Replace Boiler Controls - FCC Terre Haute, Indiana

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION SYNOPSIS OF A PROPOSED CONTRACT ACTION.  THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION OR INVITATION FOR OFFERORS TO SUBMIT QUOTES.  IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE SOLICITATION WILL AVAILABLE ON August 16, 2022. 

The Bureau of Prisons has a requirement for the supplies and equipment required to replace/upgrade the feed water, steam, exhaust and burner controls on four (4) Hurst 1000Hp 4- pass Scotch Marine-pack, natural gas/fuel oil fired steam boilers operating at approximately 120psi, associated data transfer systems and interfaces and ancillary equipment.

All equipment shall be installed by BOP personnel.

The supplies and equipment will be delivered to the United States Penitentiary (USP) located in Terre Haute, Indiana.

The Government contemplates awarding of firm fixed priced purchase order resulting from the future solicitation.

The contractor will be responsible for the following tasks:

- Provide four (4) exhaust gas sensor sets or combustion analysis in the exhaust for the boilers

- Provide replacement / upgrade for the existing four (4) Boiler Combustion Controls / Burner    Management System (BMS) / Boiler Operational Controls and all associated linkages and actuators on the CUP boilers with Cleaver Brooks Hawk 4000 or SCC Inc. LMV5 series Controls (or equivalent).

- Provide Capacitive boiler level sensors (Spirax Sarco LP20 or equivalent) with 3 element feed water control shall be provided for each boiler vessel that are compatible with burner management and plant master and feed valve actuation.

- Provide Plant Master Remote Monitoring / Control system which will integrate and interface with all individual boiler controls and pertinent steam plant information and controls with a Plant Master to be located in the CUP Operator’s office.

Please refer to the Statement of Objectives included with the solicitation posting (to be posted at a later date as described herein) for further details.

The solicitation will be available approximately on or about August 16, 2022. The solicitation will be distributed solely through the website at https://sam.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be made available. The website provides download instructions. All future information about this solicitation, including any amendments, will also be distributed solely through this website. Interested parties are responsible for continuously monitoring this website to ensure that they have the most recent information about this proposed contract action. This solicitation is set aside for small business participation only. The North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code applicable to this requirement is 238220 with a corresponding small business size standard of $16,500,000.

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