Loren Data's SAM Daily™

FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 06, 2005 FBO #1257
SOURCES SOUGHT

A -- Versatile Tank and Pump Unit

Notice Date

5/4/2005
 

Notice Type

Sources Sought
 

Contracting Office

TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000
 

ZIP Code

48397-5000
 

Solicitation Number

MARKET-SURVEY-DEV-2005-06
 

Response Due

7/5/2005
 

Archive Date

9/3/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a re quest seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on informati on requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. This information is presently being sought for planning purposes only. The Petroleum Quality and Handling Team (PQHT), of the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, requests information on technology for a new versatile tank and pump unit (VTPU). The VTPU would be able to receive turbine and diesel fuels from existing and future fuel distribution systems, store the fuel, filter and remove water from the fuel, and dispense the fuel to US/NATO ground and air systems. The VTPU would be capable of refueling aircraft, fixed-or rotary-wing, tracked or wheeled vehicles, stationary ground support equipment, and fuel containers. There are two VTPU sizes. The small system is a 525 gallon (minimum)/600 gallon (goal) system. The large system is a 1050 gallon (minimum)/1200 gallon (goal) system. POTENTIAL REQUIREMENT: PQHT is conducting a market survey to identify commercially available systems or components to be used as part of the Versatile Tank and Pump Unit (VTPU). 1. If you currently manufacture and/or have manufactured an item that meets the general requirements below please identify the item and provide technical information on the item design, components, layout, weight, approximate cost etc. Also please indic ate how long you have manufactured the item. 2. If you currently manufacture and/or have manufactured an item that meets a large portion of the general requirements please identify the item and provide technical information on the item design, components, layout, weight, approximate cost etc. Plea se indicate how long you have manufactured or did manufacture the item and for what purposes. Also please identify sub components of the item that do not comply with the general requirements below. Indicate what it might take to make your item comply. 3. If you manufacture components that could be useful in the design of an item as described below please provide any information that could assist in the pursuit of this effort. TARDEC would be interested in any general comments concerning the difficul ties that may be encountered in the development of a system that meets the general requirements below provided no commercial or adapted commercial item can be identified. We would also be interested in what types of standards you use during the design and manufacture of these products. OVERALL REQUIREMENTS 1. The VTPU would be able to receive turbine and diesel fuels from existing and future fuel distribution systems, store the fuel, filter the fuel, and dispense the fuel to US/NATO ground and air systems. 2. The VTPU would be capable of refueling aircraft, fixed-or rotary-wing, tracked or wheeled vehicles, stationary ground support equipment, and fuel containers. 3. There are two VTPU sizes. The small system is a 525 gallon (minimum)/600 gallon (goal) system. The large system is a 1050 gallon (minimum)/1200 gallon (goal) system. 4. Either size system must be able to be transported with any fuel level on trucks, trailers, rail, marine, aircraft (C-130 and larger), and helicopter sling transport under a Chinook (CH-47). The system must be a single integrated unit and be able to be o perated on the transport platform and also be able to be removed and operated on the ground. The systems must be able to be removed from and put back onto the transport platforms with any size fuel load using the following systems: 10,000 lb capacity forklifts, cranes with sling lifting provisions, the Palle tized Loading System (PLS) or Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMMT) Load Handling Systems (LHS) or on a Container Roll Out Platform (CROP). The system would not degrade the mobility, stability, or speed of the transport platform (i.e. truck/traile r). OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS A. Platform/Transport 5. The small system must be able to be transported and operated on Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 2.5 ton and higher trucks, FMTV 2.5 ton and trailers, Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck - Load Handling System (HEMMT-LHS), Palletizing Loadi ng System (PLS), PLS trailer and Container Roll Out Platform (CROP). 