Water Treatment Plant Upgrades, Edinburg, Texas

This notice has been changed. Previously, it included a statement that interested parties must be IOS 9001 certified. This will not be a requirement on the project. BACKGROUND: The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, located at Moore Air Base near Edinburg, Texas, has a water treatment facility in need of upgrades. REQUIREMENT: The work comprises general construction as follows: 1. Addition of second package water treatment unit. 2. Modifications to existing package treatment unit to allow for automatic operation from existing control panel. 3. New raw water pump and motor. 4. Modifications to existing Alum chemical feed system to include addition of second chemical feed pump and new pump panel to accommodate two feed pumps. 5. Modifications to existing chlorine dioxide chemical feed system. 6. Associated electrical and controls work including modifications to existing panels, reconnection of existing wiring, and installation of new electrical/control equipment as required for complete system. 7. Conduit, cabling and terminations between existing Water Plant No. 1 control panel and new Water Plant No. 2 junction box as shown on drawings and as required. 8. Additional piping and valves and/or modification of existing piping, as required, for Water Plant Units 1 and 2. Contractor to provide piping. Valves and electric actuators (or solenoid) are provided by Water Plant supplier for Contractor to install with appropriate wiring and conduit. 9. Additional instrumentation to match existing Water Plant No. 1 instruments/control means to new Water Plant No. 2. Materials provided by Water Plant supplier for Contractor to install with appropriate wiring and conduit as required. 10. Modifications to the existing Raw Water Pump (RWP) Control Panel to accommodate third RWP and automatic operation. The system integrator shall be a company specializing in programming systems with a minimum of five years documented experience. Contractors shall demonstrate a minimum of five years experience for projects of similar size and complexity involving control systems with continuous process operation, PID loop control, data communications, graphic screens and reports in similar applications. The magnitude of this project is between $500,000 and $1,000,000. The NAICS is 237110, with a small business size standard of $39.5 million. If you are a HUBZone small business interested in this project and have the capacity to perform these construction services, please provide the following information: company name, address, email address, web site address, telephone number, business size, and type of ownership. Submit to [email protected] by 2 p.m. central time on January 21, 2020. There is no solicitation at this time. This request for information does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. Based on the responses to this sources-sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set aside for HUBZone small businesses. No feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding their submissions.