SOURCES SOUGHT
36 -- Hydraulic Power Distribution and Control System (HPDCS) & Servohydraulic Load Frame (SLF) - AMDTC-15-0010 HPDCS & SLF Sources Sought Notice
- Notice Date
- 6/11/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMDTC-15-0010
- Point of Contact
- Chantel Adams, Phone: 3019756338, Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
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chantel.adams@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov
(chantel.adams@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- AMDTC-15-0010_Table 6 - Optional items for purchase during the period of performance (2015-06-11) AMDTC-15-0010_Table 4 - Summary of requirements for the servohydraulic load frame (SLF) 2015-06-11 AMDTC-15-0010_Table 3 - Summary of requirements for the controller (2015-06-11) AMDTC-15-0010_Table 2 - Inventory of existing actuators (2015-06-11) AMDTC-15-0010_Table 1 - Summary of requirements for alternative packages (2015-06-11) AMDTC-15-0010_Figure 1 - Plan view of structural reaction floor area (2015-06-11) AMDTC-15-0010_HPDCS & SLF Sources Sought Notice (2015-06-11) Ref. 15-02854 This is a Sources Sought Notice ONLY. Requests for copies of a solicitation will not receive a response. This Notice is for planning purposes only and shall not be misunderstood as a Request for Proposal or a Request for Quotation or as an obligation on the part of The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) for conducting a follow-on acquisition. NIST does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Notice, or otherwise pay for the information requested. No entitlement or payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by NIST will arise as a result of submission of responses to this Notice and NIST use of such information. NIST recognizes that proprietary data may be part of this effort. If so, respondents are responsible for identifying proprietary components, interfaces and equipment, and clearly mark restricted or proprietary data and present it as an addendum to the non-restricted / non-proprietary information. In the absence of such identification, NIST will assume to have unlimited rights to all technical data in the information paper. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENTS EXIST AT THIS TIME. Section I - Sources Sought Information: 1. Synopsis: NIST is seeking information from commercial vendors that are capable of providing a state-of-the-art Hydraulic Power Distribution and Control System (HPDCS) and an integrated Servohydraulic Load Frame (SLF). This facility will allow researchers to study the response of materials, structural components, and full-scale structural sub-systems to demands resulting from progressive collapse, earthquakes, and other diverse structural loads. Research performed in this facility will help to provide the technical basis for the development and improvement of codes, standards, and practice governing the design of buildings and other structures. 2. Background: The Engineering Laboratory at NIST is currently enhancing its materials and structural testing capabilities by outfitting the structural reaction floor (strong floor) laboratory in Building 226 with a state-of-the-art HPDCS and an integrated SLF. The facility is equipped with a set of reconfigurable steel reaction frames on which to mount hydraulic actuators and to provide stability during specimen testing. Expansion of the facility to include modular, reconfigurable reaction walls is envisioned in the future. An existing inventory of more than a dozen servo-controlled hydraulic actuators is currently available, along with four single-station MTS Hydraulic Service Manifolds. When operational, the HPDCS will provide the capability to perform controlled experiments on full-scale structural sub-systems and components using the existing hydraulic actuators. The SLF will provide the capability for both static and dynamic uniaxial testing of materials and structural components. The HPDCS will provide hydraulic power and control of force and motion for the hydraulic actuators and for the SLF. This facility will allow researchers to study the response of materials, structural components, and full-scale structural sub-systems to demands resulting from progressive collapse, earthquakes, and other diverse structural loads. Research performed in this facility will help to provide the technical basis for the development and improvement of codes, standards, and practice governing the design of buildings and other structures. 3. Statement of Requirements: Vendors shall provide the equipment, materials, and labor necessary to implement a turnkey system comprising a reconfigurable HPDCS and an integrated SLF. This system shall meet the technical requirements as specified below. This performance work statement includes four alternative packages, where Package 4 is the preferred configuration, and Packages 1, 2, and 3 include more limited features or capacities. Information for all four packages is required to allow flexibility in matching the proposed system specifications to the limited available funds. The basic requirements for each package are summarized in the attached Table 1 - Summary of requirements for alternative packages, and detailed requirements for each component of the system are described in the following subsections. The HPDCS is comprised of a hydraulic power unit, hydraulic distribution system, and controller. Items i through iii provide further detail on each HPDCS component and their respective requirements. A. Hydraulic Power Distribution and Control System (HPDCS) Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU) - The HPU supplies hydraulic fluid at an operating pressure of 3000 psi, for use in controlling the motion of the actuators and/or SLF to apply structural loads. This requirement is for a reconfigurable HPDCS capable of providing hydraulic power and control of force and motion for the SLF and for a set of existing servo-controlled hydraulic actuators owned by NIST. The HPDCS shall include a hydraulic power