not collapse due to snow. Contractor shall furnish space heating / cooling equipment for keeping the boiler house 60 degrees F or above in winter to avoid freezing of the inside equipment. Provide electric lights and receptacles for the housing and the kiosk.

Temporary housing shall be removed whenever boilers are removed.

J. Boiler inspection: Contractor shall furnish the ASME and Washington, DC’s required boiler inspection stickers to allow operation of the boiler and other supplied equipment. Current inspection stickers must be displayed at the boilers at all times. Boiler rental contractor and

HOTD Engineers must inspect boilers water side and flue gas side. Water side (steam drum and

2 random tubes) shall have no deposits for best efficiency and the flue gas side shall indicate no refractory damage and is shall be clean. Dirty water and refractory damage in the fire side

(combustion) of the boiler may result in rejection of the boiler by the Government, in which case contractor shall substitute a clean and acceptable boiler with 72 hours from the rejection time.

K. Boiler isolation valves: Contractor shall provide all necessary isolation valves on the steam, fuel oil, gas, continuous blow down, chemical feed and feed water side for positive isolation of each or all boilers from each other and the plant headers. Also, after each rental period/option, contractor shall install necessary blanks in the header valves to positively isolate their boiler plant from the existing/new header steam, natural gas, fuel oil, blowdown, feedwater, etc. Also, each boiler shall have isolation capability from each other including the stack. Contractor shall provide freeze protection for all of his/her operating and stand-by equipment. Contractor shall safely purge the fuel lines up to the stub-out connections before removal of the outside piping and then installing blanks after the end of each rental task order. In case any of the blanks or valves develop leaks while the contract boilers are not installed, contractor shall be responsible to come back and fix the leak when informed by the Project Manager, COR and/or CO, within

24 hours.

L. Piping connections: Contractor shall have all necessary piping and controls to fire the boilers on #2 fuel oil or natural gas(all connecting piping’s available from the previous contract). CHRP has provided stub-outs inside the plant building, and it shall be contractor’s responsibility to furnish and install all necessary piping, wiring, controls, split-offs, steam strainers, pressure reducers and other necessary equipment, labor and supervision to connect their boilers to the existing stub-outs. The stub-outs are provided for connecting the rental boilers as follows:

a. Steam = six (6) - 8” each

b. Feedwater = six (6) - 2 -1/2” each

c. Natural Gas = six (6) - 4” each

d. Oil supply and return = 1 - 1 ½” (supply), ¾” return, each

e. Blowdown header = 1 NPT continuous blowdown, 1 ½” NPT bottom blowdown

f. Condensate header = 1 - 4”

g. Electric disconnects = 6 - 208V, 150 amps each

h. Stacks:

M. Stack: Contractor will be responsible to installing their boiler stacks. Contractor shall be responsible for removing the windows; and bird screen and safely storing them, and remounting them following each rental period. Any damage to the screen/windows shall be repaired by the contractor. The windows shall not lose their aesthetic looks at removal, mounting back in place and repair processes. The stacks will be about 130’ high, and the contractor shall be responsible for providing and installing additional Induced draft (ID) fans for their boilers to overcome this height. All stack piping/ breeching and supports between rental boilers shall be contractor’s responsibility.

During the walkthrough, contractor must become familiar with the above stub-outs. Any additional stub-outs, valves, controls, piping, etc., (mechanical, electric, controls, etc.) required by the contractor, shall be installed by them to suit their boiler(s) set-up.

N. Electric hook-up: Contractor shall provide all necessary electric hook-ups for all of their equipment from the electric breaker(s), as designated by the COR. All breakers, disconnects, fuses, wiring, and other equipment shall be furnished and installed by the contractor in accordance to the NFPA, NEC electric codes and Washington, DC codes. All wiring shall be installed inside rigid conduit and rated for the outside installation. Contractor shall install separate disconnects with fuses dedicated individually for their equipment. Boilers and other equipment shall be pre-wired to require only the electric source/strip, which shall be provided from the above disconnects. In case, the existing power source (6-breakers, each 208V, 150 amp) is not sufficient, the contractor shall provide and install a transformer (4160/208V) for using the existing 4160V MCC, located in the basement, north side of the feedwater pumps Contractor shall provide all necessary hook-ups for the additional power from the 4160V MCC.

O. Compliances: The rental boilers shall meet all Washington, DC government requirements and compliances, such as installation, Emission, Safety, Noise, traffic control for street blocking, fuel containment, including the permitting requirements.

P. Installation: All installation work shall comply with Washington DC, ASME, ANSI, ASME, OSHA, NFPA, EPA, and other applicable codes and requirements as they relate to the tasks required by this statement of work. Contractor piping/connection shall not put any stress on the existing stub-out connects and the building structure, located inside the plant, therefore contractor shall properly design piping and anchors with expansion joints and bends.

a). Contractor shall install piping to extend existing stub-out connections to boilers.

