Operation and Management Services for the Lafayette Building

Synopsis of Steam Distribution Maintenance Contract: The Contractor shall provide all management, labor, supervision, vehicles, equipment, and materials to perform tours, basic operation, preventative maintenance, housekeeping, and minor repair and replacement of mechanical, electrical, and structural systems and equipment in the manholes, vaults, tunnels, sumps, and building steam stations (excluding tours of building steam stations) of the Heating Operation and Transmission District (HOTD) Steam Distribution Complex (SDC) in Washington, DC. The SDC consists of 7 miles of walk-through tunnels, 5 miles of direct-buried pipelines, and approximately 70 manholes and 75 customer buildings. The Contractor shall be fully responsible for providing and accomplishing the required services as outlined in this performance solicitation. A firm fixed-price type contract will be awarded from this solicitation. The initial award will be for a one-year period, with options for four additional one-year extensions. In addition, from time to time, the Government will issue delivery orders under this contract for additional services. The Contractor accepts full responsibility for the management and supervision of the maintenance, minor repairs, inspections, and housekeeping of the HOTD steam distribution system. The Contractor must comply with all conditions of this contract in order to ensure that HOTD's customers are serviced by a reliable, effective, and quality steam distribution system. The Contractor further recognizes that performance of the work described in this solicitation will not convert the acts of the Contractor into acts of the Government, and that the Government will not physically supervise the conduct of the Contractor's day to day activities. The Government reserves the right to inspect the Contractor's performance of work to determine compliance with the solicitation requirements. All persons employed by the Contractor shall be knowledgeable in working in confined spaces as defined by OSHA. All entrants into the steam distribution tunnels and manholes shall have been trained in accordance with OSHA's Confined Space Entry (29 CFR 1910.146). The contractor or any sub-contractor shall conform to ASME code for Pressure Piping, ASME B31.1, Power Piping, while performing any pipe welding in the steam distribution system. The contractor shall have quality control procedures in place which address Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS) and Procedure Qualification Records (PQR) for each type of repair or replacement.