6. The large system must be able to be transported and operated on FMTV 5 ton and higher trucks, FMTV 5 ton and higher trailers, HEMMT-LHS, PLS, PLS trailer and CROP. 7. The system must be able to be transported and operated nationally and internationally while complying with all regulations, laws, statutes, hazmat rules, DOT regulations, CFR rules and environmental regulations. No special hauling permits should be requ ired. 8. The system must fit below 11 ft (3.4m) bridges on all road and rail platforms. 9. The VTPU would have water fording capability equal to that of its transport vehicle. B. Functional 10. The system would be self priming and provide filtered (per API 1581 or equivalent) flow up to 100 gpm to a single dispensing point 75 feet away. The system would be able to supply fuel up to 50 gpm to 2 dispensing points at distances of 75 feet away ea ch. The unit must include hardware to allow gravity flow from the bottom of the tank to points lower than that in emergency situations when the unit pump is not operational. This emergency capability must be functional on or off the used platform. 11. The VTPU would have receipt capability of 100 gpm (required), 150 gpm (desired), from an external pumping source. Additionally the VTPU would be capable of self-load at a rate of 100 gpm (required). 12. The system would provide electrical continuity/bonding/grounding that ensures a safe system. The VTPU would be equipped with retractable bonding and grounding cables equipped with plier-type clamps and adequate quantities of grounding rods to ground th e system and both refueling points. The ground rods would include an integral emplacement slide hammer. 13. The system would be designed to allow re-circulation of fuel through the tank, pump and filter-separator for removing contaminants from the fuel. 14. The VTPU would be equipped with an emergency shutoff capability located at the operators position that stops the flow of fuel within one second in the event of an emergency while refilling the tank or performing refueling operations. 15. The VTPU would be able to dispense fuel on a 10 percent slope of any direction. 16. The VTPU would operate on kerosene-based fuels (JP-5, JP-8, Jet A, Jet-A1) and diesel fuels. It would use standard lubricants in the Army supply system. C. Miscellaneous 17. The tank would have a top manhole for cleaning and provisions for the safe top loading of fuel. 18. The hose assemblies would be IAW MIL-PRF-370 and utilize sexless, dry disconnect couplings IAW A-A-59377 class A. 19. The system would have locking, self-draining storage compartments for all loose items. 20. The VTPU would be capable of being placed into operation in a maximum of 10 minutes by one operator once the transport platform is parked. This includes the time required to emplace grounding rods, bonding clips, and safety equipment. 21. The VTPU engine would have its own self-contained electrical starting system, a manual backup, and the ability to be slave started from other systems. Any batteri es used on the VTPU would be IAW MIL-PRF-32143. 22. Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Contamination Survivability (NBCCS). The VTPU is a mission-critical system and must be high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) survivable. Operation through a HEMP event is not required, and the recycling of power to restore mission critical functions is acceptable. The VTPU must be nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) contamination survivable. The VTPU must be able to withstand the materiel damage effects of NBC contaminants and decontaminants, be decontaminabl e to negligible risk levels to reduce hazard to personnel operating and maintaining the system, and be capable of being operated and maintained by personnel wearing the full NBC mission-oriented protective posture IV (MOPP IV). C. Instrumentation 23. There would be provisions for measuring the fuel volume (3% accuracy) in the tank and for displaying the value at eye level regardless of whether the tank was on a platform or not. 24. The VTPU would include a flow meter with an accuracy of a minimum of +1 percent which measures the amount of product dispensed or received. INTERFACE 25. Fastening of the system to the platforms would not require any adaptation of the platform and the VTPU would include any hardware required. 26. Due to the high bed heights of the new Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) trucks and trailers, the need to fit the system on old trucks and trailers, and the requirement for air transport, the height of the system may be limited to approximatel y 37 inches and the width may be limited to approximately 88 inches (approximately 83 inches between centers of tyedowns). The length of the small system may be approximately 144 inches or less (approximately 133 inches between centers of tyedowns). The leng th of the large system may be 168 inches or less (approximately 155 inches between centers of tyedowns). 