unit (HPU), a controller, and a hydraulic distribution system for connecting the system to the SLF and the hydraulic actuators. Specific requirements for each of these components are given the following subsections. The system shall allow for reconfiguration and/or relocation of the actuators as needed. The system shall be capable of pressurizing and controlling at least six actuators simultaneously and shall be expandable to allow for pressurization and control of a larger number of actuators at a future date. Loading will be essentially static in most cases, but the HPDCS shall be capable of achieving dynamic loading that meets the requirements specified in Section B for the SLF. The existing inventory of double-acting, double-ended hydraulic actuators at NIST includes six actuators manufactured by MTS and eight actuators manufactured by Shore Western (see attached Table 2 - Inventory of existing actuators). To maximize compatibility with these existing actuators, preference will be given to systems that provide a range of interfacing options for servovalves, force transducers, and displacement transducers used in MTS and Shore Western actuators manufactured since the 1980s. i. Hydraulic Power Unit (HPU) The HPU shall supply hydraulic fluid at an operating pressure of 3000 psi and shall include a relief valve to ensure that the output pressure does not exceed 3300 psi. The HPU shall provide full-flow filtering of the hydraulic fluid with a filter size of 3 microns or less. Automatic monitoring of filter cleanliness shall be provided. The HPU shall incorporate a corrosion-resistant heat exchanger that can be connected to NIST physical plant-supplied chilled water to maintain proper operating temperature of the hydraulic fluid. The HPU shall provide an enclosure in which three or more individual pump modules (pumps) can be installed. Each individual pump shall have a flow capacity of at least 30 gal/min but not more than 40 gal/min, allowing for a total flow capacity of 90 - 120 gal/min with three pumps installed. All pumps, including expansion pumps to be purchased later, shall fit within a single enclosure, with a shared supply of electricity. A single inlet connection and a single outlet connection shall be required for chilled water. To reduce electrical power consumption and chilled water requirements, the HPU shall include a run-on-demand capability that activates individual pumps as needed and distributes working hours between the pumps. When the HPU supplies power to the SLF alone, which is expected to occur frequently, only one pump should be activated to meet the flow requirements of the SLF. The HPU shall have a hydraulic fluid reservoir with a capacity of at least 220 gallons. The HPU enclosure shall provide sound attenuation, and the noise rating for the HPU shall not exceed 70 dB(A). To comply with space limitations in the room adjacent to the structural reaction floor (the preferred location for the HPU, as shown in Figure 1 attached), and to minimize obstruction of anchor points should the HPU need to be placed on the structural reaction floor, the footprint of the HPU shall not exceed 120 in by 48 in. Width dimensions of less than 48 in are preferred. The preceding HPU requirements apply to all four packages. Requirements specific to each package are as follows (see attached Table 1). Package 1 requires a single pump with a flow capacity between 30 gal/min and 40 gal/min; for Package 1, the run-on-demand capability shall be included, to accommodate multiple pumps in the future, but shall be deactivated initially. Packages 2, 3, and 4 require two pumps with a total flow capacity between 60 gal/min and 80 gal/min; for these packages, the run-on-demand capability shall be activated. ii. Hydraulic Distribution System The HDS distributes the hydraulic pressure supplied by the HPS to the load frame and actuators via hard piping or a hydraulic distribution manifold, hydraulic service manifolds, and flexible hydraulic lines. Requirements for each of the four packages are summarized in Table 1. Packages 1 and 2 include a hydraulic distribution manifold with four input/output stations located near the HPU, no hard piping, one two-station hydraulic service manifold (HSM), and flexible hydraulic lines to connect the system to the hydraulic actuators. Package 3 includes hard piping with four input/output stations, no hydraulic distribution manifold, one two-station HSM, and flexible hydraulic lines. Package 4 is the same as Package 3, except that it includes two two-station HSMs. The hard piping used in Packages 3 and 4 would have a total length of approximately 50 ft and would be mounted near the wall along one side of the structural reaction floor (see Figure 1). The Contractor shall provide and install the necessary piping supports as part of the installation of the hard piping. The size of the hard piping (Packages 3 and 4) shall be appropriate for both the initial flow capacity of the HPU (60 - 80 gal/min) and for the total flow capacity of the HPU with three pumps installed (90 - 120 gal/min). For all packages, the two-station HSMs shall allow for independent control of each station, and each station shall be able to provide a flow capacity of 40 - 50 gal/min with an accumulator volume of 1 quart. All packages shall include sets of flexible hydraulic lines sufficient for simultaneous control of six actuators distributed at various locations, and the lengths of the flexible hydraulic lines shall be sufficient to place an individual actuator at any desired location on the structural reaction floor (see Figure 1). iii. Controller The controller interfaces with the HPU and HDS, and provides the capability to precisely and independently control the motion of the servohydraulic load frame and each actuator. Requirements for the controller are the same for all packages and are summarized in Table 3 - Summary of requirements for the controller. The controller shall be capable of independently controlling at least six servo-controlled hydraulic actuators at the same time, one