WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS FOR BOILERS, COOLING TOWERS AND CIRCULATED WATER SYSTEMS

The United States Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) is seeking information from qualified vendors to provide water treatment chemicals and services for boilers, cooling towers, and circulated water systems at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The contractor will be responsible for providing all labor, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, technical expertise, and incidental services required to perform the work. The services include performing continuous, incidental analysis of the water present in these systems, setting up and/or adjusting controls on chemical feed pumps, supplying and dispensing chemicals to meet specified concentration levels, and monitoring chemical levels to maintain required concentrations. The contractor must have a minimum of ten years' experience servicing boiler and cooling water systems and possess the ASSE12080 Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Certification. Some key points to consider: • The contractor must provide on-site water treatment support to gather samples, test, dispense, and monitor water chemistry on a continual basis. • The contractor must have a drum recycling and elimination program established. • The contractor must provide water analysis of the raw domestic water, softened makeup water, boiler feedwater, and system water. • The contractor must determine the effectiveness of water softeners and make recommendations. • The contractor must provide information for the proper wet or dry layup of heating systems during periods of nonuse.