SOURCES SOUGHT
91 -- AFPET Injector system
- Notice Date
- 8/13/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- General Services Administration, Federal Technology Service (FTS), FTS, 7T-6 Southwest Texas, 100 NE Loop 410, Ste 1400, San Antonio, Texas, 78216
- ZIP Code
- 78216
- Solicitation Number
- AFPET-RFI
- Archive Date
- 9/11/2009
- Point of Contact
- Clifford D Trowbridge, Phone: 210-341-8376, Michael Nelson, Phone: 703-627-6231
- E-Mail Address
-
clifford.trowbridge@gsa.gov, michael.t.nelson@dla.mil
(clifford.trowbridge@gsa.gov, michael.t.nelson@dla.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a Request For Information (RFI) only. No contract award will result from the information submitted in response to this RFI. The Air Force Petroleum Office (AFPET) is seeking a solution to accomplish the following scope of work. In order to determine the availability of commercial solutions currently available this request for information is being posted as market reseach ONLY. The AFPET seeks information on the following: All material provided to the government shall be commercial off the shelf; the government does not intend to conduct any research or development as part of the demonstration which will last from 6-12 months. The demonstration plan (provided at a later date) will have detailed data collection as part of the demonstration to account for utilization of manpower, equipment costs, waste disposal, injection installation procedures, injection equipment malfunctions, mean time between failure of injection equipment, ease of use, injection accuracy, and additization procedures. All demonstrations will be conducted at various locations in the Continental United States (CONUS). The contractor shall provide, install and train government personnel on the injection system provided and be available on call within 60 minutes or on site within 24 hours as required to trouble shoot any technical problems during the demonstration period. Associated cost will be reimbursed either as an equipment lease or reimbursement of expenses. Contractors opting for expense reimbursement will be provided demonstration performance data. Entering into a lease agreement will preclude the contractor from obtaining performance data from the government. Costs for travel and per diem will be reimbursed IAW the Joint Travel Regulation. On site contractor time shall be reimbursable from the government through the government's prime contractor Encore Support Systems IAW the terms and conditions identified by the contract. The Government retains the option upon completion of the demonstration, for the contractor to remove their provided equipment and return the system to pre-demonstration status. The government must have the ability to completely override the injection system and use the refueling vehicle as originally designed to ensure mission continuity if injection system in inoperable. Technical requirements for participation are; user manual, identification of all consumable parts with availability/replacement times and sources of supply, estimated down time for routine maintenance, mean time between failure for major injector components and any proprietary data restrictions relating to patents or software interfaces. The contractor shall also provide manufacturing capability data to prove they can meet government objectives in a full scale procurement in order to participate in this demonstration. The flow rates and injection levels of all injection systems must be positively accurate at required injection ratio's (FSII 300 - 1000 PPM, +100 256 PPM, CI 15 PPM and SDA 1.5 PPM) with verifiable technical performance data at all flow rates from 50 GPM to 600 GPM with at least one fail safe system to render fuel flow shutdown and/or a failsafe warning system should any additive injection ratio vary from the respective additive specification range(s). Additive reservoirs should have a level indicator and low level alarm to preclude operators from running out of additive during mid refueling. All contractor provided equipment must be able to withstand exposure and operate in outside environmental conditions of the geographical locations where the equipment is installed. We intend to demonstrate truck injection in small vehicle fleets not to exceed more than 30 trucks per location with a minimum of 1 truck per selected on-truck demonstration site. The power sources available for the truck injection systems and related system interfaces are restricted to the truck electrical and mechanical systems and flow rates as dictated by the manufacturer of the truck. The government shall not be required to modify engine or pumping components as part of the demonstration to meet any requirement for the injection system. The government requires the ability to quick disconnect the injection system and make the systems mobile for transport with minimal effort and allow for the storage and dispensing of up to 4 additives including: CI/LI, SDA, FSII, and +100 as required. Additives will be procured through DLA by the government as required. On-truck injection must be small and precise... injection interface with accountable software that interfaces with our ADC/APOSD technology (Syn-Tech Systems, Inc. 1-800-888-9136) at a minimum of a 1000th of percent per additive with on demand usage data reports (i.e. individual servicing, daily and monthly). The use of a tag-along trailer towed behind a refueling truck or Hydrant servicing Vehicle (HSVs) is not an option due to the increase risk of an accident The government will be evaluating all the equipment to determine best fit for our requirements, data collected will be provided to all participating truck injector contractors not using the lease option during and upon completion of the demonstration, however any proprietary data collected shall only be released to the owner of the proprietary data. The installation of these systems shall be pre coordinated with the government and approved by cognizant authority once determined it meets all required local, state and federal regulatory and environmental standards. All on board vehicle injection systems and accessories must be securely fasten to withstand travel on the highway at speeds upwards of 60 MPH. We also intend to demonstrate injection at the government point of custody transfer (receipt) or on the transfer line for hydrant/operating storage systems at one or more sites. These systems will not require detailed use data if additives are injected in batch quantities for storage or on the hydrant loop as long as precision injection system requirements and fail safe warning systems for the on truck and fill stand injection systems are met, and injection ratios are always accurate, the data software interface isn't necessary. The government will be evaluating all the equipment to determine best fit for our requirements, data collected will be provided to all participating point of custody transfer (receipt) or on the transfer line for hydrant/operating storage systems contractors not using the lease option during and upon completion of the, however any proprietary data collected shall only be released to the owner of the proprietary data. The installation of these systems shall be pre coordinated with the government and approved by cognizant authority with all regulatory and environmental standards required in the local, state and federal standards. The fill stand injection systems shall meet all the same performance criterion as the on truck injection systems must provide with the exception of the transportability of the equipment and accountable software that interfaces with our APOSD technology. Fill stands will require injection calibration and failsafe warning system to the same degree as the on-the-truck injection. The government will be evaluating all the equipment to determine best fit for our requirements, data collected will be provided to all participating fill stand injection systems contractor's not using the lease option during and upon completion of the demonstration, however any proprietary data collected shall only be released to the owner of the proprietary data. The installation of these systems shall be pre coordinated with the government and approved by cognizant authority with all regulatory and environmental standards required in the local, state and federal standards. Installation of storage containers for additives shall be pre coordinated with the government and be approved by cognizant authority once determined it meets all required local, state and federal regulatory and environmental standards when placed in permanent locations and be provided and connected by the injection system provider. Non-permanent additive storage locations shall have appropriate containers for the safe storage and issue of additives in accordance with commercial industry standards. All containers will have site gauges and spill containment. To submit commercial product offering information or for more information please contact Michael Nelson at michael.t.nelson@dla.mil.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Various locations, United States
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