Volume 41 - Issue 51 - December 22, 2022
State of Kansas
Department of Administration
Office of Facilities and Property Management
Notice of Requested Engineering Services
Notice is hereby given of the commencement of the selection process for engineering services for the Kansas State University Data Center 1121 renovation project. This project will expand the existing data center capacity to add more servers and data equipment. This project will also add redundant cooling and backup generating capacity to ensure the data center never loses power nor cooling. This will require a redundant direct expansion (DX) cooling AHU to be added that is fed with generator power. Ductwork will need to be added to connect the new AHU to the data room. The existing AHU will need to be reconfigured to provide adequate ventilation and economizer cooling to the space. Reheat will be added to ductwork where it feeds the existing data room so that humidity can be controlled. Fan coil units that cool the UPS will be replaced with new fan coils that have both chilled water and DX cooling. The existing 250KW generator will be replaced with three new 250KW natural gas generators that will feed power to UPS and HVAC for the data center. The project construction budget is $2,505,680.
An architectural/engineering program is available at http://admin.ks.gov/offices/ofpm/dcc/arch-eng-programs. For more information, contact George Werth at gjwerth@ksu.edu or 785-532-1801. To be considered, one (1) PDF file of the following should be provided: State of Kansas Professional Qualifications DCC Forms 051-054, inclusive, and information regarding similar projects. These forms may be found at https://admin.ks.gov/offices/facilities-property-management/design-construction--compliance/forms-and-documents. State of Kansas Professional Qualifications DCC Form 050 for each firm and consultant should be provided at the end of each proposal. Please include your firm name, agency abbreviation, and an abbreviated project name in the title of the PDF document. Proposals should be less than 5 Mb and follow the current State Building Advisory Commission guidelines which can be found in Part B – Chapter 2 of the Building Design and Construction Manual at https://admin.ks.gov/offices/facilities-property-management/design-construction--compliance/building-design-and-construction-manual-bdcm. Paper copies and flash drives containing copies of the proposals are not required.
Proposals should be sent to professional.qualifications@ks.gov. Proposals received after the date and time noted below will not be forwarded to the State Building Advisory Commission for review. If you have questions, call 785-296-0749. The PDF proposal submissions shall be delivered to the attention of the State Building Advisory Commission by 2:00 p.m. on or before January 13, 2023.
The State of Kansas, as a matter of public policy, encourages anyone doing business with the State of Kansas to take steps to discourage human trafficking. If prospective bidders/vendors/contractors have any policies or participate in any initiatives that discourage human trafficking, then the prospective bidder/vendor/contractor is encouraged to submit same as part of their bid response.
Frank Burnam, Director
Office of Facilities and Property Management
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