Vendor Questions -Government Answers 1.23.23.pdf

Water Chemical Treatment Services Questions and Answers 1/23/2023

1- Who is the current chemical supplier? ChemTreat, Inc.

2- Is there is any glycol system? No If so, does the contractor required to provide the glycol for a glycol water system that has been drained for maintenance or if a leak occurs, or FEMA-MWEOC will purchase outside of the contract? N/A

3- What is the glycol type in the system and what is the glycol concentration (%) needed? No

Glycol

4- Do you have aluminum boiler? No

5- Do any of the loops listed have leaks that would significantly hinder our ability to treat them?

No If so, what is the total gallons of makeup per month/year to each of these systems? Normal

Evaporation applies for cooling towers

6- What was last contract award dollar amount for FY20, FY21 and FY22?

OY 2 – $65,000

OY 3 – $67,000

OY 4 – $69,000

Addtl 6 mo from 10/1/2022 to 3/31/2023 $35,000.00

7- If any equipment is not functional (chemical feed pumps, controller, etc.) will FEMA-

MWEOC purchase outside of the contract? It is the preference that the contractor provide a quote to the government for all not-functional equipment during the duration of this contract.

If the government determines that the quote is fair and reasonable the equipment can be purchased through the contract.

8- What is the cooling towers tonnage or the gpm for each cooling tower? 1200 Ton TOTAL

9- Can we schedule a site visit?

At this time, the Government does not intend to hold a site visit for this project.

10- Is Top Secret Clearance needed to bid or need it by the contract start date? A current/valid Top

Secret clearance is needed in order to bid. In the evaluation criteria the government is evaluate whether or not the contractor has the proper clearance. Offers received that do not have the proper clearance will not receive a favorable evaluation.

11- Who specially needs to have the top-secret clearance? The service technician or just a representative from the company? It is most important that the service technician has and maintains a Top-Secret clearance throughout the duration of the contract. All members that will need to be onsite will need to hold and maintain a Top-Secret clearance as well.

12- Who owns the current water treatment equipment? Government

13- Are the cooling towers seasonal or do they run all year? All Year

14- Can you provide the size of the cooling towers? 1200 Ton TOTAL

15- Do all systems including closed loops need to be tested 2 x per month? Operators test daily and contractor test on a Bi-monthly basis

16- Can you confirm there are no steam boilers? Confirmed, no steam boilers