Fire Suppression System Inspections and FM-200 Tank Recharge

This Sources Sought notice is for informational and planning purposes only. It does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be considered as a commitment by the Government. All firms responding to this Sources Sought notice are advised that their response to this notice is not a request that will be considered for contract award. The information from this market research is for planning purposes only and will assist the Government in planning its acquisition strategy. This is strictly market research. The Government will entertain question concerning this market research.

The intent of this notice is to determine the availability of business to provide inspection services for the clean agent fire suppression system and inspect/recharge five FM-200 tanks.

The two tasks are as follows:

1. System Inspection: Contractor shall perform a system inspection on each of the five Grand Coulee Facility Facilities clean agent extinguishing systems to include smoke detectors, manual release stations, abort switches, audible and visual notification devices, releasing circuit, and agent pressure.

2. Clean Agent Tank Recharging/Refill to Usable Level: Recharging of the cylinders shall require the contractor to remove the discharged cylinders, perform container hydrostatic test, recharge with FM-200 and reinstallation in accordance with NFPA 2001. The vendor will remove the tanks from Grand Coulee Facility transport them to their facility refill them and return them to the Grand Coulee Facility and reinstall them in the locations they were removed from in fully working order.

a. The vendor will provide the FM-200 agent, rebuild kits w/gas cartridge actuators and burst disks.

Note: The vendor will be certified in FM-200 transportation and handling.

Potential offers having technical capabilities necessary to meet the needs of the described requirement are invited to provide a capabilities statement via email. The capability statement must include the following:

1) Company name and point of contact information.

2) UEI Number

3) Business size whether large or small. If small please provide size/certification (to include 8(A), HUBZONE, SDVOSB, ETC.)

Responses are due no later than 17:00 PM, PS, Tuesday, February 22, 2023, and shall be electronically submitted to Terry Mest at tmest@usbr.gov. All responses will be used to determine the appropriate acquisition strategy for a potential future acquisition. Response is strictly voluntary; no reimbursement will be made for any cost associated with providing information in response to this sources sought or any follow-up information requests.