The Contractor shall provide the necessary labor, security, permits and safety measures as required to perform the following: • Lock out tag out equipment as needed to provide a safe work environment. A County representative will provide locations in order to perform this task. The contractor is responsible to verify that all systems locked out and tagged out, including but not limited to, electrical, mechanical, chemical, gas, pneumatic, and inertial are safe to work on. The contractor will provide LOTO devices to perform task, the County will not provide any devices for this task. Once systems are locked out, verify that systems are safe before proceeding • The facilities may be in operation during the installation, it will be the contractor’s responsibility to provide safety measures to prevent library staff and pedestrian/customer traffic from entering the work area or provide a means that will allow safe access while performing work. • A coordination meeting will be held prior to the commencement of activities, the meeting will provide information on tasking, workflow and associated topics. Once all parties have been informed of, and agree on procedures, start date etc. a final schedule will be provided to the General Services representative. This schedule will be disseminated to the facility management team. • Submittals for proposed chillers will be provided for approval, once approved chillers can be ordered. Submittals will include all specifications for units and all warranty information provided by the manufacturer • The contractor will provide supervision while working on the project at all times. • Training for new chillers will be provided by the contractor, training can be performed by the contractor, or a factory representative. • All cutting and patching will be the responsibility of the contractor to perform. Patches will meet existing material in color and texture as close as possible. • All means of movement shall be the responsibility of the contractor to perform. These include but are not limited to, cranes, forklifts, and other means to remove old chillers and place new chillers. A lift plan will be provided, for both facilities, to the Counties Safety department before lifts can proceed. • Isolate, demo and remove existing chillers, disconnect or remove from, including but not limited to, electrical, both low and high voltage, piping, insulation, controls and ancillary systems. • The contractor will dispose of old chillers, the contractor is responsible to verify that chillers are disposed of properly and meet all current, local, state and federal guidelines or laws pertaining to the disposal of this type of equipment. • Furnish and install two new chillers for the North and East Regional Libraries, one chiller at each facility, the installs will be turnkey and ready for immediate use. • New chillers will meet or exceed current efficiency standards and will meet the current requirements and capacities for the systems being served. • The contractor will be responsible for verifying that all existing systems are compatible with new equipment. Any modifications to existing systems will be the responsibility of the contractor to perform. These include but are not limited to, electrical, both high and low voltage, controls, piping and ancillary systems.
