SOLICITATION NOTICE
C -- Water Treatment Facility Design - San Luis Valley California
- Notice Date
- 11/8/2010
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- Contracting Office
- Bureau of Reclamation-DO-Acquisition Operations Group PO Box 25007, 84-27810 Denver CO 80225
- ZIP Code
- 80225
- Solicitation Number
- R11PS80240A
- Response Due
- 11/29/2010
- Archive Date
- 11/8/2011
- Point of Contact
- Melanie Russell Contract Specialist 8015243851 mrussell@usbr.gov;
- E-Mail Address
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- Description
- ALL INFORMATION NEEDED FOR INTERESTED PARTIES TO SUBMIT A STANDARD FORM (SF) 330, ARCHITECT-ENGINEER QUALIFICATIONS, IS CONTAINED HEREIN. THERE IS NO RFP PACKAGE TO DOWNLOAD. CONTRACT INFORMATION: The Bureau of Reclamation has a requirement for architectural and engineering design services and anticipates the award of a firm fixed price contract to the most highly qualified firm as a result of this combined synopsis/solicitation. PROJECT INFORMATION: In 1960, Congress enacted Public Law 86-488 authorizing construction of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project (CVP). A part of San Luis Unit Act was a provision to provide drainage systems. Over the past several decades, Reclamation has formulated different strategies to provide drainage the service to the San Luis Unit (SLU) of the CVP. In the 1960's, it was determined that the best method of providing drainage to the SLU was to construct a 197 mile drain that would convey drainage to the San Francisco Bay-Delta. By 1975, 82 miles of the drain were completed and the project was suspended due to issues regarding authorization, funding, and selection of a final discharge point. The Kesterson Reservoir was the temporary terminus of the uncompleted drain. By 1978, lands within Westlands Water District had begun draining an average of 7,300 acre-feet of water annually to the drain. In 1986, both the Kesterson Reservoir and the drains at Westlands Water District were closed because of the environmental impacts attributed to selenium present in the drainage water. The water deliveries to the Westlands Water District continued, however, and there has been no direct outlet for drainage water from Westlands Water District since that time. Lands in and adjacent to the SLU north of Westlands have historically discharged drainage water to the San Joaquin River and continue to do so, with increasingly stringent discharge limits, under the Grassland Bypass Project. The Department of Interior was subsequently sued by affected landowners and water districts within and nearby the SLU service area for not providing drainage service. In 2000, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled substantially in favor of the Plaintiffs, and the District Court subsequently ordered the Government to, without delay, provide drainage to the SLU pursuant to the statutory duty imposed by section 1(a) of the San Luis Act. Reclamation responded to this Order by preparing a Plan of Action in 2001 to provide drainage service to the SLU. The Plan of Action was followed by completion of a Plan Formulation Report in 2002 that identified an In-Valley disposal and drainage water treatment alternative as the preferred plan for providing drainage service. Reclamation evaluated a variety of treatment and disposal technologies for agricultural drainage during 2003 - 2006, including laboratory bench-, and field pilot-tests. Based upon the results of these tests, Reclamation developed an overall treatment process that consists of reverse osmosis (RO) desalination, proprietary selenium biotreatment followed by evaporation ponds. The RO separates 99% of the dissolved salts and selenium from the agricultural drainage into a concentrated waste stream. The concentrated waste stream then flows through the biotreatment, which removes about 99% of the selenium to a concentration below 0.010 mg/L. The treated effluent from the biotreatment is then discharged to evaporation ponds and subsequently buried in place for final disposal. The selenium solids removed by the biotreatment system are transported by truck to a landfill. Reclamation issued a Record of Decision (ROD) in 2007, which selected a drainage alternative based upon the RO and biotreatment process. Reclamation is now proceeding with implementation of the ROD in accordance with a court order issued in December 2009, and requires engineering services to assist with the preparation of final designs, specifications, and cost estimates for a Demonstration Treatment Plant (Plant) to be constructed in 2012 in the Panoche Drainage District within the SLU. The primary purpose of the Plant is to demonstrate and operate the RO and biotreatment systems to collect cost and performance data required for the final design of several full-scale drainage treatment facilities to be constructed across the SLU in the future. SCOPE AND PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS: 1. The Contractor shall prepare complete designs and specifications, suitable for subsequent supply/construction, of RO and biological water treatment equipment to meet the following performance requirements: 1.1 Equipment shall be capable of 24-hour per day, 7 days per week, year-round operations for treatment of re-used agricultural drainage water supplied by Reclamation from seven sumps, via pipeline, and blended within a 500,000 gallon equalization tank also supplied by Reclamation. 