L041--Boiler Plant Safety Program Development (Louisville)

Project Summary:

This project will bring all aspects of the Robley Rex VA Medical Boiler Plant Safety Program up to the most recent VHA Boiler Plant Safety Requirements. All work is located at the VA Medical Center, 800 Zorn Ave Louisville, KY 40206.

Required Contractor Experience:

The contractor must have the following combination of experience and training:

1. The contractor must be a national leader in boiler plant safety. This must be demonstrated by a history of providing training for major industry entities, public utilities, and government agencies. Contractor shall have had experience with providing boiler safety training to at least 20 or more utility companies and/or government agencies.

2. The contractor shall have an extensive history of providing boiler plant safety training, inspections, and engineering guidance to the Veterans Health Administration, such that they have a complete understanding of the national VHA Boiler Plant Safety program. Example: Must have provided training, inspection services, program development, and/or engineering guidance to no fewer than 15 VA medical centers regarding their boiler safety programs over the last two years.

3. Contractor personnel performing work must have, at a minimum, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

Scope of Work:

Contractor shall furnish all labor, material, and expert supervision needed to upgrade the existing Boiler Plant Safety Program such that it meets the requirements of the VHA Boiler Plant Safety Manual 5th Edition. The boiler plant has three fire-tube boilers, one DA tank, and one condensate return tank.

The scope of this work is as follows:

1. The contractor shall perform a complete boiler plant safety inspection. Every safety is to be inspected and tested. The boiler plant shall also be inspected for 100% compliance with the VHA boiler plant safety program per all applicable VHA regulations.

2. The contractor shall develop and create all of the necessary policies, normal operating procedures, emergency operations procedures, lockout/tagout procedures, forms and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the boiler plant to maintain a rigorous boiler plant safety program. This is to include the development of site specific boiler plant safety device testing checklists.

3. The contractor shall provide comprehensive training on the testing and maintaining of all boiler plant safeties per the VHA Boiler Plant Safety Manual 5th Edition and the newly created site specific boiler safety device checklists to a maximum of 10 VA employees.

Period of Performance:

60 Days