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.
