Sewage_Equipment_Coating_-_Tech_Specs.docx

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR

SEWAGE EQUIPMENT COATING APPLICATION AND REPAIR SERVICES

8. GENERAL

The City of Tampa, Wastewater Department, Howard F. Curren AWT Plant requires a vendor to apply abrasion and corrosion resistant coatings to sewage treatment equipment. The work required includes the inspection, repair, preparation, fabrication, installation, decontamination, and application of an abrasion and/or corrosion resistant coating to various components of pumps, pipes and other sewage treatment and handling equipment. All labor, equipment, machine work, balancing, materials, transportation, and expendable supplies are included, whether or not, directly specified or detailed herein. All finished goods shall be completely operable in their intended purpose to receive the acceptance from the City. All inspection, repair, preparation, fabrication, installation, decontamination, and application of an abrasion and/or corrosion resistant coating to various components of pumps, pipes and other sewage treatment and handling equipment shall be included in the billing as stated on the pricing pages in GETALL. All rental equipment charges must be approved in advance by the City. Rental equipment is not considered to be equipment that is normally required for completion of the contract as written. No other charges will be allowed or approved.

9. BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS AND SUBMITTALS

9.1 Bidder shall be a firm that is actively engaged in the application of abrasion and corrosion resistant coatings for heavy industrial organizations. This firm shall have access to a fully operational machine shop that can perform the services detailed herein. Bidder shall provide information regarding the machine shop that will be engaged to perform the work detailed herein. This description shall include a list of the shop’s equipment and capabilities. The City reserves the right to inspect all bidder facilities to ensure this capability prior to making an award. The Bidder shall be certified to remove and repair lead-based paints. Qualified DOT coating bidders are preferred.

9.2 Bidder shall provide a list of references from at least three present and/or former clients within the past five years. This list shall demonstrate the successful completion of similar projects. Such list shall be complete with telephone numbers, email addresses, and contact person(s). By submitting a bid, the Bidder authorizes the City to conduct reference investigations as needed.

9.3 Bidder shall offer 24 hour/7 day service. Bidder shall provide a list of employees that will be involved in performing the work under this award, who shall be contact for after hour service, including years of experience, resumes and any licensing and certifications received. In addition, any licenses for the company pertinent to the work described herein should also be included. All lead fiberglass technicians shall have a minimum of 10 years of related experience. The Bidder shall have a minimum of three (3) employees/technicians certified to apply and repair polyuria. Throughout the term of the award, the City reserves the right to request, and subsequently receive a replacement, for any person(s) that is deemed to be unqualified. The City of Tampa is a drug free workplace.

Bidders that do not meet these requirements and/or do not submit the abovementioned information in their bid response package may not be considered.

10. AWARDEE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS

The Awardee shall adhere to the following specific provisions in the execution of this work of this award:

10.1 All components shall be inspected upon the arrival of the item at the Awardee’s shop. Any flaw of the component being inspected shall be identified and reported to the City. Should the need for machine work be discovered as a result of this inspection, the Awardee shall provide the City with a firm price estimate using the rates included on the GETALL pricing pages. This estimate shall detail the methods that will be employed to make the repair and a written quotation, with an estimated time of completion, shall be provided to the City for approval. The quotation shall be provided to the City at no cost, including any preparations for the quotation. No machine work shall be performed without the written approval from the City. The City shall issue a work order including a scope of work which shall act as an “order to proceed” document. A copy of the work order shall be faxed to the Awardee. The Awardee will not be compensated for travel time to the facility or time required for job estimation.

10.2 All items shall be decontaminated, if necessary, prior to the application of any coating. This decontamination process shall consist of placing the item in pressurized steam for a period of at least one hour to purge impurities out of the pores of the metal.

10.3 After decontamination, the components shall be grit blasted to a Steel Structures Painting Council Number Ten (SSPC-10) Near White Blast. Both internal and external surfaces shall be blasted. Each component shall be re-inspected after this blasting for defects and structural integrity.

10.4 All components that require machine work and/or other repairs shall be evaluated for replacement cost versus repair cost. Any repair work that is performed shall result in the item meeting or exceeding the specifications of the original equipment manufacturer.

10.5 After the components have been prepared and inspected, the appropriate coating shall be applied. The coatings shall be hand applied, in a progression of thin coats to achieve the desired dry film thickness. The coating manufacturer’s recommendations for this dry film thickness shall be achieved. All surfaces that are coated shall be completely coated and free from drips, runs and other surface imperfections. The Awardee shall perform a spark test to insure that no voids and or pinholes exist in the coating. Should any imperfection be identified by this testing, the Awardee shall correct the defect prior to delivering the component.

10.6 Where applicable powder coating may be allowed. If powder coating is used, all components shall go directly from the cleaning area to the powder coating chamber. The powder coating chamber shall be a minimum of 1500 cubic feet in size.

10.7 All components that are rotating elements shall be statically and dynamically balanced after the application of the coating. The City shall supply a complete or stub shaft for this purpose when needed. Finished components shall meet or exceed the limits set forth by ANSI Standard S2.19-1975 or ISO 1940/1 G 2.5. The Awardee shall provide the City a report that indicates that the elements have been balanced to these standards.

10.8 The Awardee shall ensure that the application of coatings on equipment components does not interfere with the re-installation of the coated component into the equipment or the operation of the equipment. Should the coating interfere with the component’s re-installation or operation, the Awardee shall correct the problem immediately at no cost to the City.