of which is the actuator of the SLF. The assignment of these six control channels to independent test stations shall be reconfigurable, with a minimum of four test stations. The controller chassis shall allow for future expansion through the installation of additional controller modules. The number of control channels shall be expandable to at least 14, and the number of independent test stations shall be expandable to at least eight. The controller shall allow for control of each actuator based on a measured quantity (e.g., load, displacement, or strain) or a calculated variable (e.g., a calculated rotation). The controller shall allow for control of loading using general, user-defined loading histories. The controller shall be capable of controlling the HPU, one or more HSMs, and the SLF. Additionally, the controller shall be able to interface with National Instruments data acquisition systems such that the data collected through both systems is time synchronized. To comply with NIST requirements for Information Technology security and purchasing, no personal computers (PCs) shall be included in this purchase. The controller shall allow for networked connections of multiple external PCs provided and configured by NIST, so that a separate PC can be dedicated to controlling each independent test station. Software compatible with Microsoft Windows 7 (or a later version if supported by NIST) shall be provided by the Contractor for a minimum of two PCs, to enable use of the controller to create and run independent tests using the hydraulic actuators and the SLF. A perpetual license to the software shall be provided, so that no licensing fees shall be required to continue using the software in future years. A software maintenance and updates contract shall be included for one year from the date of acceptance by NIST, with the option of extending this for one (1) additional year. All electrical and networking cables required to use the controller as specified shall be provided by the Contractor. To maximize compatibility with the existing inventory of actuators at NIST, preference will be given to controllers that provide a range of interfacing options for servovalves (including MOOG), load cells (including Lebow), and displacement transducers commonly used with MTS and Shore Western actuators manufactured since the 1980s. Preference will be given to controllers that provide interfacing capabilities for existing single-station HSMs at NIST, which include three MTS Model 284.15 HSMs and one MTS model 290.1 HSM. To allow for flexibility in using existing equipment, preference will also be given to controllers that are capable of controlling an existing MTS Model 510.30 HPU. This existing HPU will not be used in parallel with the new HPU and will not be integrated with the new hydraulic distribution system, but may be used for independent, non-simultaneous experiments. B. Servohydraulic Load Frame (SLF) The SLF is a dynamically rated self-reacting, four-column load frame with built-in crosshead-mounted servohydraulic actuator. Control of the crosshead position is provided hydraulically and the crosshead is secured in place via hydraulic lock mechanisms. The requirements for the servohydraulic load frame (SLF) are summarized in Table 4 - Summary of requirements for the servohydraulic load frame (SLF). The SLF shall be free-standing and self-reacting, with four columns. The SLF shall include a servo-controlled hydraulic actuator with a peak dynamic force capacity between 220 kip and 250 kip, with a maximum total stroke of 10 - 12 in. The actuator shall incorporate dual servovalves rated for a combined total flow capacity of 30 - 40 gal/min. The SLF shall include a hose stand with a height of at least 7 ft. A hose stand-mounted HSM shall be provided that is capable of supplying flow rates of 40 - 50 gal/min, with an accumulator volume of 1 gal. A performance chart shall be provided, specific to the actuator size and servovalve flow capacity, to demonstrate that the SLF is capable of achieving a peak dynamic force of 200 kip for sinusoidal cyclic loading at a frequency of 1 Hz with a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.2 in. The HSM, integrated with the HPDCS (Section A), shall be capable of supplying adequate hydraulic pressure and flow rates to maintain this specified cyclic loading history. C. Installation and Acceptance To the maximum extent possible, the Vendor shall use standard components in the HPDCS and SLF. The components selected to make up the system shall be standard, readily available items from the Vendor's current product line. With the exception of hard piping for the hydraulic distribution system, which must be sized to the piping length and the flow capacity of the HPU, none of the products shall be custom products. The equipment selected to make up the system shall be expandable as specified in Section A.i and A.ii (e.g., HPU and controller) and replaceable as may be required throughout the life of the laboratory facility, without compromising the functionality of the system. Delivery and installation of the turnkey system comprising the HPDCS and the SLF shall be coordinated by the Vendor with the NIST COR. Delivery shall be FOB DESTINATION and shall be completed in accordance with the Vendor's commercial schedule. The system shall be delivered and installed by the Vendor within 120 days after receipt of award. Onsite installation and demonstration shall be done at NIST, Gaithersburg, MD. Installation, at a minimum, shall include uncrating and unpackaging of all equipment, mounting and installation of any hard piping (Packages 3 and 4), connection of the HPU to the hydraulic distribution manifold (Packages 1 and 2) or the hard piping (Packages 3 and 4), connection of flexible hydraulic lines between the HSMs and the hydraulic distribution manifold or hard piping, connection of flexible hydraulic lines from the HSMs to the actuators (including the SLF and five existing actuators at NIST), connection of all control cables, connection of PCs provided by