# Plumbing upgrade to aquaculture facility

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/12639524q0191

- Solicitation number: 12639524Q0191
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as solicitation)
- Status: Awarded to Shekar Engineering, P.L.C for $237,177.00
- Department: Department of Agriculture
- Agency: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Contracting office: MRPBS Minneapolis MN (126395)
- NAICS: 238220 Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors
- Product or service code: Y1NZ Construction Of Other Utilities
- Set-aside: Total small business set-aside
- Place of performance: Ames, Iowa
- County: Story County (FIPS 19169). https://abierto.us/counties/story-county-ia-19169
- City: Ames. https://abierto.us/cities/ames-ia-1901855
- First posted: June 18, 2024
- Last posted: July 25, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/af7e1ea3e5d74778879dfba343bab570/view

## Description

USDA’s National Centers for Animal Health in Ames, Iowa, includes an aquaculture facility in the basement of building 20. The water service for the aquaculture facility is connected at the most hydraulically remote point in the water service for building 20. In the event of a failure of the building or campus water supply, there won’t be sufficient pressure and flow to keep aquaculture operating.

The objectives of this project are to add redundancy to the aquaculture water supply by connecting the aquaculture system service nearer to the building’s domestic water entrance. Work includes adding a new, 8” pressure reducing valve along with a dedicated 4” water service to directly supply the aquaculture system from the main water service. Additional valves and a low flow bypass around the new pressure reducing valve will be added throughout the system.

Hot tapping will be required for new piping connections to existing systems. Solicitation documents are posted below. An as-built drawing of a partial floor plan, basement level interstitial area is posted below.

Amendment 0001 documents are posted below.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Shekar Engineering, P.L.C (UEI LZL3J61WVEY5)
- Contract: 12639524C0084, definitive contract
- Obligated: $237,177.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received
- Link: award number 12639524C0084 equals the contract number; same awarding office 126395 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_12639524C0084_12K3_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- June 18, 2024: Solicitation, due July 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice e71ec55aad4a4229b4777a7d40880074. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/e71ec55aad4a4229b4777a7d40880074/view
- July 2, 2024: Solicitation, due July 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 321dd1b3b5d14c22b0d6032ea3a7a589. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/321dd1b3b5d14c22b0d6032ea3a7a589/view
- July 11, 2024: Solicitation, due July 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT. Notice 546c0cc2fd254d2b92ab3894992b7624. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/546c0cc2fd254d2b92ab3894992b7624/view
- July 25, 2024: Award notice. Notice af7e1ea3e5d74778879dfba343bab570. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/af7e1ea3e5d74778879dfba343bab570/view

## Points of contact

- Jim Roloff, james.g.roloff@usda.gov, 6125907603

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