27. System must have lifting and slinging provisions for crane or forklift. 28. System must allow for the space, weight and provide an enclosure for an aviation fuel contamination test kit (AFCTK) to be included on the system. The weight of the kit is 42 lbs. The size is 42.2 cm high, 50.8 cm width, and 38.1 cm depth. 29. System would be bottom loading with automatic shutoff and receive fuel from D-1 nozzles, 4 cam lock fittings, and NATO fittings (STANAG 3756 (PHE) and Annex E). 30. System would dispense using D-1 nozzle, 1 open port nozzle, CCR nozzle and NATO fittings (STANAG 3756 (PHE) and Annex E). 31. The system would be able to provide an electronic signal that indicates fuel quantity, flow in rate, and flow out rate. This is to provide a future capability of sending the signal to a Military information system remotely. 32. The system should include all hardware for the slave starting of the unit. This should consist of the system having the standard receptacle (IAW MIL-PRF-62122 and STANAG 4074, type 1) hardwired into the system, a 12 foot long cable (IAW MIL-PRF-62122 a nd drawing 11682336) and an adapter connector (IAW MIL-PRF-62122 and drawing 11677570). 33. The VTPU would be equipped with a sampling probe on the discharge side of the filter/separator suitable for use with fuel testing equipment. ENVIRONMENTAL 34. The VTPU would be capable of being operated and stored in ambient temperatures from -25 to 120 o F at environmental conditions commonly experienced at these temperatures. SUPPORT OR OWNERSHIP 35. The system would be designed for a 25 year life span. 36. The VTPU would be equipped with 3 fire extinguishers (IAW A-A-393, type 1, class 2, size 20) and any other safety items necessary to suppress a fire (i.e. integrated fire suppression system). The extinguishers would be easily accessible during operati on of the VTPU. Provisions would be included to allow 2 of the extinguishers to be set up near the dispensing points (i.e. stand to hold extinguisher vertical). 37. T he VTPU would include supplies and equipment to allow the containment and cleanup of a fuel spill up to 50 gallons in quantity. Commercial spill kits for 50 gallon cleanups range in size between a 55 gallon drum and a 95 gallon trash can shaped plastic con tainer and are in the 95-120 pound weight range. Any necessary berms and/or drip pans should be provided with the system. 38. VTPU would be designed to eliminate or minimize environmental quality impacts so that necessary National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation justifying the use of the VTPU, as opposed to alternatives identified can be approved and mission rea diness is not compromised. The design of the VTPU would reduce or eliminate the use of hazardous materials and the generation of hazardous wastes during manufacture, use, and disposal of the system. 39. Noise levels would not exceed 85 dbA anywhere around the unit. RATIONALE: The Product Manager, Petroleum and Water Systems (PM PAWS) plans to procure VTPUs to replace the existing, outdated systems in the field. RESPONSES DUE: Responses to the Market Survey are requested no later than July 5, 2005. RESPONSE FORMAT(S): ELECTRONIC responses are preferred and strongly encouraged. It is requested that electronic responses be provided in any of the following formats: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or Microsoft PowerPoint. The maximum size of each e-mail message should be no more than three and one-half (3.5) megabytes. You may use multiple e-mail messages. The subject line must include message 1 of 3, 2 of 3, 3 of 3, etc., as well as [Organization Name] response to DEV-2005-06. All interested entities (e.g. companies, non-profit organizations, and academic institutes), regardless of size, are encouraged to respond to this request for information. Partnering with other entities to collaborate and provide the maximum amount of capability for this endeavor is encouraged. Please submit electronic responses to survey as well as industry questions for clarification to Daniel Rusyniak via email at dan.rusyniak@us.army.mil . All questions for clarification and responses to those questions will be posted to PROC-NET(http://cont racting.tacom.army.mil/opportunity.htm) Market Survey DEV-2005-06. GENERAL INFORMATION: Please mark any document or information submitted as PROPRIETARY, as you feel appropriate. We appreciate your interest and thank you in advance for your participation in this market survey.
 

Place of Performance

Address: TACOM - Warren Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSTA-AQ-AMB, E Eleven Mile Road Warren MI

Zip Code: 48397-5000

Country: US
 

Record

SN00800913-W 20050506/050504212230 (fbodaily.com)
 

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