Temporary Employee Services

The government authority in Springfield, Illinois is seeking temporary employee services to operate, monitor, and maintain powerhouse equipment on assigned shifts. The agency requires personnel who can perform routine and emergency maintenance tasks throughout the powerhouse and related mechanical locations on the facility grounds. The selected personnel must operate, monitor, and maintain high-pressure and low-pressure steam boilers and all associated auxiliary equipment, including feedwater pumps, condensate pumps, deaerators, economizers, blowdown systems, chemical feed systems, fuel trains, combustion controls, burner management systems, and steam distribution piping and valves. The scope of work requires temporary staff to conduct boiler water chemistry testing and treatment, including sampling, titration, log-keeping, and adjustment of chemical feed. Personnel must conduct routine boiler safety device testing, such as low-water cutoff testing, flame safeguard testing, pressure relief valve verification, and combustion safety interlock checks, and document all results in the department logbook. The requested services also include operating and maintaining ancillary mechanical systems, performing inspections and cleaning of vents, flues, breeching, stack components, and combustion air pathways, and operating powerhouse control panels to monitor system conditions and respond to alarms. Bidders must perform all work onsite at the facility in Springfield, Illinois. The agency restricts eligibility to onshore bidders located within the United States. Bidders must submit their proposals digitally via email or online, and the agency is currently looking for proposals to establish the budget for these services.