Saskatchewan Tenders #2627-030

Two engineered VIM furnace cooling water packages

The Saskatchewan Research Council is seeking two engineered cooling packages for its Saskatoon vacuum induction melting furnaces. - Government buyer: Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Rare Earth Elements Commercial Division; facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. - Procurement: Two separate, identical, independent, skid-mounted closed-loop cooling water packages, one for each VIM furnace. Each package has a design heat load of 1,171.5 kW. - OEMs and vendors: No OEMs, manufacturers, or vendors are named. The supplier is expected to recommend and design a suitable cooling configuration. - Package requirements: Include cooling equipment or heat exchanger, reservoir or buffer tank, package piping and valves, electrical components, instrumentation, PLC/controller and HMI, VIM interlocks, and one duty plus one standby circulation pump with automatic switchover. Design for ambient temperatures from -40°C to 30.6°C and a 480 V, three-phase, 60 Hz power supply. - Services and deliverables: Recommend, design, manufacture, and test the packages; provide commissioning support, site acceptance testing, and operator training. Demonstrate operating capacity, pump changeover, control response, alarms, trips, communications, and VIM interface signals. Provide technical documentation, complete the separately issued Appendix A datasheet, and supply a two-year spare-parts package with list and pricing. - Delivery: Quote delivery DAP Saskatoon and state the earliest firm delivery lead time from award. - Notable procurement terms: SRC expects to award to one respondent. A resulting agreement may, by mutual agreement, be extended to cover related requirements for approximately five years.

Description

Saskatchewan Research Council is requesting quotations for two complete, separate cooling water packages for its Vacuum Induction Melting furnaces at its Rare Earth Commercial Division in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The packages must provide closed-loop cooling to remove heat from the furnaces and maintain the required inlet water conditions for safe, reliable operation. The vendor is expected to recommend, design, manufacture, test, supply, and support commissioning of the packages; quotations should include delivery to Saskatoon and spare-parts information and pricing. The response deadline is October 21, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. CST.

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