SOLICITATION NOTICE
29 -- Engine Test Cell Fuel Flow Measurement and Conditioning System for EPA NVFEL
- Notice Date
- 1/22/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Contracts Management Division 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive Cincinnati, OH 45268
- ZIP Code
- 45268
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-04-10297
- Response Due
- 2/7/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/8/2004
- Point of Contact
- TAMMY A. ADAMS, Contract Specialist, Phone: (513) 487-2030, E-Mail: adams.tammy@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to TAMMY A. ADAMS
(adams.tammy@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- In accordance with FAR Part 13 and FAR Part 12, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory located in Ann Arbor, Michigan is seeking to procure an Engine Test Cell Fuel Conditioning and Flow Measurement System. As part of the Clean Air Act and its Amendments, a variety of new emissions regulations have been implemented for new heavy duty engines. The 2007 Heavy Duty Engine Rule will require test systems that are integrated as sophisticated and adaptable emission measurement systems. The EPA NVFEL has undertaken a comprehensive program to implement new and refined test systems. As part of this program, EPA has a requirement for a fuel flow conditioning and measurement system to be installed in a new heavy duty engine test cell. For the equipment specified, the contractor shall have total system responsibility, which shall include all phases of the project, design/configuration, assembly, integration, quality assurance, delivery to EPA-NVFEL (located in Ann Arbor, MI), installation, calibration, commissioning, acceptance testing, documentation and training of EPA staff. The new heavy duty engine test cell is being developed in order to test low-emission heavy-duty engines equipped with advanced exhaust emission control systems, in accordance with regulatory requirements. The engines that will be tested will typically be those designed for on-highway truck applications, or non-road applications, such as agricultural equipment. The systems purchased under this requirement shall support all Federal and European heavy duty certification procedures and shall be able to support other configurable procedures for research purposes for engines ranging from 75 to 600 HP. Major Engine Test Cell Fuel Conditioning and Flow Measurement System Configuration Requirements: The overall system shall be compatible with, and configured for use with 100% ethanol, 100% methanol, gasoline, gasoline blended with either methanol, ethanol or MTBE, diesel fuel or biodiesel. The fuel flow measurement and conditioning system shall be of proven design currently used in the engine testing industry. Flow measurement shall be made with a mass-based Coriolis type meter. It shall be wall mountable and as compact as possible not to exceed 1.0 m x 1.8 m x 0.4 m (WxHxD). The system shall provide highly accurate mass and volumetric flow measurement at flows typical of engines, and fuels indicated above and tested under steady state and transient speed and load conditions. It shall include a means of automated self-verification of the stated flow accuracy based upon and internal standard or device. The Fuel Conditioning System shall provide fuel to the engine at a controlled pressure, adjustable from nominally 10 kPa to approximately 40 kPa, and at controlled temperatures from at least 20 C to 40 C with an accuracy of ? 2 C or better. . The system shall incorporate its own closed loop temperature control system. The systems shall be capable of both local and remote setpoint entry, and local and passthrough control Requirements of the Microprocessor and Data I/O: The system shall interface and be able to be controlled by Schenk-Pegasus Stars? data acquisition and control system. At a minimum this shall be via analog and digital-logic I/O. Analog I/O shall be 0-5,10 VDC, pulse train or 4-20 mA. The system shall provide for a logical and straight-forward operator interface. The fuel measurement and conditioning system shall display and retransmit pertinent data to the test cell control computer. The following options are also included in the procurement: (1) An option to preheat incoming diesel fuel to the system, that is at a temperature as low as 15 C, to a selectable temperature in the range of 20 C to 40 C. (2) An option to control the pressure of the fuel delivered to the engine at a selectable pressures in the range of approximately 0 kPa up to 350 kPa. (3) An option for an Extended Service Contract, renewable every year for a period of 4 years from the date of acceptance; and (4) An option for up to two additional Flow Measurement and Conditioning Systems meeting all stated requirements. This procurement will be made using "Best Value" evaluation criteria and will be competed using Full and Open Competition. The solicitation should be issued around February 7, 2004 on EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. This office does not intend to mail hard copies of the solicitation. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. Interested parties should submit a written request to receive the Statement of Work and RFQ (SF 1449) to Mr. David Plagge or Ms. Tammy Adams at the above address, by Fax at (513) 487-2107 or by e-mail: plagge.david@epa.gov or adams.tammy@epa.gov.
- Web Link
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The Environmental Protection Agency
(http://www.epa.gov/oam/solicit)
- Record
- SN00508281-W 20040124/040122212718 (fbodaily.com)
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