Repair Reservoir Cover and Install Filtration System, Fort Pierce, FL (Picos Road Farms)

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General Information

The solicitation is anticipated to be issued in or around June 2023. 

The contract is anticipated to be awarded in September 2023. All dates are tentative and for planning purposes only. 

The resulting contract shall be a Firm Fixed-Price contract.

The solicitation shall be a Total Small Business Set-Aside. 

The solicitation will be a Request for Quote (RFQ).

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Project Information

PROJECT TITLE: Repair Reservoir Cover and Install Filtration System

PROJECT LOCATION: Fort Pierce, FL (Picos Road Farms)

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM CODE: (NAICS): 237110

SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARD: $45M

The anticipated magnitude of this project is between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000.

The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory (Picos Road Farms) in Fort Pierce, Florida has a requirement for repairing an existing reservoir cover and installing a filtration system.

General Scope (further details will be made available with the RFQ)- The contractor shall replace an existing torn reservoir cover and install a filtration system to filter out reservoir contaminants before the reservoir cover can be removed and a new cover installed. The filtration system must be incorporated to an existing delivery system, capable of filtering the full flow from all three irrigation pumps running at full speed plus 10% as a safety factor 1400 gpm per pump, 4200 gpm total flow. The filtration system shall be capable of connecting to the Irrinet control system and of backflushing independently of the control system. The new system shall be tied into the current irrigation pump system and mainline and be tied into the well feed for emergency use, there shall be a booster pump in the line between the well feed and the filter station to facilitate irrigation when the main pump station or reservoir feed in unavailable. The booster pump shall have a minimum capacity of 1500 gpm. All connections shall be valved. All plumbing connections must be of adequate size so minimum pressure loss is attained. The filter station must be configured so that it fits in the space allotted and can be easily connected to the existing infrastructure. The filtration shall be by stainless steel medial filtration tanks, filled with the appropriate silica media sand and gravel.