# NYC Passport #85027Y0183

NYC cooling-tower project special inspection and laboratory testing services

**Posted:** November 04, 2026
**Respond By:** November 11, 2026
**Identifier:** 85027Y0183
**NAICS:** 541380

New York City is seeking special inspection and laboratory testing support for a phased cooling-tower replacement at 198 East 161st Street in the Bronx.
- **Government buyer:** City of New York, Department of Design and Construction (DDC), Division of Public Buildings.
- **Requested services:** Special inspections, laboratory testing, and applicable progress inspections for project PW77198CT. Project-specific test and inspection quantities are not provided.
- **Staffing and qualifications:** Submit a staffing plan identifying a contract executive, key personnel, other personnel, and estimated hours by title. Key personnel must meet applicable experience, licensure, and NYC Department of Buildings qualification requirements and are expected to serve through construction and post-construction. Laboratory work must meet applicable accreditation requirements.
- **Underlying construction scope:** Replace the existing two-cell open cooling tower with a two-cell closed-loop system and associated pumps, plumbing, HVAC, electrical, structural, and architectural work. The occupied building must maintain temporary cooling of at least 400 tons during the lower-demand season and 800 tons during the higher-demand season.
- **Named OEMs and manufacturers:** **EVAPCO** (cooling tower basis of design); **Bell & Gossett** (condenser pumps); **Construction Specialties** (specified screen and a listed louver manufacturer); **Baltimore Aircoil Company** and **Recold** (cooling-tower alternatives); **Air Flow Company, Airline Louvers, Airolite, Greenheck, Eemax, Inc.,** and **Bradley Corporation** (other named equipment manufacturers or basis-of-design suppliers). The Vert-A-Cade 500 screen is specified without substitutions; other equipment is described with comparable-product or approved-equal provisions where stated.
- **Key equipment described in the project documents:** Two EVAPCO PHW 12-5Q24P cooling towers; three Bell & Gossett 5x6x13.5A Series VSX-VSC condenser-water pumps; two spray pumps; aluminum screening panels; a fixed aluminum louver; an electric tankless domestic-water heater; and a freestanding plumbed eyewash unit. Quantities for several items are not specified.
- **Notable project terms:** The construction contract requires substantial completion within 619 consecutive calendar days. The cooling-tower manufacturer warranty is five years from substantial completion; warranties for other products vary by product. The RFI response form gives a not-to-exceed ceiling of $193,485.86 for the inspection and testing scope.

### Description

The Department of Design and Construction is seeking a Special Inspector to provide special inspection services for the PW77198CT - 198 E161 ST - Cooling Tower Replacement project. The project involves replacing an existing two-cell open cooling tower with a new two-cell closed-loop cooling tower and associated pumps, with related electrical, structural, and architectural work. Prospective respondents are directed to review the special inspections memo, RFI response form, project-specific contract, schedule, and bid drawings. Responses are due November 11, 2026.

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