NIST Building 42 Central Utility Plant - Cooling Tower Upgrade

This solicitation seeks design and construction services to upgrade the cooling towers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology Building 42 Central Utility Plant in Boulder, Colorado. The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology is procuring these services and seeks a contractor to provide all labor, materials, and equipment to replace four existing cooling towers with larger capacity towers, install a new free cooling system, and perform associated upgrades. Evaluation criteria include experience with similar projects, technical approach, past performance, and price. Proposals are due February 5, 2021 and the period of performance is 365 calendar days from notice to proceed.

This requirement has an 8(a) small business set-aside designation. The primary NAICS code is 238220 - Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors and the dominant PSC code is W-F-S-W. Work is to be performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology campus located in Boulder, Colorado and involves removing four existing cooling towers with a combined capacity of 4,000 tons and replacing them with new towers providing 6,000 total tons of cooling.