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Saturday 14 February 2015

Maintenance of Heat Exchangers-Sample of Tender Notice

Sub: Maintenance of Heat Exchanger– Additional Work

Sealed tenders are invited from registered contractors with HOCL, Kochi for Maintenance of Heat Exchangers – Additional Work


General Scope of Work for Maintenance of Heat Exchanger & Pressure Safety Valves

·         Once the equipment is ready for maintenance, isolation of equipment by putting blinds/spectacle blinds in feed and out let nozzles and all other nozzles indicated for the purpose and fix blind number tags.

·         Preparation for man entry ie. provide necessary hose connections for draining, purging, steaming and water washing and airing of the equipment as the case may be.

·         Fixing and operating eductors for airing the equipment.

·         Record in the blind tag Nos. in the blind register and obtain signature in the register by Engineer-in-Charge.

·         Pressure safety valves on the equipment and connected pipe lines shall be in the scope of work of the respective equipment in the schedule of rates unless otherwise mentioned separately.

·         Assisting the inspecting team engaged in the inspection of column / pressure vessel.

I.          Heat Exchanger Maintenance

·         Open channel head cover

·         Open channel head

·         Open shell cover and floating head cover if the exchanger is floating head type.

·         Pull out the tube bundle (not applicable if exchanger is fixed tube type).

·         Clean the tubes and shell, channel head and channel head shell and floating head cover and offer the parts for hydroblasting and cleaning.  If hydroblasting is required for cleaning, the same will be arranged by HOC at their cost.

·         Assemble the tube bundle, channel head shell and covers in required sequence and stages suitable for Hydrotest of tube side and shell side separately..

·         Hydrotest the exchanger on shell side and tube side.

·         Hydrotest should be got witnessed by Engineer-in-Charge/3rd Party Inspector.

·         Test rigs should be used for testing floating head type exchangers tube bundle.

·         Test pressure should be as per the inspection of the Inspector/Engineer-in-charge.

·         Leaking tubes if any noticed during hydrotest should be plugged using CS/SS/Brass plugs as per the instruction of Engineer-in-charge.  Required plugs will be supplied by HOC at free of cost.

·         Removal of isolations ie. blind, spectacle blinds, blind tags.


Note : 50% of the quoted rate only will be paid to the party if the tube bundle is not pulled out and brought to the ground (ie. only hydro testing of the tube and shell side and plugging of the leaking tube is done.)

II.         Maintenance of Pressure Safety Valves

·         Removal of PSV from the location, which are mounted on vessel/column/Heat Exchanger and or its connected piping.

·         Blinding inlet/outlet nozzle of the PSV immediately and put blind tags without disturbing the flare system and record in the blind register.

·         Dropping the PSV to the ground level.

·         Transportation of PSV from site to Central Workshop.

·         After overhauling, testing and third party inspection by HOCL, collect the valves from Central Workshop and transport it to the respective locations.

·         Remove the blinds, blind tags and fix the PSVs at respective locations using new gaskets and fasteners.

·         Cost of these works shall be absorbed in the quoted rate for the maintenance of columns, Heat Exchanger, Vessel.

Taxes & Duties

Your quoted rate shall be inclusive of all taxes and duties whatever applicable to this job except service tax.  Service tax will be paid extra if the party produces service tax registration and other relevant documents to HOC.

Liquidated Damages

In the case the party fails to complete the work within the stipulated period, there shall be a penalty at the rate of ½% (half percent) of the value of the contract per day of delay to a maximum of 5% of the total contract value.

Defect Liability Period

Contractor shall guarantee the work for a period of one year from the date of issue of completion certificate.  Any damage or defect that may arise or lie undiscovered at the time of issue of completion certificate, connected in any way with the workmanship should be rectified by the contractor at his own expense as deemed necessary by the Engineer-in-Charge.        

Initial Security Deposit

Initial security deposit @ 2.5% of the contract value shall be remitted with HOCL, Kochi within 10 days from the date of receipt of this work order.

Agreement

You have to execute an agreement with HOC in the prescribed format on a non judicial stamp paper for Rs. 100/- given in the GCC within 10 days from the date of work order.

Scope of Supply

·         HOCL shall issue pipe fittings, hoses, gaskets, fasteners, tube plugs, air, water, electricity at one point free of cost to the contractor.

·         HOCL shall permit the contractor to hire the HOCL’s Forklift and mobile crane on chargeable basis if it is available and the rate shall be Rs. 1000/hr. for mobile Crane of capacity 18T and Rs. 600/hr. for Forklift + service tax.

·         Contractor shall bring necessary tools and tackles, chain pulley blocks, D-shackles, slings and any other equipments required for the work at his own risk and cost.

·         HOC will provide only the gaskets and fasteners for the final box up work.  Temporary gaskets for blinding/isolation should be made by the contractor.  However, gasket sheets for the same will be provided by HOCL at free of cost.

Testing & Inspection


HOCL shall inspect the equipments during the work in progress along with the 3rd party inspection arranged by HOCL.  All the necessary assistance shall be provided by the contractor to the Inspectors during inspection of the equipments.  Contractor has to follow all the instruction given by HOCL Engineer-in-Charge, Inspection Engineer & 3rd party Inspector.

Payment Terms

·         90% payment will be released after completion of work and certification by Engineer-in-Charge.

·         Balance 10% payment will be made after defect liability period of one year or on production of PBG for the said amount.

Completion Period

The completion period shall be 20 days from the date of clearance to start the job and deviations shall be permitted as per the work permits issued by HOCL

ESI, PF Requirements

Please see the Annexure – A attached.


Note:
1.                  This tender aims for already enlisted contractors for this work with HOCL Kochi Unit.  Any new contractor who wish to empanel for this type of work may submit the credentials as detailed below so that they will be evaluated and pre-qualified and shall be considered for similar future work.

Credentials to be submitted for the pre-qualification.

1.      Details of the Organization and the works carried out
2.      Work Order copies of the work executed showing the order value for the last 3 years.
3.      Man Power Organogram
4.      Solvency Certificate from a Nationalized Bank

5.      Annual Turn over for the last 3 Years.

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