NIST, full check-out of system, and removal of trash. Final commissioning of the HPDCS and SLF shall be performed to verify that they operate as intended. Following installation of the system and connection of electrical power and chilled water (per the Site Preparation instructions to be provided by NIST COR), the Vendor shall demonstrate that the turnkey system meets NIST's requirements by simultaneously exercising the SLF and a set of five hydraulic actuators (this shall be accomplished without applying loads to a structure). NIST will also base acceptance of the system on the demonstrated capability to conduct a compression test of a 4 in × 8 in concrete cylinder in the SLF in conformance with the ASTM C39 specification. The Vendor shall also certify that all installed equipment has been calibrated and is functioning as designed. Calibration of the actuator in the SLF shall be performed by the Vendor onsite at NIST. Calibration of other actuators onsite at NIST is listed as an optional service item in Section E. Demonstration that the turnkey system meets NIST's requirements shall be completed within 150 days after receipt of award. D. System Reliability & Maintenance Responsive service and system reliability are required to ensure successful long-term performance of this system. The Contractor shall provide a list of required and recommended servicing for the equipment included in this purchase. The Contractor shall be capable of providing servicing onsite at NIST and shall identify the office location of Contractor-employed field service engineer(s) that would be available to provide such services. To allow NIST to discuss system reliability and responsiveness of service with previous customers, the Contractor shall provide contact information for at least three large-scale structural testing laboratories for which comparable systems provided by the Contractor have been in use for at least five years, and for at least two large-scale structural testing laboratories at which comparable equipment has been installed by the Contractor within the past two years. Eligible laboratories shall include a reaction floor used for structural testing, a hard line piping system installed by the Contractor, and an HPU installed by the Contractor with a capacity of at least 50 gal/min. References from federal government laboratories and university laboratories (especially those that have participated in the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation) are preferred. E. Optional Items The attached Table 6 - Optional items for purchase during the period of performance, lists optional items that may be purchased from the Contractor, either as part of the initial purchase or subsequently during the two-year period of performance of this statement of work (base year plus one option year). These items include extended warranties on specific components of the system, additional components for the HPDCS, additional components for the SLF, and additional services for calibration of actuators. Actuators will be calibrated in lots, which are listed in Table 2. ========== NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, and small businesses. NIST has not made a determination whether this will be a small business set-aside. The small business size standard for the applicable NAICS code of 334516 - Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing- is 500 employees. Please include your company's size classification and socio-economic status in any response to this notice. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then it is anticipated that any competitive procurement that results from this notice will be conducted as a small business set-aside. Companies that can provide such services are requested to email a written response (see Section II - Responses defined below) describing their abilities to chantel.adams@nist.gov and keith.bubar@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company that manufactures the system components for which specifications are provided. 2. Name of company(ies) that are authorized to sell the system components, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 3. A description of prior related experience to a Federal, State or Local Government customer(s). 4. A typical pricing structure to include any licenses, modules, or other options required to provide the requirements for packages 1 through 4 and optional items 1 through 18, and whether the pricing structure and information may be used as a quote. 5. Estimated timeframe for installation, training, and fully operation status, if applicable. 6. Indication of whether products/services for which specifications are provided are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 7. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research. Section II - Response Instructions: Each vendor shall submit written responses within the following framework: 1. Vendor profile/background information (Include DUNS number) a) Company Background i. Date incorporated, Size, Core Competencies ii. Litigations (pending or active) 2. Key Arrangements/Strategies/Prior Experience (Elaborate on each) a) Teaming Arrangements/Agreements (sub-contractor agreements to be utilized for a possible future NIST RFP submission) b) Prior project methodologies successfully utilized for supporting an agile, ‘out of the box', implementation approach. c) Prior experience. Highlight specific experience working within Federal Government space or State or local governments. Please provide reference contact details. Responses are limited to a total of twenty (20) pages. The responses must be in MS Word format. Pages shall be 8½-inch x 11-inch, using Times New Roman 11 Point Font. Each page shall have adequate margins on each side (at least one inch) of the page. Header/footer information (which does not include any information to be evaluated) may be included in the 1" margin space. Please send responses via email to keith.bubar@nist.gov and chantel.adams@nist.gov.
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