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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 06, 2008 FBO #2537
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71 -- Request for Information from firms that can furnish, and install High-Density Shelving Systems for significant addition at the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia (Phase Two) - Attachments and Requirements

Notice Date

11/4/2008
 

Notice Type

Attachments and Requirements
 

NAICS

337215 — Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

Smithsonian Institution, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Contracting, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 350, Arlington, Virginia, 22202
 

ZIP Code

22202
 

Solicitation Number

F09SOL00002
 

Response Due

11/25/2008 3:00:00 PM
 

Archive Date

12/31/2008
 

Point of Contact

Thomas E. Dempsey, Phone: 202/633-7259
 

E-Mail Address

dempseyt@si.edu
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Request for Information from firms that can furnish, and install High-Density Shelving Systems for significant addition at the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia (Phase Two) The Smithsonian Institution is seeking companies or firms that can furnish and install High-Density Shelving Systems for Storage for the Restoration Hangar addition (Phase Two) at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly Virginia. The award for the construction of Phase Two was made on October 7, 2008. Background: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM), a museum of The Smithsonian Institution (SI) SI/NASM, is constructing an addition to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Virginia called Phase Two. This addition will comprise an additional 21,930 gross square meters (236,000 gross square feet). Phase II will consist of two levels of three dimensional object collection storage, archives research and other storage areas. SI/NASM requires High Density Shelving Storage Systems installed throughout Phase Two. It is imperative that we identify a suitable vendor and its specific products prior to the construction of the floor for Phase Two so as to properly accommodate the Storage System. The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to identify potential vendors and suitable Storage Systems so that a more detailed Request for Proposal can be generated. In order to submit responses to this Request, Firms are requested to review carefully the Requirements (attached) and SI/NASM's needs, as outlined below, and provide responses to questions 1-16. In addition, Respondents are requested to submit a summary of the firm's capabilities and experience in providing and installing Storage Systems similar to the systems required for this project. Please submit responses as outlined below: SI/NASM's Needs ( Please also see the attached requirements ): The first floor is constructed slab on grade 50m x 45m with a load rating of 3000KG/M2 (600 psf), with columns on a 10meter grid supporting the second floor. The second floor is concrete on steel decking, with columns on a 10 meter grid supporting the roof structure. The second floor load rating varies with function. The storage system for the first floor is a High Density Mobile Industrial Storage System, electrically operated. The racking for this system is an industrial metal frame, the end frame is two 54in. wide uprights (3 inch square post) joined together by a 12in. spacer forming a width of 10 ft. The length of each section is 162 inches this plus the uprights. There are two rack sections per assembly making the over all length per assembly 27 ft.-9 inches. Height is 12 feet. •· Each of these assemblies (four storage racks) are designed to hold a maximum of 27,000lbs. (UDL) per storage rack, for a total of 108,000 lbs •· This racking is loaded and unloaded with a forklift. A drawing showing the storage arrangement, with three tracks per row of shelving embedded in the floor is attached. (See attachment #1 "architectural perspective"). The second floor will have three different storage areas. One area for aeronautic and space pressure suits and pressure garments, a second area for art storage (not part of this RFI), and the third is for small object storage. Storage for the pressure garments is in an environmentally controlled room 10m x 45m. Floor loading for this area is 1769 KG/M2 (358 psf). •· This room will have a manually operated movable compact storage system with shelving back to back. Shelving for this room will be "Metro" style wire shelving 30inches wide by 72 inches long and 86 inches high. Each of these units will hold approximately 500 lbs. The shelving will be back to back rows of 4 units per row for a total of 4000 lbs. per movable carriage. •· This area will also have a back to back cabinet storage system, manually operated. The cabinet size is 6.5 ft wide x 3 ft. deep and 7 ft. high, each loaded cabinet will weigh approximately 1600 lbs. Each row will have 3 cabinets for a total of 6 cabinets per movable carriage. Total weight of each movable carriage