Contractor can install secondary headers for steam, feedwater, gas, oil, blowdown, etc., or connect as one to one. All piping installed outside of the CHRP plant building by the contractor shall be insulated and heat traced for protection against freezing. All piping, wiring, controls, and other equipment, required and installed by this contractor must be stored at the contractor’s premises for reuse on yearly basis. Contractor is advised to perform all necessary pre-work as soon this contract is awarded. This pre-work includes, but not limited to controls, permitting, and preparation of piping. The Contractor is responsible for keeping all permits and approvals current during the life of this contract. All piping connections, hardware including stacks shall be un-assembled after each rental call/task; sections shall be properly labeled, packed and stored in the contractor’s premises. All boilers, associated equipment, piping, and stacks shall be stored in an area protected from rain and snow for reuse throughout the contract. Any wear and tear or damage of these part/equipment during handling, usage and weather shall be repaired by the contractor during the term of this contract without any charge to the government. Once initially manufactured, this equipment shall become the property of the government.

b). Stacks: Contractor shall be responsible for install/erect breeching/stacks for the temporary boilers. Contractor shall bring these breeching/stacks to the site and erect them at each call for the rental boilers, and after each rental period, contractor shall disassemble these breeching/stacks and store them in their storage yard along with the boiler in an orderly manner.

All parts for the stack assembly shall be numbered for quick identification and erection.

c). Contractor shall install/park boilers on the C street side. Allow two (2) lanes of traffic on North side of the C street along the Agriculture Building, and one lane on the CHRP side.

Contractor shall provide all measures to contain noise, smoke, and other unsafe conditions from entering the surrounding buildings. Contractor shall immediately act on resolving complaints received from the surrounding buildings, including Central Heating Plant, pedestrians, traffic, DC Government personnel, DC environmental department personnel, etc. Contractor shall be responsible for providing all necessary street signage for traffic and pedestrians, motor traffic lane closure with flashing lights ahead of each block and street as approved in the permit. Secure the boilers and its associated equipment with Jersey blocks & metal fencing.

d). CHRP building windows are historic; therefore, contractor shall carefully remove the window screens, and frame and store them in a safe manner. After penetration of the pipes through the windows, contractor shall install steel plate and insulation to block cold outside air coming into the plant. After each rental period, contractor shall install the window screens and frame back in place. Any damage done to the windows and frame shall be restored by the contractor. All window work shall comply with 36 C.F.R. Part 68.

e). In case the natural draft thru the stack doesn’t prove sufficient for the rental boilers operation, then the contractor shall provide and install the induced draft (ID) fan’s on the stacks without additional cost to the government. CHRP will identify source of electric power and the contractor shall furnish and install all electric wiring equipment and other equipment.

Q. Maintenance and repair to rental boilers and other equipment: Contractor shall be responsible for all repair and maintenance, including repair/adjustment of boiler controls, of the boilers and associated equipment. All maintenance and repair shall be coordinated with the

CHRP operation and maintenance managers. Contractor shall not overload their boiler operator, and shall accomplish maintenance and repair by additional crew. The Government operator may add oil, chemicals, grease, and other minor tasks, when operating these boilers and requested by the contractor as a boiler operation monitoring (watch) function. Contractor shall perform maintenance to the boilers and other equipment when they are not in use at the CHRP. Contractor shall submit schedule and records of the maintenance and repair work to all rental equipment to the Maintenance Manager, HOTD on monthly basis.

At the end of the contract (Base & Options), the current contractor shall handover all connections

(pipes, stacks, breechings, valves, meters, controls, wiring, switches and supports etc.), in good condition and in good faith, to the new contractor. This transfer shall take place at contractor’s storage facility or at the CHRP’s site as per the instruction of COR.

R. Start-up Boiler Rental: Upon issuance of a Line Item order for boilers, the Contractor shall furnish start-up service, and a 24 hours per day for two weeks trained boiler operator. The minimum start-up services shall be as follows:

a). Drawings and equipment data sheets: Contractor shall submit drawings/sketches and data sheet for their equipment to ensure that equipment is properly maintained, has valid certifications, and meets permitting requirements. Contractor shall receive approval of COR or their representative, before starting the boiler. Contractor shall submit the required EPA data, and ASME data for the boilers and equipment to the HOTD project engineer. This information shall be prepared in advance and shall be available at a moment’s notice.

b). Joint inspection: The contractor and COR and/or their representatives, shall inspect the boilers and installation to ensure that the permits are posted, equipment bases/pads, anchor bolts, etc., are properly posted per the drawings and that the equipment and services comply with

ASME, NFPA, Washington, DC Building Codes, and requirements in this contract specification.

