FCI SCHUYLKILL UPGRADE WATER TANK - 25Z2AD8

The Federal Bureau of Prisons, Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Schuylkill located in Minersville, Pennsylvania intends to make a single award to a responsible entity to provide all necessary equipment, labor, materials, and incidentals to correct the below referenced work on a 500,000 gallon above ground water tank: Perform a dry interior cleanout to remove sediment. Install an anti-vortex plate on the suction line. Install a cable-type safety climb device on the shell ladder.

Post a confined space entry sign at the primary roof hatch. Adjust, calibrate, and lubricate the existing liquid level gauge. Install a thermomete on the tank. Replace the PVC overflow pipe with a steel overflow system, complete with standoffs, flapper valve, and screen. Install two (2) open coil element (OCE) heaters. Install sacrificial anodes on the interior shell. Install a lock on the primary roof hatch. (Owner provided lock) Repair cracks and spalling with a commercial non-shrinking grout.

Pressure wash the tank exterior with an antifungal solution. Install a fall protection required sign near the base of the shell ladder. Install a frost-proof drain valve complete with a locking device. (Owner provided lock) Replace the bolts on the primary shell manway with maintenance-free galvanized steel bolts. Clean the area around the anchor bolts, tighten the anchor nuts, and tack weld the nuts to the bolts, repaint. Clean the exposed foundation and seal or paint to protect the concrete.