Cooling Tower Replacement, US Post Office and Custom House Building, St. Albans, VT

This pre-solicitation notice is issued for interest in a construction procurement for the Replacement of Cooling Towers at the Post Office and U.S. Custom House Building, St. Albans, VT. This procurement is 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The NAICS code is 238220 and the size standard is $13 Million. The Contractor shall provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision to furnish, install, test and balance two new induced-draft, crossflow, factory-assembled, steel cooling towers with stainless steel cold water basins to replace the two existing 60 ton cooling towers. The building will be fully occupied during construction and the Contractor shall coordinate the replacement so that the tenants are not adversely affected. It is expected that some work will have to be performed on the weekends to minimize the impact on the tenants.



The Contractor shall provide a price option for full stainless steel towers.



The Contractor shall disconnect all piping, electrical wiring, switches and controls to and from the existing cooling towers and remove the cooling towers from its existing location and dispose of them in accordance with local ordinances and codes. The Contractor will also replace two existing 6" ball valves and four existing 4" ball valves and add a balancing valve between the two cooling towers.



This project is located at the Post Office & U.S. Custom House in St. Albans. The building is a three story Colonial Revival building constructed in 1938.

This procurement will be completed in 90 days. Issue date will be on or about 07/18/2008. A pre-proposal conference will be held on or about 08/06/2008. Proposal due date will be on or about 08/19/2008. This procurement is 100% Set-Aside for Small Business qualified companies that are knowledgable of performing work under NAICS Code 238220. The solicitation will be available to download via this website only (www.fedbizopps.gov). It is the offeror's responsibility to monitor this website for the release of the RFP and any associated documents i.e. amendments, notices. The offeror is responsible for downloading their own copy of the RFP and associated documents. Register on this website to receive notification of all documents uploaded. No questions on the procurement will be entertained until the RFP is published.