MODIFICATION
A -- W56HZV-16-R-0277 Black Water Market Research - Questionnaire
- Notice Date
- 3/16/2017
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 221320
— Sewage Treatment Facilities
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, Army Contracting Command, ACC - WRN (W56HZV)(DTA), 6501 EAST 11 MILE ROAD, Warren, Michigan, 48397-5000, United States
- ZIP Code
- 48397-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W56HZV-16-R-0277
- Archive Date
- 4/12/2017
- Point of Contact
- Jerry S. Carter II, Phone: 586-282-5502
- E-Mail Address
-
jerry.s.carter7.civ@mail.mil
(jerry.s.carter7.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Market Survey Questionnaire UNCLASSIFIED: Distribution Statement A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. W56HZV-16-R-0277 Market Research Questionnaire for Black Water Treatment System Testing GENERAL INFORMATION: The U.S. Government appreciates the time and effort taken to respond to this survey. The U.S. Government acknowledges its obligations under 18 U.S.C. 1905 to protect information qualifying as PROPRIETARY under this statute. Pursuant to this statute, the U.S. Government is willing to accept any trade secret or confidential restrictions placed on qualifying data forwarded in response to the survey questions and to protect it from unauthorized disclosure subject to the following: 1. Clearly and conspicuously mark qualifying data as trade secret or confidential with the restrictive legend (all caps) PROPRIETARY with any explanatory text, so that the U.S. Government is clearly notified of what data needs to be appropriately protected. 2. In marking such data, please take care to mark only those portions of the data or materials that are truly trade secret or confidential (over breadth in marking inappropriate data as PROPRIETARY may diminish or eliminate the usefulness of your response - see item 6 under Instructions for Completing the Questionnaire, below). Use circling, underscoring, highlighting or any other appropriate means to indicate those portions of a single page which are to be protected. 3. The U.S. Government is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Additionally, marked data that is already in the public domain or in the possession of the U.S. Government or third parties, or is afterward placed into the public domain by the owner or another party through no fault of the U.S. Government will not be protected once in the public domain. Data already in the possession of the U.S. Government will be protected in accordance with the U.S. Governments rights in the data. 4. Confidential data transmitted electronically, whether by physical media or not, whether by the respondent or by the U.S. Government, shall contain any restrictive legend, with any explanatory text, on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail and at the beginning of the file itself. Where appropriate for portions only of an electronic file, use the restrictive legends PROPRIETARY DATA BEGINS: and PROPRIETARY DATA ENDS. 5. In any reproductions of technical data or any portions thereof subject to asserted restrictions, the U.S. Government shall also reproduce the asserted restriction legend and any explanatory text. DESCRIPTION OF INTENT: THIS IS A MARKET SURVEY REQUESTING INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT DESCRIBED BELOW. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Also, it is not a request seeking contractors interested in being placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this questionnaire 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 information 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. PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENT: The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on local black water testing capabilities to support the Army's black water treatment system science and technology program. The current and future demands of a highly mobile, resource-limited, Forward Operating Base (FOB) camp call for new advancements in technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse. The Government must continue to improve and optimize its water management to meet mission requirements. The need for reductions in the water supply burden of FOB operations and the safe discharge of wastewater require innovative technologies with the capability to treat black water (i.e., toilet, kitchen) so that it can be discharged into the environment, thus eliminating the need for waste hauling. TARDEC currently has the need to test and evaluate containerized black water treatment systems in order to gather data for future Army black water treatment system requirements. The U.S. Army is looking to test mobile black water treatment systems at a local test facility (< 90 miles from Detroit Arsenal). The proximity allows TARDEC engineers to commute to the test site on a daily basis if necessary. The black water treatment systems will be contained in tricons (6.5'x8'x8') up to standard ISO containers (20'x8'x8'). The treatment systems will be able to treat up to 7,500 GPD of black water from a feed stream with targeted characteristics stated in Table 1. The black water testing facility shall be able to provide the black water source and the operators to test the systems on a 24 hour per day basis, 7 days a week throughout the entire year. The test facility shall also be able to provide in-house analytical support for the analyses required in Table 2. The U.S. Army is considering awarding a contract for this testing. A competitive source selection may be employed to award this service contract. Table 1. Target Average Organic Loading Rates for Blackwater Feed Parameter Target Average (mg/L) BOD5 1170 COD 2930 TSS 1450 Table 2. Lab Analyses TEST METHOD Total Coliforms SM 9221D E. Coli EPA 9221D BOD5 EPA 405.1 COD EPA 410.1 or 410.4 Oil and Grease (O/G) EPA 1664A Turbidity EPA 180.1 Total suspended solids (TSS) EPA 160.2 or SM 2540D Total organic carbon (TOC) EPA 9060 Total phosphorus (TP) SM_4500-P-F Total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) SM 4500 Ammonia as nitrogen (NH3) EPA 353.2 Nitrate as nitrogen (NO3) EPA 300.0 Nitrite as nitrogen (NO2) EPA 300.0 Metals EPA 200.7/6010/6020 Total solids (TS) EPA 160.3/SM 2540 G INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE: 1. Please answer all questions. Number each response with the appropriate question number. 2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response. 3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate No Response. 4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: "See response to Question XXX." 5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing a manual formatted as a Portable Document File (PDF), annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If appropriate and preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed. 6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this market survey. 7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance. 8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: "Proprietary Information Contained." Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this market survey. 10. Please note that Email submissions cannot exceed 15 megabytes per message. If your response exceeds 15 megabytes, please break it into two or more messages and title each appropriately in the subject line. Send email responses to Mr. Jerry Carter at jerry.s.carter7.civ@mail.mil with the subject line as "Black Water Market Research". Please respond by 28 March 2017. Sources Sought Number: W56HZV-16-R-0277.
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