Biowaste Cook Tank Replacement

1. Project Title

   Biowaste Cook Tank Replacement

2. Contract Dates

   The Period of this contract is from contract award through to March 31, 2021

3. Objective

   Replace the existing biowaste cooker tank in the CFIA Lab 93 Mt. Edward Road, Charlottetown, PE , which has reached the end of its service life, with a new dimensionally equivalent tank constructed from materials better suited for the application. Upgrade biowaste treatment controls to increase batch volume.

4. Background

The replacement cooker tank is to be used by a DFO research group (Gulf Biocontainment Unit, GBU) that is located in leased space within a CFIA laboratory facility in Charlottetown. GBU operates a high level biocontainment facility that conducts bench-level and live animal trials involving work with high risk aquatic animal pathogens (viruses, bacteria, parasites) and aquatic animals that are brought to the facility from Canadian and international sources.

5. Terminology

Cooker Tank – Biowaste treatment tank using high pressure and temperature to inactivate organisms in waste water prior to discharge to municipal sewer.

See also document ‘M220 - Legend Sheet’ in Section 5, Reference Documents

6. Scope of Work and Tasks

1. The scope of work included in this contract shall include the furnishing of labour, materials, rigging, plant, tools, and services necessary for or incidental to the supply, installation, start-up, commissioning, training and completion of a replacement biowaste cooker tank and associated instrumentation, piping, and controls as specified by the reference documents. Site installation of vendor supplied piping and equipment shall be performed by vendor’s forces in accordance with vendor installation instructions, referenced specifications, and all municipal and provincial regulatory requirements.
2. Any work or equipment included in the specifications but not shown on the plans, or vice versa, or any work, material or equipment necessary for the proper completion of the job, shall be furnished and installed as though both shown on the plans and specifications.