10.9 The Awardee shall be able to transport to the repair facility and lift at the repair facility up to 5 tons safely. Assistance in loading item(s) to be repaired shall be offered by the COT as needed. The Awardee shall be responsible for unloading at the repair facility, maneuvering repair item(s) at the repair facility, and loading the item(s) for delivery to the City.

10.10 The Awardee shall also be capable of fabricating and repairing fiberglass in the shop as well as on-site work. The Awardee shall be capable of work including, but not limited to, fiberglass piping, fiberglass ductwork, structural fiberglass, fiberglass tanks, fiberglass fume hoods, and fiberglass to metal repairs.

10.11 The Awardee shall also have equipment and capabilities to repair and apply polyuria coatings. All equipment needed to apply polyuria shall be immediately available to the Awardee for emergency field work.

10.12 Awardee shall respond within 8 hours from receiving verbal notification by the City Representative, including after normal/business hours, weekends and holidays. Under emergency conditions the Awardee shall respond within 2 hours from receiving verbal notification by the City Representative.

11. COATING MATERIALS

Six different types of coating are required for this work. Details are as follows:

11.1 The material that is to be used for areas that are heavily damaged shall be Corrocoat HTE. This material shall be a viscous, solvent free, aromatic amine epoxy compound with suspended stainless steel and glass platelets that is heavily loaded with silicon carbide as per the attached technical data sheet.

11.2 For material handling components such as pump impellers, volutes and piping, a material that provides an extremely smooth surface shall be used. This material shall aid in the hydraulic efficiency of these components. This material shall be Corroglass Fluidglide. This material shall be a viscous, solvent free, aromatic amine epoxy compound with suspended stainless steel and glass platelets that is heavily loaded with silicon carbide.

11.3 For areas that are not exposed to the fluid and/or material path, a general purpose, corrosion resistant coating shall be provided. This material shall be Corroglass Series 200. This material shall be a 100% solid, polyester material with suspended glass flakes.

11.4 External surfaces of components such as pumps and pipes that are to be submerged shall be coated with two-part epoxy for immersion conditions. This material shall be Carboguard 890.

11.5 External surfaces of components such as pumps and pipes that will not be submerged shall be coated with a premium grade, industrial enamel system. This system shall consist of a primer and a topcoat. Powder coating will also be allowed, at the discretion of the City, as an alternate to non-submerged parts.

12. AWARDEE’S RESPONSIBILITY

The Awardee shall provide materials that are new and unused. These materials shall be obtained from a firm that is regularly engaged in the manufacture of abrasion and corrosion resistant coatings. This work shall take place during normal business hours. The Treatment Plant’s normal working hours are 7:00am to 3:00pm, Monday to Friday. In the event that the City requests any work to be performed outside these normal hours or on an expedited basis, the Awardee may charge a markup percentage for those specific periods. The markup percentage shall be included on the GETALL Pricing Page. No compensation for overtime/expedited work shall be granted without prior written authorization from the City. The Awardee shall offer services 24 hours a day seven days a week. In the event the Awardee is called for emergency work the Awardee shall arrive on the jobsite within a four (4) hour period with the necessary staff and equipment.

13. WARRANTY

The products used in the work described herein shall be covered by the manufacturer’s standard warranty. The workmanship shall be warranted for a period of at least one year from the date of equipment start up. Should any defect which includes, but not limited to cracks, chips, or peeling, become apparent during these time periods, the Awardee shall repair the defective item at no cost to the City.

14. WORKSITE SANITATION

At the end of each workday, the Awardee shall remove from the premises the daily accumulation of waste materials or debris caused by his operations. Safety hazards will be immediately corrected by the Awardee. The Awardee is also responsible for ensuring that any subcontractor hired by him or his subcontractors totally cleanup the worksite at the completion of the work. The Awardee will not be responsible for cleaning up debris left by the City's employees, the public utilizing other areas in the vicinity of the worksite or left by other vendors.

15. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

All work shall be inspected and approved by an AWT Plant Specialist to receive acceptance by the City. Should any discrepancy be identified during the inspection process, the Awardee shall correct the defect prior to receiving any compensation for the work. The City will make every reasonable effort to ensure that such tests are performed in a timely basis. It should be understood by all Bidders that circumstances may arise which may delay the testing process. No additional compensation will be granted for a delay completing the inspection process or the correction of any discrepancies.

16. SAFETY

The Awardee shall be responsible for the safe conduct of his/her personnel at all times during the execution of the work detailed herein. The Awardee and personnel shall adhere to the industrial safety rules and regulations set forth by the City of Tampa. The Awardee shall provide all necessary tools and personal protective equipment. Should an unsafe condition or procedure be identified during this work, the activity shall be immediately suspended until such time as a safe method can be implemented.

17. PROTECTION OF PROPERTY

The Awardee shall employ all means necessary to perform this work without damaging any of the buildings, structures, or equipment that is in or around the areas where the work is taking place. The Awardee shall be responsible for any damage that is the result of performing the work of the award.

11. PICKUP AND DELIVERY

11.1 Awardee shall provide free pickup and delivery of all equipment to be repaired at the Awardee’s facility. If the equipment is unable to be transported to the Awardee’s facility, repairs shall be performed at the specified City facility.

11.2 Awardee shall pickup equipment for repair within 24 hours from receiving verbal notification by the City Representative, including after normal/business hours, weekends and holidays. Under emergency conditions the Awardee shall respond within 4 hours from receiving verbal notification by the City Representative.

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