is 9,600 lbs. (Please see attachment #2 "drawing of the room and cabinets and attachment" #3 "sectional drawing of the environmental room construction.") The second floor area for the storage of small objects is 45m x 50m with columns on a 10 meter grid. The floor loading for this area is 1820 KG/M2 (372 PSF). •· This area will have a manually operated movable compact storage system with cabinet back to back. The cabinet size is 57 inches wide by 39 inches deep, and 86 inches high. The maximum loaded weigh is 5000lbs. The cabinets will be back to back with 6 cabinets in a row or 12 cabinets for each movable carriage. Total loaded weigh per carriage will be 60,000 lbs. •· The tracks for this system will run in an east to west direction or parallel with the 50meter length. Questions: •1. Are there industry standards for the various compact racking systems described above? •2. To your knowledge, do all compact shelving suppliers have a proprietary system or design? •3. Are you able to supply a storage system based on the requirements and needs specified above, and in the attached documents? •4. If so, please describe with specificity the type of storage system that would meet these requirements. •5. Have you installed Industrial Shelving, preferably of similar nature, in the past? If so, where and when were these systems installed and would it be possible to view these installed systems? •6. Can rails be installed by one company and carriages by another? •7. When is the appropriate time during the construction process for a shelving contractor to be hired? •8. When should the rails be embedded into the floor or mounted on top of the floor? Is it determined by the load or the rails? •9. How are embedded rails kept in place during concrete floor pour? Are multiple concrete pours required? •10. NASM would prefer that the first (where there will be constant fork lift operations) be made in one pour, is this possible? •11. Are spacers, rather than rails, installed during the pour and rails added afterwards? If this is the case who is responsible for the spacers and positioning, the General Contractor, the Concrete Contractor or the Shelving Contractor? •12. How is the spacing for the rails determined? •13. How are the rails installed in the second floor environmental controlled storage rooms? Is the proposed design (see sectional drawing) the best way or are there other alternatives? One of these rooms is medium temperature, 65 degrees F and the film storage is below 32 degrees F. •14. What are the acceptance test procedures for the systems, both unloaded and loaded conditions? •15. Where do the tracks need to go for the compact shelving systems in the Archives storage areas? •16. Is there sufficient floor loading support for the shelving system and an elevated floor structure if the system is surface mounted? The object of this RFI is to enable the Smithsonian Institution to identify prospective vendors who can meet the requirements listed above and to thereafter rapidly engage a firm to perform the services necessary SI/NASM intends to use responses received from this RFI, to draft a Formal Request for Proposal for distribution to qualified vendors. SI/NASM will not reimburse costs to any firm for their responses to this RFI. Responses to this RFI will not be returned to respondents. Requirements for Response : The response should provide the following information: Company Name, address, point of contact, phone number, and email address. The response should also summarize your company's or firm's capabilities and experience in providing and installing the Storage Systems described herein and should specifically identify the type of system recommended for this project. The response must also address questions 1 through 16 listed above. The completed response should be delivered as follows: Address for US Mail Delivery. Mr. Thomas E. Dempsey, Esq. Office of Contracting Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 MRC 1200 Washington, D.C. 20013 (202) 633-7259 (tel) (202) 633-7308 (fax) dempseyt@si.edu Physical Address for Deliveries. Mr. Thomas E. Dempsey, Esq. Office of Contracting Smithsonian Institution 2011 Crystal Drive Suite 350 Arlington, VA 22202 Responses must be received at the above address no later than November 25, 2008 before 3:00PM Eastern Standard Time.
 

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Document(s)

Attachments and Requirements
 

File Name: Attachment #1 (Att. 1 First Floor High Density Storage System.pdf)

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File Name: Attachment #2 (Att 2 2nd floor.pdf)

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File Name: Attachment #3 (Att 3 construction.pdf)

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File Name: Requirements (Requirements.pdf)

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Place of Performance

Address: Chantilly, Virginia, Fairfax, Virginia, United States
 

Record

SN01700402-W 20081106/081104214820-71ae5904b214d5f313b1bf7b248424df (fbodaily.com)
 

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