Boiler Testing Government Bids & RFPs

The performance period for the project will be 235 calendar days from issuance of the notice to proceed.

Payment will be processed via electronic funds transfer EFT in accordance with **** Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer System for Award Management.

The award will be made to a responsible entity that will provide all necessary equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals necessary to remove the existing 4,800 Mbtu summer boiler and install a new 7,500 Mbtu watertube boiler system.

Offerors must be registered in SAM. gov and their business size metrics must be less than or equal to the size standard for NAICS code **** must also include a specification sheet and any submittal information about the products offered in their quotation.

Failure to be registered in SAM. gov or to have business size metrics that do not meet the size standard for NAICS code **** could lead to disqualification.

Proposals are due by 3:00 p. m. EST on July 1, 2026.

The government intends to award a contract based on best value tradeoff, considering technical construction management, past performance, and price. The non-price factors (technical and past performance) are significantly more important than price.

Offerors must be registered in SAM and CVE verified. The firm must have a corporate experience with at least 5 projects completed within the last five years, similar in size and scope, with at least two being boiler-related. Key project personnel must meet specific experience, education, training, and certification requirements. Firms with an EMR score above 1. 0 will be found technically unacceptable.

A mandatory pre-proposal site visit is scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 2026, at 2:00 p. m. EST at the VA Medical Center, Engineering Building 7, Clarksburg, WV. Individual site visits will not be conducted.

Failure to provide a duly executed teaming agreement within 10 calendar days, failure to submit mandatory information for an evaluation factor, or not being CVE or SAM verified at the time of bid submittal may result in disqualification or rejection.

The magnitude for construction for this project is between $2,000,000 and $5,000,000.

Proposals must be received no later than June 16, 2026, by 2:00 PM prevailing time.

All fees will be paid to the vendor within 30 days upon acceptance of the deliverable. Full completion is required for payment. No earnest money or partial or periodic payments will be made.

The firm shall warranty all equipment to be in good working order upon completion.

Award shall be made to the responsible proposer whose proposal, conforming to the RFP, will be most advantageous to the university, price and other factors considered, based on a points-earned matrix.

Contractors shall have a minimum of ten years of industry experience and sufficient licensing for repairs to warranted systems.

The contractor shall be considered in violation if they fail to take corrective action in a timely manner after discovery of a problem or written notification.

Protest of restrictive specifications or improprieties in the solicitation must be received in writing not less than ten working days before the closing date for receipt of submissions.

Submissions which fail to meet the requirements, are conditional, incomplete, obscure, contain additions or deletions, or errors shall be rejected.

The contract duration is 365 calendar days from the notice to proceed.

All bidders will be required to certify compliance with executive order **** ineligible contractors.

Attendance at the bid opening meeting is not mandatory.

Any inquiries regarding this bid and any request for change, modification, or clarification of any aspect of these contract documents must be made in writing to SEPTA at least eight 8 calendar days prior to bid opening in order for consideration to be given by SEPTA to affect a change in the contract documents.

Mailed or hand delivered bids will be rejected.