Renovation of an educational facility in Lithia Springs, Georgia. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

**As of May 19, 2025 the project has not been awarded yet and no definite date.** The Douglas County School System, with this document, hereby requests a turn-key proposal from qualified Vendors to prepare area, deliver and install a walk-in cooler/freezer/shelving. Walk-in shall be re fabricated, all metal, and sectionally constructed and designed for easy, accurate field assembly with provisions to facilitate disassembly for relocation. Remove and dispose of all debris. Purchase and Installation of Cooler/Freezer at Sweetwater Elementary School The Douglas County School System, with this document, hereby requests a proposal from qualified companies to provide, deliver and install a cooler/freezer/shelving. Delivery and installation will be made to Sweetwater Elementary, 2505 East County Line Rd , Lithia Springs, Ga. 30122 The Douglas County School System reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularity in proposals received, to award the entire proposal to one respondent or to multiple vendors or to make awards by group or location, whichever is in the best interest of the Douglas County School System; hereafter referred to as "DCSS", except where noted for clarity. The Douglas County School System is an equal opportunity employer. All questions concerning this Request for Proposal should be directed to Danielle Freeman, Douglas County School Nutrition, Executive Director of School Nutrition. All inquiries must be in writing and emailed to Danielle.Freeman@dcssga.org The walk-in specified shall be prefabricated modular construction. It shall be designed and constructed to allow fast and easy field assembly, disassembly, relocation and enlargement by the addition of like modular panels. Walk-in shall be designed and constructed as shown on the plan. Overall exterior size of the walk-in cooler/freezer shall be approximately 23ft 10in x 14ft 5in x 8ft 6in. The cooler section shall be approximately 7ft 4in x 13ft 9in (ID). Freezer section approximately 14ft 9in x 13ft 9in (ID). All measurements must be field verified prior to construction by the dealer. PANEL CONSTRUCTION: Wall and ceiling panel widths shall be within 1" increments up to 48" wide. Corner panels shall be 90-degree angle, 12" x 12". All panels shall be interchangeable with like panels for fast and easy assembly. All panels shall consist of metal pans formed to precise dimensions. Exterior finish of the sides and back, unexposed panels, to be galvanized steel. Exterior finish of the front, exposed panels, to be Stucco Aluminum. Interior finish to be Stucco Aluminum walls and Pre-painted White Stucco Aluminum on the ceiling panels. Front exposed panels shall have aluminum diamond treadbrite 36" high on the exterior. Diamond treadbrite shall be mounted with adhesive and sealed with silicone. No external fasteners such as screws or pop rivets shall be applied as fastening for the diamond treadbrite. Insulation shall be "foamed-in-place" urethane to bond permanently to complete inner surfaces of both interior and exterior metal pans to form strong rigid unit. Panels shall not have internal wood or metal support, framing, straps, or other non-insulating members. Each panel shall be 100% urethane foam insulation exclusive of metal pans. Perimeter structure shall be formed of DURATHANE, high density urethane insulation forming tongues and grooves to assure vapor and airtight joints and to prevent pre-installation damage and deterioration of exposed urethane surfaces. WARRANTY: Panels shall be covered by a Ten-Year Factory Warranty. INSULATION: Insulation shall be 4" thick rigid, zero ozone depleting HFC 134a blown Class I urethane foam classified according to UL 723 (ASTM-E-84) as tested by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. The core material has a flame spread of 25 or less and a smoke density of 250. The urethane foam is foamed-in-place to bond to inner surfaces of metal pans having an average thermal conductivity (K factor) of 0.13 BTU/hr./sq. ft. per degrees /Fahrenheit/inch. As tested in accordance with ASTM C 518-2004, the R factor for coolers at temperatures of 55 degrees F is greater than 29.0 for 4" thick panels, freezers at temperatures of 20 degrees F the R factor is greater than 32.0 for 4" thick panels. The prefabricated urethane foamed panels shall be supplied with a Class I fire hazard classification according to UL 723 (ASTM-E-84) as tested by Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Panels shall have a flame spread rating of 25 or less and bear a certifying Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. label. This rating is not intended to reflect hazards presented by this or any other material under actual fire conditions. PANEL LOCKING ASSEMBLIES: Assembly of walk-in shall be accomplished by "Insta-Loks" consisting of cam-action hook arm assembly set in one panel and a self-aligning, self-centering, pin assembly set in the matching panel. All vertical joints must have a minimum of three Insta-loks. No metal straps or connecting rods shall be used inside the panels. Rotation of the cam-locks shall be operated from inside the walk-in through access ports that are sealed with vinyl snap-in closures. PANEL GASKETS: NSF listed double-bead vinyl gasket shall be applied to the tongue side of all panels, on both interior and exterior. Gaskets shall be impervious to stains, grease, oils, mildew, sunlight, etc. ENTRANCE DOOR AND FRAME: Walk-in cooler and freezer compartments shall be equipped with a 36" x 76" hinged- type, flush-mounted entrance door with 14" x 14" observation windows and located in location as shown on drawing. The windows are to be made of triple-pane, heated, tempered, safety glass. Door placement shall be within 1" increments to meet shelving space and job site requirements. Doors shall be manufactured to accommodate floor construction. Door and frame shall be listed by Underwriters Laboratories and bear the UL Seal of Approval and be equipped with the following: Door shall be equipped with a one-piece perimeter PVC accordion type removable gasket with magnetic core at the top and along the side perimeter of the door. An adjustable wiper gasket shall be mounted along the bottom edge of the door. Doors shall have aluminum diamond treadbrite 36" high on the interior and exterior. Diamond treadbrite shall be mounted with adhesive and sealed with silicone. No external fasteners such as