Inspect and check all factory and field wiring, connections, calibrations, controls, piping for leaks, etc. to ensure that installation has been properly and completely accomplished. A check list shall be used for this inspection to list defects and instances of non- compliance. Joint inspection records shall be kept for condition of boilers tubes (water and flue gas sides), drums and other equipment.

c). Start-up: Contractor shall test fire equipment/boilers in presence of Government representatives to ensure proper operation and no leaks, and mutual sharing and logging of the rental boiler data, such as steam production, fuel consumption, stack monitoring, modulate and share load and communication between two installation/set-ups (control room inside the plant boiler room). Contractor’s operator shall take instructions and shall stay in contact with the

CHRP’s watch Foreman/lead personnel.

d). Operation & Training: Contractor shall provide operation of the boilers and start sending steam into the plant header as specified in these specifications. Contractor shall provide the operators to support 24 hour/day operation (around the clock) for two weeks continuously. Number of operators shall be contractor’s responsibility. Contractor’s lead operator shall have Washington, DC’s First-Class License, and shall coordinate operation of the rental boilers with the CHRP’s operators on watch. Contractor’s operator shall keep an hourly log of each boiler, for steam production, fuel usage, EPA stack monitoring logs, etc. Copies of daily production logs, with hourly steam production for boiler and total, and steam header pressure for each boiler and common header pressure shall be kept and submitted to the

Government’s Lead Watch Personnel. Contractor shall coordinate all maintenance and repair with the Lead Watch person/Plant Operational Manager. Contractor shall keep a logbook and record/enter timely events logs for each rental boiler, including steam load, steam pressure, fuel used, chemical fed, and trouble discovered, and work accomplished and scheduled. This log shall be open to the CHRP’s watch personnel for inspection, and turn in to the CORT at the end of each rental period. All repairs and maintenance work shall be coordinated with the Government

Lead Watch personnel, and shall be entered into the logbook. All maintenance and preferably repair shall be planned ahead and accomplished during the low load time. Contractor may take boilers offline for 2 hours/week for preventive maintenance work to all boilers, and repair shall be accomplished during the low load period.

Contractor shall provide two (2) weeks continuous joint training with HOTD’s operators.

After two weeks, HOTD will take care of operation for the rest of the period. Contractor shall provide joint training for two weeks for each task order including for every optional year of service.

Contractor shall provide 15 sets of training and operation manuals for their equipment and furnish hands-on training for government operators during the two weeks of joint operation.

VI. Schedule:

- Base Items Contract: Boiler standby for winter season (December 15th – March 15th).

Upon execution of a Line Item order, contractor shall install boilers and its associated equipment and start-up the steam production within 15 days. If the government decides to conduct the plant shut-down to do repair work, then the contractor needs to move the startup date starting from Feb 15 and ends by May 15th. Contractor needs to confirm this with COR.

VII. Removal: Contractor shall remove all equipment after each rental period ends. At the end of a period, the contractor shall restore the site as original and as instructed by DC government and/ COR-HOTD within seven 7 days from the end of a rental period.

VIII. Liquidated damages: The contractor shall begin the work specified under the base services of this contract immediately upon NTP. If the government exercises the optional items with modification to the contract, the contractor shall meet the 15 days turnaround schedule.

Failure to meet the schedule and/ or any part of this contract, as specified, within the stipulated time shall result in liquidated damages of $1000/day addition to the Boiler reservation cost. At any times and when requested by the CO/COR, a reduced amount of steam may be acceptable without liquidated damages. Once temporary boilers are connected and steaming, HOTD will control the demand for steam, and coordinate reducing or shutting down temporary units as necessary to meet HOTD’s customer demand. Contractor will not be paid for the services and task orders, which are not delivered and exercised.

IX. Office Kiosk: Contractor shall provide a small office (kiosk) attached with restroom inside the temporary building/shed, which is to be placed on the C Street near the boilers. Contractor’s boiler operators can use that kiosk to monitor the boiler operation.

X. Noise control: Contractor’s must comply with the noise restrictions for installing boilers on the street, and take every measure to ensure normal work at the surrounding buildings. The noise control shall meet OSHA & DC regulations. Contractor shall coordinate and comply with comments and requirements of the neighboring buildings tenants at Agriculture and Treasury buildings and management personnel.

XI. Pre-preparation: In executing a task order, the Government may give the Contractor additional time to prepare for the commencement of steaming. In such a case, Contractor shall start the pre-preparation of piping, stacks, breeching, street work in advance of the start date set forth in the task order. This work shall include, but is not limited to, pre-positioning of boilers, piping preparation and installation, boiler stack installation, training, controls, etc. The contractor shall start introducing their steam at the specified amount and specified pressure, into the steam header at the CHRP at the date and time set forth in the task order. Contractor shall perform all testing and installation prior to these dates and time.

XII. Basis of Offer:

A. The contractor shall submit a price to perform the work as specified under the terms and conditions in this specification. The contractor pricing includes for each mobilization material, and labor, boiler staging permit and cost as shown below. The proposals will be compared by both the line item and total proposed prices of mobilizations, material, and labor as on the attached Pricing Sheet: XII (B).

B. (See the attached separate pricing sheet)