Description
The City of Philadelphia is seeking a vendor to provide air conditioning maintenance and repair services for various city facilities. The services will include inspection, repairs, and replacement of parts, as well as preventive maintenance. The successful bidder will be required to have experience in servicing and maintaining data center cooling equipment, including CRAC units, dry coolers, and variable frequency drives. The bidder must also have a minimum of two steamfitter (A) employees and two steamfitter (B) employees directly employed by the bidder to perform repair services on data center computer room air conditioner units. Some key points to consider are:
• The contract will require the vendor to provide emergency service between regular inspections if needed.
• The vendor must have the necessary organization and facilities to fulfill all the services required within a 25-mile radius of the city.
• The vendor must employ skilled and competent personnel to meet the requirements of the contract.
• The contract will be for a period of 12 months, with the possibility of renewal.
• The vendor will be required to provide a list of at least five equivalent or large installations to which they have provided similar services under contract for a minimum of five years.
Some of the specific tasks that the vendor will be required to perform include:
• Inspecting equipment for refrigerant leaks and repairing any leaks found.
• Cleaning and maintaining towers and condensing units.
• Changing fan belts and lubricating moving parts.
• Checking operating pressure and purging air from systems.
• Charging refrigerant into systems as necessary.
• Inspecting and adjusting temperature controls, safety controls, and valves.
• Providing emergency minor adjustment call-back service on any day of the week, at any hour, without additional charge.