screws or pop rivets shall be applied as fastening for the diamond treadbrite. Latch shall be break-a-way type with cylinder lock and inside safety release handle so the door can be opened from the inside even if locked. A positive action hydraulic door closer shall be included to ensure gentle closing action of door to opening and to ensure positive closing of door. The latch shall be of high-pressure zinc die cast with highly polished chrome finish. Doors shall be supplied with two adjustable hinges, one of which is spring-loaded, and are a self-closing design. Cooler door to be right hinged and freezer door must be right hinged. Door frames shall consist of heavy reinforced steel "U" channel frame to encompass entire perimeter of opening, foamed-in-place to give extra support and rigidity to frame and to prevent racking, distortion, warping and twisting. A backup must be welded for added strength. An armored anti-sweat heater cable shall be run in a breaker strip located behind a removable heavy gauge stainless steel trim for easy access to heater cable. Heater cable shall be run under threshold consisting of heavy reinforcement "U" channel breaker strip and heavy gauge stainless steel threshold. The optional second heater wire and thermostatically controlled thermostat should be installed. Door sections shall be provided with an operating toggle switch and pilot light mounted on the exterior side of the door frame. A face mounted inlet box with a CFL, vapor proof, light shall be mounted on the interior side of the door frames for 115-volt, 60 cycle, 1 phase A.C. service. All wiring shall be in concealed rigid conduit. A 2-1/2" diameter chrome face, flush mount, dual reading, adjustable dial thermometer shall be provided on exterior of door sections to provide temperature reading of -40 degrees C to +150 degrees C. CCI Clear-Vu vinyl swing doors shall be provided, to minimize infiltration of air when doors are open. FLOOR CONSTRUCTION: Walk-in floor shall be fabricated similar to other panels and be designed to withstand uniformly distributed stationary loads of 12,000 lbs. per square foot. Interior surface of floor panels to be foamed-in-place 1/8" Aluminum Treadplate. Floor will sit in leveled pit. Floor surface to be installed such that it is level with or slightly higher than the kitchen floor. HEATED PRESSURE RELIEF VENT: Freezer and cooler shall be equipped with a two-way heated pressure relief vent to equalize pressure between the interior and exterior caused by defrost cycles and opening of door. Electrical service to be 115v/60/1 phase. LED LIGHT FIXTURES: Two (2) - 4' LED light fixtures shall be provided in the cooler and four (4) - 4' LED light fixtures shall be provided in the freezer. Cooler light fixtures must be connected to the cooler door section toggle switch for the CFL vapor proof light and the freezer light fixtures must be connected to the freezer door section toggle switch for the CFL vapor proof light. TRIM AND ENCLOSURES: Trim matching the walk-in finish and fabricated to fit building conditions shall be supplied to close all joints between walk-in walls and the interior building wall. The left side trim needs to be 4" wide x 8' 6" long and the right side trim needs to be 8" x 10' 6" long. The approximately 8" space between the top of the box and the dropped ceiling must be closed off with 8" tall trim matching the walk-in finish. This top trim must have a turn-out of 3" at the top and be 25' ft 4" in long. REFRIGERATION: Basic refrigeration components shall consist of a 1 1/4 hp condensing unit of the Scroll type for the walk-in cooler, model RFO150E4SEA and a 5 hp Scroll type for the walk- in freezer, model RFO500L4SEB. Condensing units shall be remote, self-contained, factory assembled and UL approved. The condensers shall be air-cooled. Condensing unit voltage to be 208-230v 3ph. Condensing units shall be installed in a similar position where existing units are located outside on the ground. All measurements must be field verified prior to construction by vendor. Evaporators shall be forced air type with air flow parallel to the walk-in ceiling. The cooler evaporator shall be a standard low-profile series, model RL6A094ADA, and the freezer evaporator shall be a standard low-profile series, model RL6E142DDA. All evaporators to include electronically commutated motors. Evaporator coil components shall be housed in heavy gauge aluminum housing. The freezer evaporator unit voltage to be 208v 1 ph. Cooler evaporator unit voltage to be 115v 1ph. Units shall have drain pan with a copper drainpipe connection. The refrigerant for cooler and freezer systems shall be R448-A. The basic components shall be supplied in remote configuration and shall include condensing unit, evaporator coil, KE2THERM, control kit (pressure control, thermostat, liquid line drier, sight glass, suction line vibration eliminator, expansion valve and evaporator coil mounting kit), fan delay control and liquid line solenoid. A low Ambient kit and weatherproof housing shall be supplied with condensing units. The low ambient kit shall consist of a crankcase heater and headmaster valve. All parts shall be factory installed/ mounted. All connection requirements including tubing, electrical hook-up, drain line and refrigerant charge shall be supplied by qualified refrigeration, electrical and plumbing contractors. DRAIN LINES: All evaporator coils shall be provided with properly sized copper drain lines, supplied and field installed by contractor. Drains shall include a "P" trap outside of walk-in. The freezer drain shall be heated and insulated to prevent freezing. All plumbing to be in accordance with applicable codes. Contractor must run drain lines to the existing floor drain located at the front of the walk-in or outside of building if floor drains are not available inside. The contractor shall be responsible for providing units completely installed and operational. Cooler to operate at +35 degrees F and Freezer to operate at -10 degrees F. NSF CONSTRUCTION: The walk-ins provided in the above specifications shall be constructed in accordance with National Sanitation Foundation, Standard No. 7. The NSF approval seal shall be affixed to the serial plate of the walk-in. Question Deadline 03/21/2025 at 2:00 PM ET All questions concerning this Request for Proposal should be directed to Danielle Freeman, Douglas County School District Executive Director of School Nutrition. All inquiries must be in writing and emailed to Danielle.freeman@dcssga.org.