68 -- Water Treatment Chemicals and Services

The Social Security Administration (SSA) requires a contractor to provide a comprehensive chemical based water treatment program for the Social Security Administration located in Baltimore, MD. [SSA Main Complex and National Computer Center (NCC)]. The SSA has approximately nine (9) buildings within the main campus area that need the water treatment. Any interested contractors will need to provide a continuous monitoring controller capable of direct measurement and control of corrosion and scale inhibitor in open recirculating water, a system to intermittently feed chemicals of all varieties to the closed loop water systems, provide boiler feed water treatment from solution tank to the feed water system and provide oxygen scavenger from solution tank to the feed water or the deaeration tank as appropriate. Oxygen scavenger may be included in the boiler feed water treatment solution as an “all-in-one” treatment as long as scavenger levels are maintained. All chemicals proposed for use at our facility will need to be verified as acceptable for use in the State of Maryland and must be approved by our facility. Chemicals used for water treatment must comply with all United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department Of Transportation (DOT) requirements, including packaging and labeling. The contractor will need to provide a 24-hour emergency response hotline number to respond to chemical emergencies. The contractor must have a minimum of 2 years experience in the water treatment industry or related field. The contractor’s organization must be ISO 9002 certified in chemical manufacturing and laboratory analysis. A contractor’s representative will need to be on-site once a week to conduct water testing, system improvements, and troubleshooting concerns as needed. The Contractor shall also be responsible for any and all laboratory analysis. The term of the contract shall be a base period of one (1) year and four (4) – one (1) year option periods with an expected start date of July 1, 2006. This acquisition is unrestricted. The NAICS Code for this procurement will be 325181 with its associated small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This acquisition will be conducted in accordance with FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial Items and FAR Part 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on Federal Business Opportunities on or about May 3, 2006. A site visit is scheduled tentatively for May 15, 2006. All offers are due May 30, 2006, 3 p.m. eastern standard time. All inquiries should be submitted electronically to Rick Bolt at [email protected].