Cooling Tower Media
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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Department of Agriculture
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $1,000,000 to $1,900,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 238990 All Other Specialty Trade Contractors
- Place of performance
- Ames, IA
- Forecast number
- 43111
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from the GSA Acquisition Gateway. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The Department of Agriculture is seeking a contractor to replace cooling tower media at a facility in Ames, Iowa. The existing media in six cooling towers (12 cells total) is approximately 22 years old and has deteriorated significantly, becoming fouled, scaled, and brittle, which has caused damage to the condenser water system. The project is designed as a base bid plus alternate bid structure, with an estimated solicitation release date of June 1, 2026, and an estimated award date of March 31, 2026.
The estimated award value ranges from $1,000,000 to $1,900,000, with per-tower costs estimated at $300,000 for replacement of media in two cells. This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded through full and open competition as a definitive contract to All Other Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238990). Nicole McKenzie, Contracting Officer at the United States Department of Agriculture, serves as the primary point of contact at nicole.mckenzie@usda.gov.
Forecast text
The media in the cooling towers is approximately 22 years old and has reached the end of its useful life. It has become fouled scaled and brittle and is breaking off and entering the condenser water system causing damage and degradation of performance. There are 6 towers with two cells each. The per tower cost (two cells) is estimated at 300000. This scope is designed by in-house engineering staff and is to contract out the replacement of the cooling tower media. This could be a base bid plus alternate bid project.
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