U.S. Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office, Contracts Management Division, P.O. Box A, Aiken, South Carolina 29802

99 -- GLOVEBOX INTERNALS ASSEMBLIES POC Robert Fulgham, telephone (803) 952-6296 E-MAIL: Click here to contact Robert Fulgham via e-mail, robert.fulgham@srs.gov. This is a notice issued by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), management and operating contractor for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Savannah River Site (SRS) near Aiken, South Carolina. The intent of this notice is to locate qualified suppliers to perform assembly services described herein. Interested suppliers are to include their estimated craft man-hours and the time required for delivery in months. The services required include the fabrication, assembly, inspection and testing of Glovebox internal process systems (i.e., TRITIUM SERVICE) including equipment and sub-assembly skids (i.e., piping, valves, instruments, wiring, etc., fully assembled) installed in Glovebox enclosures. The Gloveboxes and major equipment are to be supplied by WSRC including the fabrication and installation design details. The supplier will supply the bulk type materials. The WSRC estimated quantities for the fabrication of the sub-assembly skids and installing the equipment and skids in the Gloveboxes are approximately: 1) 5,000 feet -- 6,000 feet tubing/piping (majority of work is one-quarter inch through three-quarters inch); 2) 4,000 feet -- 45,00 feet polyflow tubing; 3) 400 -- 500 automatic valves; 4) 500 -- 600 manual valves; 5) 2,000 -- 2,200 instruments; 6) 30,000 feet -- 35,000 feet control and power cable; and 7) approximately 750 electrical feed thru's and 750 process feed thru's. The Glovebox enclosures are designed to contain an isolated process environment of clean dry nitrogen atmosphere at just below atmospheric pressure. The operation of the process equipment installed inside the Glovebox is accomplished primarily by a remotely operated distributed control system. All maintenance of systems will be through Gloveports installed throughout the Glovebox enclosures. Accessibility to equipment and skid components is required for maintenance throughout the Gloveboxes. There are three sizes of seismically qualified Glovebox enclosures made from 7 gage 304L Stainless Steel and temperedglass windows with gloveports. The estimated Glovebox sizes are: 1) 40 feet long x 6 feet deep x 15 feet high; 2) 75 feet long x 6 feet deep x 15 feet high; and 3) 15 feet long x 6 feet deep x 15 feet high. The Gloveboxes will be provided in approximately twelve (12) sections. The Glovebox leak rate requirements must be maintained after the internal component installation (i.e., after all the instrument and piping associated with equipment and skids are installed and all Glovebox penetrations are in place). The enclosures will meet a leak rate requirement that result in an oxygen concentration rise of less than one (1) PPM/HR starting from an initial concentration of 10 PPM with a pressure differential of negative 1.0 inches of water. With regard to the skid and equipment components, the typical types of components to be installed within the Glovebox enclosures include, ASME VIII Vessels (25 L through 2000 L), pumps, diffusers, gas dispersion equipment, blowers, heat exchangers, pre-heaters, furnaces, purifiers, valves (automatic & manual), flow controllers, filters, enclosures, panels, monitors, chambers, transducers, meters, gages and other instruments and their associated tubing, piping, electrical control and power cable and components including their support systems. The design of the internal components will be in a sub-assembly skid approach where practical. The Glovebox will be built in approximately thirteen-foot sections and assembly of skids and equipment will be done in each section. Glovebox shell feed thru's for the electrical and piping penetrations shall be installed by the supplier and shall meet the same leak rate requirements as the Glovebox. Space inside the Glovebox is limited and internal components will be congested. Highly experienced craftsmen with the expertise to work under very confined conditions are essential to meet the stringent quality requirements of this Project. The Gloveboxes will be fabricated in parallel with the skids. The supplier will assemble the skids then install the skids and other equipment inside the Glovebox enclosures when the Gloveboxes have been delivered to his shop. The Glovebox will then be tested and shipped to WSRC. With regard to the skid assembly process, the supplier must have extensive experience with hydrogen process systems (preferably Tritium) including vacuum technology fabrication and installation expertise. These types of systems require very stringent quality requirements for the fabrication, installation, cleaning, inspection and testing activities. Examples of these stringent requirements are: 1) Quality Assurance Program is required to meet ASME NQA-1 or ISO type quality programs. 2) Shops performing these activities shall meet special cleanliness requirements (i.e., maximum hydrocarbons on 3 foot square surface exposed to shop atmosphere for 24 hrs or less is 25 ppm and particulate found on 3 foot square surface exposed to shop surface for 24 hrs is 5 NTU or less). 3) Special cleanliness requirements are also required on external and internal surfaces of the process equipment and appurtenances (i.e., tubing, valves, etc.). These requirements involve Hydrocarbon Test (less than 100 ppm weight of hydrocarbons), Halide & Suspended Solid Test (conductivity less than 10 micro ohm-cm at 20-25 degrees C) and Nephelometric Test (less than 5 NTU). Equipment and assemblies after testing are to be enclosed in sealed containers. 4) ASME B31.3 and AMSE Section VIII are required for process internals. Welding requires qualified procedures and welders per ASME Section IX. The welds require "white weld" quality type welds. These are full penetration welds which are required to have an argon purge (less than 1% oxygen) for tubing sizes of one-quarter inch through 1 inch with many welds having to be made under confined conditions. The welds are required to be extensively examined including radiography per ASME Section V, high sensitivity leak testing and no discoloration at the root (white appearance) to assure the weld quality. 5) Passivated piping installation may be required. 6) Certified inspectors per national code and standards (mechanical, electrical, controls, welding, etc.). 7) Material Certifications will be required throughout the procurement, fabrication and assembly activities. 8) Extensive surveillance and oversight by WSRC or WSRC's designee. Responses to this notice are due by October 28, 1998. Responses may be sent to Robert Fulgham via fax to 803-952-6297, via electronic mail to robert.fulgham@srs.gov or via U.S. mail to Westinghouse Savannah River Company, ATTN: Robert Fulgham, Building 730-4B, Room 1022, Aiken, South Carolina 29808. Mr. Fulgham may be reached by telephone at 803-952-6296. This is not a solicitation for a formal subcontract; it is a request for qualified sources only. Posted 10/07/98 (W-SN260140). (0280)

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