Y -- QUALITY EVALUATION FACILITY, PINE BLUFF ARSENAL, PINE BLUFF, JEFFERSON COUNTY, ARKANSAS

Notice Date

June 5, 2001

Contracting Office

US Army Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, (CESWL-CT), PO Box 867 Little Rock, AR 72203-0867

ZIP Code

72203-0867

Solicitation Number

DACA03-01-B-0014

Response Due

August 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Darrel L. Johnson, Contract Specialist (501) 324-5010

E-Mail Address

none (darrel.l.johnson@swl02.usace.army.mil)

Description

This project consists of the construction of a Quality Evaluation Facility for chemical defensive equipment, which includes a laboratory building providing toxic and non-toxic laboratories with administrative and support facilities; a Large Filter Test Facility with associated high volume test support facilities, and site work including an Intrusion Detection System (IDS), security lighting, and fencing, paved roadways, walkways, and a parking lot. Special features include an emergency standby generator, filtered positive ventilation, a segregated toxic waste collection system, special construction and coatings in the toxic areas. Access for the handicapped is provided from the new parking area to the building and provided only in the office areas. The Laboratory Building, a two-story structure of concrete block and structural steel construction, consists of three wings comprising approximately 40,000 square feet. The Toxic wing, located at the north end of the building, houses the toxic testing labs on the ground floor and associated mechanical, HVAC and filtration equipment in the Penthouse. The center or Administration wing houses administration offices and support facilities for both lab areas including restrooms, showers, locker rooms, boilers, chillers, and storage; and is the control point for entry into the facility from the parking area. The Non-toxic wing is located at the south end of the building and houses the non-toxic laboratories and testing facilities. Filtration equipment associated with the non-toxic labs is located outside the south end of the building. The building transformer and emergency generator are located at the east end of the toxic lab wing. Additional building support equipment, located to the north of the LFTF, includes the cooling tower and associated pumps and water treatment facilities. The Large Filter Test Facility is a separate, approximately 3,800 square foot, pre-engineered steel building located east of and behind the Laboratory Building. It houses specialized test equipment provided by others. The two main rooms of the LFTF are provided with HVAC from a pad-mounted unit located northeast of the building. An air filtration unit, located on the west side of the building, is connected to the test equipment. A heated storage tank, provided by others, is located on the south side of the building to hold wash down water from the test area. Building heat is provided by a hot water loop from the Laboratory building heating system. Back up heating is provided by gas fired unit heaters. The transformer for the LFTF Building is located north of the LFTF building and adjacent to the Lab cooling tower equipment. Additive Bid Items This project includes the following additive bid items. Each of these items is to be bid as a separately priced option to the base bid of the Solicitation. Toxic Lab Wing Heat Recovery System Provide and install a heat recovery system in the Toxic wing of the Laboratory building. The system includes two 275 GPM, 15HP circulating pumps, expansion tank, an air separator, and all required interconnecting piping, valves, hangers, supports, foundations, controls, interconnecting wiring, conduit, and other materials and components to provide a complete and functional heat recovery system. Non-Toxic Lab Wing Heat Recovery System Provide a heat recovery system in the Non-Toxic wing of the Laboratory building. The work consists of installation of heat recovery coils in the Fume Hood Filter unit and a preheat coil in air handling unit. The system includes two 75 GPM, 5 HP circulating pumps, expansion tank, an air separator, and all required inter-connecting piping, valves, hangers, supports, foundations, controls, interconnecting wiring, conduit, starters and other materials and components to provide a complete and functional heat recovery system. Closed Circuit Television System Provide and install a Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) System in the Toxic Lab. Equipment is to include ten, ceiling mounted, TV cameras with pan, tilt and zoom; a panel mounted CCTV operating system including multiplexing and selection equipment, a VCR, two color monitors, one in the Directors Office and one in the Telecom Room mounted as part of the CCTV Rack panel, and a joy stick/keyboard located in the Directors Office. The CCTV rack panel is to be installed in Telecom Room. Cameras are to be mounted in Lab rooms and air lock. Work is to include the installation of all equipment, interconnecting wiring, conduit, connection to power source, including all brackets, housings and software required to provide a fully functional CCTV System. Spare Toxic Lab Fume Hood Filter Unit Provide and install a spare air filter unit in the penthouse of the Toxic Lab wing. The work includes installation of the filter housing and internal filter elements, the 20ft exhaust stack and supports, ductwork and tie-ins to ducting on the adjacent unit, installation of the filter unit fan, controls and electrical wiring, conduit, and all other components required to provide a complete and functionally operating spare filter unit. Work scope also includes removal of cover over stack roof penetration. Deletion of interconnecting ductwork between the West filter bank and the East filter bank consisting of approx 150ft of 30in. dia duct, hangers, and supports, and the relocation of control dampers to the inlet of Filter Unit. Topsoil, Grass and Bollards Place topsoil from stockpile developed from topsoil stripped during initial site preparation work. Place sod on replaced and distributed topsoil. Provide and install 75 bollards where shown on the civil drawings. It is anticipated to be a Firm Fixed Price Contract. The North American Industrial Classification Standard is 233310 and the size standard is $27.5 Million. Project Duration is approximately 912 calendar days. Estimated magnitude of work is between $10 -- 25 Million. Issue date for solicitation will be on or about July 2, 2001. This project is unrestricted. The solicitation is available on Compact Disk (CD-ROM) and provided free of charge. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE NUMBER OF CD-ROMS WILL BE LIMITED TO ONE (1) PER FIRM. Plans and specifications will not be provided in a printed hard copy format. Request for plans and specifications MUST BE MADE IN WRITING (or register on-line via our Internet Homepage http://ebs.swl.usace.army.mil/AdvertisedSolicitations.asp) to the Little Rock District, Corps of Engineers, P.O. Box 867/700 West Capitol, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-0867, by fax at (501)324-5196, or by email at darrel.l.johnson@swl02.usace.army.mil. No phone calls to order please. All orders will be via first class mail. When ordering please provide the following: Solicitation Number, Name of Firm, Point of Contact, Mailing address, Street Address for Parcel Delivery Service, Telephone and FAX Numbers (Including Area Code), E-Mail Address, and Status (General Contractor, Subcontractor, Supplier, or Plan Room). Failure to provide the above information may cause a delay in receiving the CD-ROM and amendments. For questions regarding the ordering of the CD-ROM, call Darrel Johnson (501)324-5010.

Web Link

Little Rock District -- Contracting Homepage (http://ebs.swl.usace.army.mil/)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010607/YSOL016.HTM (W-156 SN50O0A6)