SOURCES SOUGHT
43 -- High Pressure Steam Boiler
- Notice Date
- 8/6/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 332410
— Power Boiler and Heat Exchanger Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Agricultural Research Service - Midwest Area
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- AG-51LA-SS-14-0007
- Archive Date
- 8/27/2014
- Point of Contact
- Christine Gunterman, Phone: 309-681-6481
- E-Mail Address
-
christine.gunterman@ars.usda.gov
(christine.gunterman@ars.usda.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY and a SOLICITATION IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. This notice is for information and planning purposes only and shall not be construed as a solicitation or an obligation on the part of the Government. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposals. Submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary. The government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred associated to this request for capability information. USDA, ARS, National Center Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Peoria, IL is seeking a contractor to provide, deliver and install a high pressure steam boiler capable of providing 300 psig to provide clean, high pressure steam to assist the Bionenergy Research Unit with their biomass conversion research. The boiler must meet the following technical specifications: 1) The boiler must be a completely packaged, skid mounted unit with all components mounted/attached to a common framework. All necessary gauges, valves, switches, electrical hook-ups and controls, plumbing, insulation, supporting framework, and safety controls/components shall be fully assembled and operationally interconnected, and be of sufficient quality to fully, reliably, safely, and easily operate after connection to electrical power, fuel supply, vent, and water supply/return. 2) The boiler must be a 10 BHP (boiler horsepower) four-pass vertical type steam boiler design with a high steam storage capacity and a large steam generating surface. 3) The boiler shall be registered with the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors. 4) The boiler shall be designed to utilize #2 fuel oil and operate at 250 psi and be trimmed at 300 psi with a steam output greater than 300 lbs/hr. 5) The steam chamber shall cover the entire top of the boiler cross-section and incorporate convection rods to insure quality dry steam output. 6) The boiler shall allow for simple hook-up to fuel, 115V/6OHz/1-phase electrical supply, vent, and water supply/return connections during installation. Plumbing hook-up fittings shall be standard NPT type. 7) Maximum dimensions of skid unit shall be 88" length X 48" wide X 79" tall. 8) Boiler, burner, and trim shall meet all applicable ASME, UL, and NEC standards, including ASME CSD-1. 9) Boiler shall incorporate a forced draft type burner with a burner mounted pressure atomizing oil pump and a 10,000 volt transformer supplied direct spark oil ignition system. 10) Boiler must have a water cooled furnace crown and the burner must fire into a water cooled furnace area and furnace gases shall not pass under the bottom mud-ring of the boiler. 11) An ASME manufacturers' data report shall be included with installation, operation and maintenance manual(s). Manufacturer must provide a wiring schematic in the boiler control panel. 12) Boiler supplier must have a fully factory authorized service representative located near Peoria, Illinois. Cost must include freight to NCAUR in Peoria, Illinois. Cost shall include start-up, combustion set-up and analysis, and commissioning by a factory trained representative. 13) Boiler shall include a completely factory plumbed and wired skid-mounted feed-water system including a 30 gallon stainless steel tank, stand, feed-water pump sized to feed a 10 BHP boiler operating at 250 psig, suction and feed-water piping, gauge glass assembly, temperature gauge, and self-contained temperature regulating feed-water pre-heater assembly with pressure reducing valve, strainer, and check valve. 14) Unit shall include a boiler-skid mounted blow-down separator complete with after cooler and self contained temperature regulator. 15) The boiler unit shall include a skid mounted, fully plumbed and wired Simplex rotary gear type oil circulating/supply pump. 16) The boiler shall include feed-water stop and check valves, and one each of slow and fast opening bottom blow-down valves, all fully complying with ASME code. 17) To provide ease of servicing, the boiler shall have a mid-height, center mounted burner location, and removable access plates with brass nuts allowing access to the fireside heat exchange areas from the top and bottom of the boiler. 18) The boiler shall include a stack damper on the burner exhaust outlet. 19) Specific components must include a Honeywell operating pressurestat with a 30-300 PSIG range, a Honeywell manual reset high limit pressurestat, a McDonnell & Miller #157 low water cut off/pump control with gauge glass assembly and blow-down valve, a McDonnell & Miller #750 probe type manual reset secondary low water cut-off, and an ASME full capacity Kunkle steam pressure relief valve set at 300 psi The result of this market research will contribute to determining whether there are adequate sources available from which to receive competitive quotes. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code to be assigned to this procurement is 332410. Submission Instructions: Interested parties, who consider themselves qualified to provide the product as detailed are invited to submit a response to this Sources Sought Notice by 2pm CST, August 12, 2014. If your organization has appropriate qualifications and capacity to provide this product, please provide the following information: (1) A complete and "active registration in SAM (System for Award Management) database which includes DUNS number, Organization name, address, contact name, email address, Web site address, telephone number, type of organization, small business type (if any), etc; (2) A list of previous customers (Federal Preferred) which were provided products similar in nature (3) Color Product Literature showing the features of varying models, types and functions of Laser systems which the company has available. Request potential sources only submit the minimum information necessary and no more than 10 pages. All questions or responses under this Sources Sought Notice shall be sent to Christine Gunterman, Purchasing Agent, via email christine.gunterman@ars.usda.gov, fax 309-681-6682, or mail USDA-ARS-NCAUR, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, IL, 61604. All communication shall be in writing referencing AG-51LA-SS-14-0007 preferably by email. No information will be taken by telephone.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS-NCAUR, 1815 N. University St., Peoria, Illinois, 61604, United States
- Zip Code: 61604
- Zip Code: 61604
- Record
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