Renovation of an educational facility in Petersburg, Virginia. Completed plans call for the renovation of a educational facility.

Summary: VSU is currently seeking to prequalify contractors to receive as many fully qualified Offerors as possible to bid on the Heating Plant Boiler Replacement. Contractors SHALL have experience with working in an operational steam/heating plant that provides critical services campus wide. The VSU heating plant is a critical facility and the contractor shall have the following boiler replacement experience: 1. Replace the dual fuel boiler while maintaining the operations of the existing heating plant. 2. Installation of at least 20,000 to 40,000 PPH dual-fuel high-pressure steam boiler. 3. Connecting and mapping points to an existing SCADA system. All inquiries for information must be in writing and directed to: Debra AC. Sulla; dacsulla@vsu.edu by COB September 2, 2025; questions will NOT be addressed after this date. PLAN HOLDERS LIST NOT MAINTAINED. Minority participation is encouraged Description - VSU is currently seeking to prequalify contractors to receive as many fully qualified Offerors as possible to bid on the Heating Plant Boiler Replacement. Contractors SHALL have experience with working in an operational steam/heating plant that provides critical services campus wide. The anticipated project scope involves: A. SCOPE OF WORK: This project is described as replacing the existing Water Tube Boiler (Boiler #4) with (2) new 600 Hp 150 psig Fire Tube Steam Boilers in accordance with the contract documents. New boilers will be dual fuel (gas & #2 oil) fired and located in the same general area as the existing boiler #4 and the previous location of Boiler #3. The new boilers will be tied into the existing plant steam and condensate distribution systems, including using the existing deaerator and feed water system. New gas and oil piping will be extended from the existing mains. The new boiler flues will discharged vertically through new roof openings. Individual controllers for new boilers will be provided. All new equipment will be integrated into the current Preferred Utility SCADA system for monitoring. The existing condensate receiver (hot well) will be replaced with an in-kind volume (5000 Gallon) Tank and the existing feed water pump controller will be replaced. The new tank will be field fabricated and have the same footprint as the existing tank. The existing vertical turbine transfer pumps serving the hot well will be reused. The existing feed water pumps will be re-used. The VSU heating plant is a critical facility and the contractor shall have the following boiler replacement experience: 1. Replace the dual fuel boiler while maintaining the operations of the existing heating plant. 2. Installation of at least 20,000 to 40,000 PPH dual fuel high pressure steam boiler. 3. Connecting and mapping points to an existingSCADA system. This experience must be shown in the relevant Jobs 1 through Job 3 on the CO-16 form. The contractor will need to show experience for all three items above to be considered prequalified