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The government file is a pre-solicitation document for a brand-specific cooling tower procurement at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command requires an EVAPCO COOLING TOWER 250 TON, Model ATW 238-3J-2 CLOSED CIRCUIT COOLER specifically for Building 1002, with a critical emphasis on maintaining the existing HVAC system's unique climate control specifications. The solicitation highlights that only this precise EVAPCO model can ensure operational compatibility, safety for military and civilian personnel, and cost-effective maintenance, with potential for in-house repair and standardization.

Interested manufacturers are invited to submit a capability statement demonstrating they can produce an equally capable cooling tower, with the requirement to provide detailed supporting evidence proving their alternative solution would be more advantageous to the government. The pre-solicitation emphasizes the technical specificity required, noting that while other cooling towers exist, they cannot match the precise functional requirements of the building's original closed-loop HVAC system installed during the 2002-2003 construction period. The solicitation number is JBSFB1002, and the opportunity is currently in the pre-solicitation phase with Federal Meta Opportunity ID 6887f00042bc944dbd017832.