1.2 RO treatment capacity shall be 200 gallons per minute (gpm) of raw drainage inflow. Treatment capacity shall be provided using two parallel 100-gpm RO skids. Relevant influent drainage water quality parameters are provided in Exhibit 1, and include: -Total dissolved solids: 9,000 - 12,000 mg/L -Dissolved selenium: 0.4 - 0.6 mg/L 1.3 RO treatment design and specifications shall include any pretreatment operations required to consistently achieve: -A Silt Density Index of 3.0., or lower, using the standard test method from ASTM D4189-07. -Minimum 50% RO product water recovery. -Prevention of biofouling and scaling of the RO membranes. -Maximum RO membrane cleaning frequency: quarterly. 1.4 RO treatment equipment and membranes shall be capable of 98 - 99% rejection of total dissolved salts, including selenium ions. 1.5 The biotreatment system shall treat the concentrated waste stream from the RO treatment system and have a minimum inflow capacity of 100-gpm minute. Biotreatment capacity shall be sufficient to treat the entire concentrated waste stream flow from the RO treatment system. Biotreatment capacity shall be provided using two parallel bioreactor trains with nutrient dosing systems. Expected water quality parameters of RO concentrate that flows into the biotreatment system include: -Total dissolved solids: 18,000 - 24,000 mg/L -Dissolved selenium: 0.8 - 1.2 mg/L -Nitrate: 300 - 340 mg/L 1.6 Concentration of total selenium in the treated effluent from the biotreatment system shall not exceed 0.010 mg/L. 1.7 The biotreatment system shall include any post-treatment oxidation operations required to convert organic selenium species in the treated effluent to inorganic selenium species. 2. The Contractor shall provide a written warranty for the RO and design and specifications that guarantees the following treatment performance: -Minimum 50% RO product water recovery -Maximum total selenium concentration in the treated effluent shall be 0.010 mg/L -The concentrations of organic selenium species in the treated effluent shall be less than the concentrations of organic selenium species in the influent untreated drainage. 3. The RO and design and specifications shall include any equipment required for backwashing of the RO pretreatment and biotreatment systems and a clean-in-place skid to clean the RO membranes. 4. The RO and biotreatment design and specifications shall include any intermediate equalization or storage tanks and pumps required between the pretreatment, RO, biotreatment and post-treatment operations. 5. The RO and biotreatment design and specifications shall include an electronic supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to automate, monitor, and control the flows and performance of the specified water treatment equipment and systems. 6. The Contractor shall provide capital and annual cost estimates to furnish and operate all specified equipment. 7. The Contractor shall submit a written design data request for any data required to prepare the treatment design and specifications. 8. The Contractor's RO design, specifications, and cost estimates shall evaluate and compare: -Different pretreatment options (e.g., ultrafiltration and conventional) that are capable of meeting the performance requirements -Boron removal capability for brackish and seawater RO membranes 9. The Contractor shall provide project management of water treatment designs and specifications to ensure coordination and integration with Reclamation staff who will concurrently prepare the design, specifications, and cost estimates for all other Plant infrastructure and features (i.e., power supply, feedwater supply and pipelines, pumps, SCADA, building, structural foundations, yard piping, waste handling and disposal, etc.). 10. PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS: Preparation of the designs, specifications, and cost estimates shall be performed by, or under the responsible charge of, registered professional engineers. Design calculations and drawings submitted to Reclamation must be signed and stamped by a registered engineer in the State of California in the appropriate discipline SELECTION CRITERIA: Firms responding to this announcement will be evaluated in accordance with the following evaluation criteria which are listed below in descending order of importance: A - Specialized Experience: Firms shall submit personnel resumes that show design personnel have professional engineering registration, and demonstrate specialized experience and technical competence in the type of work required, with significant emphasis on the following: -Minimum 50% RO product water recovery -Maximum total selenium concentration in the treated effluent shall be 0.010 mg/L -The concentrations of organic selenium species in the treated effluent shall be less than the concentrations of organic selenium species in the influent untreated drainage. B - Evidence of successful completion of a minimum of three similar RO treatment designs and three similar biotreatment designs, all of which resulted in commercial applications whose successful operation can be independently verified. Prior designs of experimental, investigatory, or pilot biotreatment projects to evaluate treatment performance are not considered evidence of successful commercial applications. The evidence should include: contract numbers, project titles and points of contacts with telephone numbers. Please do not include more than three past projects. NOTE: The schedule for the overall implementation of the treatment facility(s) is being monitored by the District Court. Due to this, the process must be proven successful in a commercial environment and available for immediate implementation upon award of the potential follow-on construction project schedule for 2012. C - Past Performance: Firms will be evaluated on past performance with respect to work quality, compliance with schedules, cost control, and cooperation and responsiveness. Demonstrating this should include, at minimum, items such as letters of commendation/appreciation, a list of contracts, the points of contact and phone numbers for references. Preference will also be given to those firms with appropriate superior performance evaluations on recently completed Department of Interior (DOI) contracts. Performance evaluations obtained from the Architect-Engineer Contract Administration Support System (ACASS) may be reviewed to assess a contractor's performance record, for the purposes of determining responsibility as required by FAR 9.1. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All contractors are advised that registration in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) Database is required prior to award of a contract. Failure to register in the CCR Database may render your firm ineligible for award. For more information check the CCR website at http://www.ccr.gov/. Based on the Sources Sought with a response date of November 1, 2010, there are not 2 or more registered small businesses available, therefore this acquisition is not set-aside. Please include the firm's DUNS number on the SF 330, Part 1, Block B. All fonts shall be at least 10 pitch or larger. Pages shall be 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches. PART I OF THE SF 330 SHALL NOT EXCEED 75 PAGES. Interested firms having capabilities to perform this work must submit their completed Parts I and II of the SF 330 to the mailing address listed below, no later than 1 PM Mountain Time on or be 29 November 2010 set forth herein. Regulation requires that the Selection Board not consider any submittals received after this time and date. The A-E Evaluation Board (Selection Board) is tentatively scheduled to commence on or about 30 November 2010.Questions regarding this announcement may be submitted via e-mail, facsimile or mail, however, proposals submitted via e-mail or facsimile will not be accepted. The package should be marked with the solicitation number, due date and time. Due to potential delays in receiving mail, offerors are encouraged to use alternatives to the mail when submitting proposals. Contracting Office Address: Bureau of ReclamationAcquisition Operations Office125 South State StreetRoom 6107, UC-810Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1147 Primary Point of Contact: Melanie RussellContracting Officermrussell@usbr.gov Phone: (801) 524-3851Fax: 2027676197 Exhibit 1. Expected Average Water Quality from Drainage Sumps (influent to RO) Parameter BlendAggressive Index 13.7Alkalinity 257Bicarbonate 295Carbonate 0Hydroxide 0BOD 0Chloride 1990COD 31.5Color (color units) 27.5Conductivity (?mhos/cm) 14797Fluoride 0.19Langlier Index 1.23MBAS 0.006Nitrate 172Nitrite 0Odor (T.O.N.) 1.13Orthophosphate 0pH (pH units) 8.16pH Temp (oC) 20.7Sulfate 5715TDS 11173TDS/EC 0.76TOC 3.6TSS 67Turbidity (NTU) 8.16Aluminum 1.75Antimony (?g/L) 0.48Arsenic (?g/L) 7.6Barium 0.006Beryllium (?g/L) 0.24Boron 31Cadmium (?g/L) 0.46Calcium 521Chromium (?g/L) 19.3Copper (?g/L) 41.4Iron 1.7Lead (?g/L) 0Magnesium 313Manganese 0.074Mercury ((?g/L) 0.59Nickel (?g/L) 12.3Potassium 4.9Selenium (?g/L) 487Silica 48Silver (?g/L) 0Sodium 3112Strontium (?g/L) 7630Thallium (?g/L) 0Hardness 2560Zinc 1.05 - Note: This blend is variable and represents Jun 2009 through May 2010
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