Decomissioning of a Department of National Defence
Recompression Chamber.

Trade Agreement: NONE
Tendering Procedures: 
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Competitive Procurement Strategy: Lowest/Lower Bid
Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement: No
Nature of Requirements: 
Decomissioning of  DND Recompression Chamber

W8482-134499/A
Wilkie, Neil
Telephone No. - (819) 956-0704 
Fax No. - (819) 956-0897

Purpose

The Department of National Defence requires a Contractor to
decomission and remove salvageable components,  to perserve
package and return to Canadian forces Supply System (CFSS) the
Canadian Forces School of Survial and Aeromedical Training
(CFSSAT) Recompression Chamber and its associated equipment
installed in Building 75, CFSSAT, 17 Wing Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The Recompression Chamber must be scrapped and returned to CF
Supply System because it was not originally manufactured as a
Health Canada class III medical device. High Pressure air
cylinders must also be scrapped because the air cylinders do not
hold ASME certification stamps.The Recompression Chamber water
tank must also be scrapped.


Background

The CFSSAT Recompression chamber is comprised of an eight-man
3629 kg recompression chamber, compressed breathing air/gas,
pressurization, chamber exhaust, fire suppression system,
compressed air/gas storage units. These systems have dedicated
gas distribution systems which come with piping, regulators,
hoses, instruments and various valves.
 
Scope of Work

The following work shall be undertaken:

Chamber Control Systems.

Identify all components listed by Life-Cycle Material Manager
(LCMM) that are required to be saved for future installation on
other Canadian Forces Hyperbaric Chambers and support systems.

Provide an electronic copy to identify components by
description, part number and installation location.

Identify the components by description and part number that will
be scraped and provide and electronic copy.

All control valves, regulators, gauges, etc, that have been
selected for re-use are to be removed and packaged via a vacuum
seal system suitable for Oxygen Cleanliness. Items that have
been identified to be re-useable by DND will be returned thru
CFSS to National Diving Stores warehouses.

All components to be packaged in tri-walls with a packing list
inside and outside tri-walls. These components will be returned
to CFSS for long term storage;


Recompression Chamber Hull

The contractor shall remove all acrylic viewports and discard.
The acrylic viewports are coming up to their 10 year service
life; 

The contractor shall remove viewport gaskets and discard;

The contractor shall remove all hull isolation valves and piping
from chamber hull and stored as requested;

The contractor shall remove and preserve the NATO TUP Flange.
The NATO TUP Flange shall be returned to CFSS for long term
storage.

The contractor shall disable and disconnect all chamber
electrical supply back to breaker panel and then tag breakers.
This operation shall be completed by a certified electrician. 

The contractor shall remove the existing control panel
components as per 	Article 1.3.6 and in accordance with Article
2.2.3, Part 7, Section 2, 	paragraphs 4 and 5;

The contractor shall remove and pack all loose components inside
chamber, i.e.; bedding, BIBS masks, etc; 

The contractor shall dog all chamber doors for transport;

The contractor shall remove the chamber from Building 75 ; 

The contractor shall render the chamber hull un-serviceable as a
pressure vessel. Visual proof of mutilation must be sent to LCMM.

The contractor shall make arrangement to transport the chamber
to 17 Wing Winnipeg Base Supply for temporary on site storage in
order to be returned to Crown Assets Distribution Centre as
scrap metal;

High Pressure Air Storage Cylinders

The contractor shall, in a controlled manner, drain off all
cylinders of compressed air;

The contractor shall remove all isolation valves, gauges and
supply piping and prep for storage

The contractor shall remove all four HP air cylinders and
mounting systems from the storage wall;

The contractor shall render the four HP air cylinders
un-serviceable as pressure vessels. Visual proof of mutilation
must be sent to LCMM;
 
The contractor shall make arrangement to transport the HP air
cylinders to 17 Wing Winnipeg Base Supply for temporary on site
storage for further disposal by CFSS;

Oxygen and mixed gas storage room

The contractor shall remove all isolation valves, gauges and HP
hoses, and prepare for storage 

The contractor shall remove commercial gas cylinders to supplier
if not required for Hypobaric Chamber Operations;

The contractor shall remove if not required all cylinders, and
control valves mounting brackets 

Fire Suppression / Compressor Room

The contractor shall drain the Fire Suppression System (FSS)
volume tank of compressed air and water, remove all control
valves, sight glass and regulator. The contractor shall prepare
components for storage;

The contractor shall pivot a HP Air Compressor in order to
remove the FSS volume tank from its current location. The
contractor shall re-position the HP Air Compressor upon
completion. 

The contractor shall return the FSS tank to 17 Wing Winnipeg
Base Supply in order to be sent for scrap metal.


CFSSAT Hyperbaric Room

The contractor shall upon completion of the removal of all
relevant equipment and components for the Hyperbaric systems,
repair and paint 	the room to its original state. 









Location of Work

The Contractor shall perform the work required on the CFSSAT
RCC, 17 Wing Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Utilities

The contractor will be allowed to use electrical power and
municipal main water from 17 Wing Winnipeg.

Delivery Date: Above-mentioned

The Crown retains the right to negotiate with suppliers on any
procurement.

Documents may be submitted in either official language of Canada.