Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 9500 MacArthur Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700

A -- TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEDURES, CONCEPTS, SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS, OR DEVICES TO REPLACE, MINIMIZE, OR PROCESS POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN BILGEWATER INCLUDING OIL AND METALS SOL N00167-99-SS-0008 POC C. Joan Miles, (301) 227-1159, Catherine Lynn Rowe, (301) 227-1100 The Carderock Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (CDNSWC) is seeking sources to provide technologies, procedures, concepts, systems, alternative materials, or devices to replace, minimize or process pollutants present in bilgewater and oil water separator discharge. Bilgewater contains a mixture of wastewaster and leakage from a variety of sources that are allowed to drain to the lowest inner part of the hull, known as the bilge. Sources that contribute to the bilge can include oil, fuels, lubricants, hydraulic fluid, antifreeze, solvents and clearing chemicals from the vessel's auxiliary and propulsion systems, condensed steam from steam systems, spillage from drinking fountains, value and piping leaks, and evaporator water that fails to meet specifications for use. Water from the continual blowdown of boilers also contributes to the bilge. On surface vessels, bilgewater is usually transferred to an oily waste holding tank, where it is stored for shore disposal or treatment by an oil/water separator (OWS). Bilgewater and oil/water separator effluent may include oil, copper, iron, mercury, nickel, zinc, nitrogen, and phosphorous. Potential offerors are requested to respond with technical documentation supporting the technology, concept, system, alternative materials, or device. The proposed solution must demonstrate the ability to control, reduce, or eliminate some or all of the constituents listed above. This informatin should include, but not be limited to, the following: process description, current commercial or military applications, specific applications in the marine environment (including customer references/ship class/name), processing rate capability, normal operative and maximum permissible pressures, physical size, total dry and wet weights, maintenance requirements, operational manning requirements, power consumption per hour of operation, utilities required, secondary wastestreams generated, and performance and testing data. Technical, industry, or professional society certifications or endorsements should be provided, if available. A summary of agency or contaminants which could potentially interfere with the operations and performance of the technology is also required. In evaluating the submissions, DoD will consider the following criteria: (1) the nature of the discharge that the technology, concept system or device is designed to process, (2) the effectiveness of the technology, concept, system or device at mitigating the environmental effects of that discharge, and (3) the technology, concept, system or device's cost, practicability and effect on operations or operational capablity when installed and used on a vessel This synopsis is for information purposes and to identify potential technologies and offerors. This sources sought does not constitute an RFP and does not obligate the Government in any way to purchase or test any of the potential solultions offered. It does not commit the Government to pay for any cost associated with this sources sought. Submit your response to Carderock Division, Navbal Surface Warfare Center, ATTN: 633, Sheila Riggs (Bilge Water), 9500 MacArthur Blvd, West Bethesda MD 20817-5700. Responses are requested within 45 days from the date of publication. For additional technical information on bilgewater, refer to the nature of discharge (NOD) report available at http://206.5.146.100/n45/doc/unds/Proprule/Rule_idx.html. For more information on this effort, please consult the Federal Register dated 25 August 1998 or visit the notice on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's homepage at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/1998/August/Day-25/w22533.htm. Posted 01/07/99 (W-SN286126). (0007)

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