Anniston Army Depot, Directorate of Contracting, 7 Frankford Avenue, Anniston, AL 36201-4199

36 -- CHEMICAL CLEANING LINE SOL CBD&&&-9909-0004 DUE 100899 POC Fran Malinowski 256-235-4256 Yvonne S. Land 256-235-7559 E-MAIL: Fran Malinowski, Procurement Analyst, malinowski@anad.army.mil. Anniston Army Depot is seeking companies who have the capabilities to provide a chemical cleaning line which will be in accordance with the most current OSHA, ANSI, NFPA, ADEM, and Industrial Hygiene handbook and which will meet the following performance characteristics/acceptance requirements. There shall be one heated vat of Alkaline Corrosion Remover (Mil-C-14460), one vat of Phosphoric Acid based Corrosion remover (Mil-C-10578D), four heated vats for Paint Stripping, one vat of Hydrochloric acid, and one heated vat of Plastisol (Rubber) Remover. There shall also be a heated rinse vat for each process vat. Each vat shall be made from the appropriate materials for the chemical solution used in it. Each vat shall be 6 feet wide, 10 feet long, and 5 feet deep. (All heated vats shall be capable of temperatures adjustable between 160 degree Fahrenheit to 200 degree Fahrenheit). Water lines shall be run to all rinse vats. Design drawings of the water lines must be submitted for approval before any work can begin. The area that the vats must be placed in is 121 feet by 28 feet. The alkaline corrosion remover vat shall have a filtration system to provide continuous sludge removal and mechanical agitation for the solution. The hydrochloric acid vats shall have a purification system for removal of dissolved metals and extend life of the process solution. To approach Zero discharge for rinse water, recycling equipment will be provided for the Alkaline Corrosion Remover, Phosphoric Acid Corrosion Remover and Hydrochloric Acid as a minimum. Vat Piping Tie-ins will be provided for recycling rinse waters from the paint and Plastisol Removers when the technology is available. All vats must be exhausted from the building. The Vats must be completely accessible from above to allow baskets to be lowered into them from a bridge crane. The ductwork shall be designed in accordance with the industrial hygiene handbook. The ductwork design drawings shall be approved before any fabrication can begin. The drawings must show, butnot limited to, all elbows with numbers of gores, bending radius, diameter, gauge, material, velocity of air over the surface of vats, the type of ventilation for each vat, plan views and elevation views of vats. The complete system shall be capable of being disassembled and removed from the installation site and reassembled at another site. The vats shall have no pits and containment with a collection sump and a sump pump must be provided for the vats. Drawings of the containment, showing how ADEM requirement have be met, must be approved by the COR. Aluminum grating shall be provided for the workers to walk on and give them the specified height per OSHA and the Industrial Hygiene Handbook. Interested companies are requested to provide literature, published price lists, capabilities or any other pertinent information, not later than 15 days after synopsis appears in the CBD. Data provided must be submitted electronically. Information may be faxed to 256-235-4618 or sent to Fran Malinowski, malinowski@anad.army.mil. THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS DO NOT REQUEST SOLICITATION. Posted 09/23/99 (W-SN383964). (0266)

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