SOLICITATION NOTICE
35 -- Filter Housing
- Notice Date
- 4/17/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug Administration, Division of Construction and Agency Support Contracting, 5630 Fishers Lane, Room 2129, Rockville, MD, 20857-0001
- ZIP Code
- 20857-0001
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FDAF82190
- Response Due
- 5/2/2003
- Point of Contact
- Lauren Waller, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-827-7163, Fax 301-827-7151, - Megan Gnall, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 827-7167, Fax (301) 827-7103,
- E-Mail Address
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lwaller@oc.fda.gov, mgnall@oc.fda.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items or services prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation is issued as a Request for Quote (RFQ) No. FDA82190. These solicitation clauses and provisions are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-27. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code for this acquisition is 3564, and the North American Classification System (NAICS) Code is 333411. The FDA intends to issue a purchase order for, brand-name or equal, for the following equipment: the contractor will supply from Emanon, Inc. an Emanon Model EG4-2H3W-R-P2/H Gasket Seal Bag-In/Bag-Out Design. (A) Housing Construction: Housing shall be constructed from 14 and 11 gage T-304 stainless steel. The construction will meet a negative or positive pressure of 20-inch W.G. The housing shall be side servicing for filter installation and removal. Housing design shall allow air to enter and exit the housing without changing direction. The housing shall accommodate standard size filters that do not require any special attachments or devices to function properly during or after installation. (B) Welding and Cleaning: All pressure retaining weld joints and seams shall be continuous welding. All manufacturing scratches and weld heat discoloration shall be removed by Mil Spec. Glass Beads in a clean non-contaminated atmosphere. Housing will be free of any gasket sealing and sharp edges. All weld joints and any portion of any gasket sealing surface shall be ground smooth and flush to base metals. (C) Housing Hardware: All hardware used in the manufacture and assembly of the filter housing shall be a minimum of 300 series stainless steel (i.e. nuts, bolts, washers, springs, etc.) except for the brass nuts used for filter access door retaining. (Aluminum knobs are to protect against galling of stainless steel threaded parts (ERDA 76-21, 6.2.2 Housing Construction). (D) Removal Gasket Seal Filter Clamping Mechanism: The filter clamping device (locking tray) shall be operated by means of a standard wrench from outside the housings front. The filter clamping device shall be on the clean side of the dirty air or down stream and be interchangeable. The filter clamping device is self aligning and adjustable by means of springs used in a compression bar assembly. The filter clamping device shall produce a minimum of 1,500 (fifteen hundred) pounds of pressure to ensure a proper and uniform filter to frame seal along its gasketed surface. The filter clamping device is driven by stainless steel acme threaded shafts and ½-10 brass acme nuts to prevent gauling (the use of acme thread allows the filter clamping device to seal each filter with only ten foot pounds of torque). The filter access door is sealed to the housing front by means of a white FDA approved skinned silicone closed cell gasket. Silicone gasketing will ensure memory during prolonged compression (will never lose its shape or composition) and is replaceable. Each filter access port has a bag clamping ring (bag-in ring). The bag-in ring has a smooth hemmed edge to ensure safe installation and removal of the filter change out bag. The bag-in ring is seal welded to the housing front completely around the filter access port. It is designed with two raised ridges to stretch the filter change out bag elastic mouth around. The bag-in ring and filter change out bag is concealed behind the removable filter access door. The filter access door is clamped in place with the use of torque to specified tightness. The filter change out bag shall be constructed of LP-375C Class 2 PVC flexible material and shall be yellow in color. The filter bag is matted on one side to reduce static and is transparent. The filter bag shall have a clear portion at the mouth for visual purposes and two glove ports for filter manipulation and one filter change out bag is retained to the bag-in ring by means of a strap for an air tight seal. (E) Factory Testing: The filter housing shall be manufactured under a factory quality assurance program that addresses the requirements of ANSI/ASME. The filter housing shall be tested for liter fit, filter clamping, surface flatness. (F) Low Leak Isolation Damper Construction: Damper will be positive seal isolation type which is to be low leak at a differential pressure of 10-inch water gage. Damper is to be constructed of 11FA and ¼-inch T-304 stainless steel. The damper has a ½-inch THK. Silicone solid disc, sandwiched between two 1.8-inch THK. Stainless steel plates which rotates on its axis. Standard construction shall consist of all duct connecting flanges being gasketed and a minimum of ¼-inch thick, 1-1/2-inch wide gasketed with Q/4-Inch THK. Neoprene runner, flanges have 7/16-inch DIA. Drilled holes (refer to DWG E02-102201 flange detail for centers) all around the connection flanges as recommended in ERDA 76-21. The frame shall be constructed of 11 GA. And ¼-inch type 304 stainless steel. The damper control shaft is 3.4 DIA. Damper operation is by turning a hand wheel on the manual dunatorque actuator (D-T3 style). By turning the hand wheel clockwise the damper will rotate into the closed position to form a low leak seal. Bay rotating the hand wheel counter clockwise the damper blade will unseal itself and rotate and lock itself into the open position. Damper shall be manufactured under a quality assurance program that addresses the workmanship requirements of ANSI/ASME NQA-1. “Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities.” All production welds shall be visually inspected. The damper blade shall be tested in the closed position at 10-inch water gage and shall low leak when tested in accordance with ANSI/ASME N509 PAR. 5.9.7.3. The complete pressure boundary (damper housing) shall be leak pressure tested by the “pressure decay method” in accordance with ANSI/ASME N509 1980, “Testing of Nuclear Air Cleaning Systems.” (G) Prefilter Media: Filter media shall be high-density glass micro fibers laminated to all-glass woven mesh backing (UL Class1). The two-inch thick filters shall have not less than 15 pleats per linear foot and no less than 4.6 square feet of media per square foot. The following manufacturers are approved for use: Camm-Farr Company, AirGuard Industries, Inc., American Air Filter Company. (H) HEPA Filter Media rated 99.97 percent minimum efficiency (high-efficiency particulate air). (1) Provide filters individually tested and certified with an efficiency of not less than 99.97 percent when tested with 0.3 Micromdicotyphthalate (DOP) smoke in accordance with MIL-STD 282. (2) Provide filter media consisting of waterproof fire-retardant all-glass paper with a tensile strength when folded flat upon itself. Elongation before rupture shall be minimum of one percent. Initial resistance shall not exceed on inch W.G. at 375 FPM. (3) Fabricate 24x24x11-1/2 filter by pleating a continuous sheet of filter medium into closely spaced pleats with safe-edged aluminum separators. (4) Filter Media shall be UL Class 2. (5) Provide filter with neoprene gaskets on both sides. (6) The following products and manufactures are approved for use: Astrocel by American Air Filter Company, Superflow II by Flanders Filter, Inc. and Camm-Farr Company. All questions should be submitted by Email at lwaller@oc.fda.gov or by fax at 301/827-7151. The following FAR Clauses shall apply to this solicitation: 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial; 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items; and 52.232-33 Electronic Funds Transfers. All responsible sources that can provide and meet the above requirements shall submit written quotations by the due date referenced above. Evaluation/award will be based on the technically acceptable quote that offers the best value to the government. All quotes shall include price (s); FOB point; a poc (name and telephone number); GSA contract number if applicable; delivery date (delivery date is of the utmost importance); business size; and payment terms. Delivery shall be to FDA, MOD-1, 8301 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708. FAR provisions can be found on the following website: http://www.arnet.gov.
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