Otter (Lutrinae) Care Manual - Association of Zoos and Aquariums

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BID FORM Generic Zoological Society, Inc. Life Support Systems Installation Request For Proposals Deliver To: Construction Department Generic Zoo Smallville, USA, Planet Earth Association of Zoos and Aquariums 140 Otter (Lutrinae) Care Manual In submitting this bid, the Undersigned declares that they are the only person, or persons, interested in said bid, that it is made without any connection with any person making another bid for the same contract, that the bid is in all respects fair and without collusion, fraud or mental reservation, and that no employee of the OWNER is directly or indirectly interested in said bid, or in the supplies or work in which it relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The Undersigned also declares that they have examined the Request For Proposals, including the drawings and specifications contained therein, and that by signing this proposal, they waive all right to plead a misunderstanding regarding the same. The Undersigned agrees to submit a bid bond, payable to the Generic Zoological Society, Inc., in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid amount, along with the bid. The Undersigned further understands and agrees that they are to furnish all material, equipment and supervision to complete entire work for the indicated project and to accept in full compensation therefore the stipulated sum or sums as stated herein. On acceptance of the proposal for the construction portion of said work, the Undersigned does hereby agree to provide the Generic Zoological Society within ten (10) days Payment and Performance bonds in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the total bid price to provide construction services for the consideration named herein. The Undersigned agrees to hold open this Bid Proposal for a period of ninety (90) days following the submission of this Bid Proposal. The Undersigned agrees to provide evidence of insurance coverage along with their bid submission, including areas and amounts such as umbrella insurance, general liability, automobile liability, garage liability, excess liability, workers’ compensations and employers’ liability. On acceptance of this proposal for said work, the Undersigned agrees to provide the Generic Zoological Society, Inc. with a Certificate of Insurance adding the Generic Zoological Society, Inc. as an Additional Insured. The base bid price of the proposal shall be inclusive of the following: • Price to provide the design of the LSS • Price to complete the installation of all LSS piping, equipment, accessories, valves in accordance with these specifications. • A one-year warranty from substantial completion on all parts, labor and material. • Performance and payment bonds on the construction phase. • Factory representative onsite for initial start-up of all systems. • All labor at Davis-Bacon Act Prevailing Wage Rate. • Detailed listing of all equipment, labor and materials. • Guarantee of performance of LSS to meet criteria. • LSS shall be designed and built to maintain the exhibit animals in a healthy condition (see 1.04B). • LSS shall be designed and built to maintain high water clarity suitable for overhead viewing. OTTER EXHIBIT LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM RENOVATION A. PROJECT SCOPE/SPECIFICATIONS 1. Contractor a. Design and Install a new Life Support System (LSS) for the Otter Exhibit at the Generic Zoo. This scope of work shall be split into two contracts. The first phase shall cover the design of the LSS. The deliverables for the first phase shall include completed designs to meet the project budget and a proposal to provide the
Association of Zoos and Aquariums 141 Otter (Lutrinae) Care Manual construction of the LSS. The second phase shall include the construction of the LSS. b. Remove all existing LSS equipment and piping. Please provide an alternate to perform this work. c. Piping will connect to existing main drains, surface skimmer, returns, waterfall, overflow, waste and domestic water lines. d. 8 hours LSS Startup and Zoo staff operator training. 2. Zoo a. Exhibits will be emptied of all water and animals. b. The Zoo is responsible for the integrity and functioning of existing underground and through-wall piping and electrical service. c. Provide all electrical connections from existing electrical panels. (See Alternates) B. BASE EXHIBIT DATA Otter Exhibit a. 20,000-gallon fresh water pool. b. Exhibit pool is outdoors. c. Fresh water provided by existing domestic water supply. d. Exhibit maximum capacity to be two river otters. e. Exhibit filtration consists of sand filtration with manual backwash operation. f. Exhibit disinfection currently done by bromine additions. C. LSS DESIGN PARAMETERS 1. The LSS equipment will be sized to meet or exceed the following minimum requirements. If the minimum requirements appear insufficient, provide an explanation for concerns on the sizing. Any additions, deletions, or substitutions must be approved by the designated representative of the Zoo. a. Turnover rate for the Otter system shall be at least 60 minutes. b. System shall have flow meters appropriately placed to monitor the turnover rate. c. Waterfalls in the exhibits shall be on a separate loop (with a dedicated pump) from the LSS. d. Both systems shall have skimmers adequately sized and located to deal with the heavy leaf litter problem. Skimmer openings shall be screened to protect against accidental intrusion by live exhibit tenants. e. If sand filters are specified, they will be sized to less than or equal to 10 gpm/sqft of filter area at 100% of system flow. Backwash shall be manual or hydraulic in operation. f. Exhibit disinfection shall be provided by an automated ozone injection treatment system. g. Ozone system will be sized for a 20% side-stream and a contact time of 2-3 minutes. It shall include an ozone destruct unit. There shall be no residual ozone in the exhibit. h. There shall be a trickle filter sized for the full system flow at 15 gpm / sq. ft (of tower cross section). The tower shall have enough height to provide adequate gas exchange and prevent air entrainment in the exhibit. i. All domestic freshwater supply lines shall have flow meters. j. All equipment shall be able to be disconnected with unions or flanges from the system. k. All equipment will be fully bypassable. l. Valved water sampling ports will be provided in the LSS equipment area. m. Two primary filtration pumps that will each have the capacity to run the LSS at design capacity will be installed so that a full backup pump is accessible with the turn of two valves. Piping on the suction side of the filter pumps shall be sized to handle the designed system flow at less than 4 ft/second. Piping on the discharge side of the filter pumps shall be sized to handle the designed system flow at less
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