Confined Spaces Blanket Purchase Agreement

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Summary from the notice

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, has a requirement to acquire an unknown quantity of Permit Required Confined Space (PRCS) Rescue Services under a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). The Pittsburgh District jurisdiction includes eight (8) multi-purpose flood-damage reduction reservoirs in Pennsylvania and Ohio that require entry into the discharge conduits (tunnels) and for which Permit Required Confined Space Rescue Services are required. A typical entry usually lasts no more than two hours and involves a team of up to four Government employees in a water filled tunnel in an eight (8) hour day. However, a prolonged inspection or maintenance need may require the need for multiple two hour entries in one day or may involve multiple entries over several days. Tunnels can range from a few hundred feet in length to several thousand feet in length. The intent of the Blanket Purchase Agreement is to provide the Government with a cost-effective rapid-response method to maintain the facilities within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District. Services will be requested through purchases made under this BPA that shall be referred to as Calls which will specify the required number of entries and expected duration of the activity. The work covered under this Blanket Purchase Agreement may include (but is not limited to) the following major tasks (or combinations of tasks):Perform rescue and retrieval of from one to 4 persons in a Permit Required Co…