MODIFICATION
H -- Locomotive Emission Control System Accelerated Aging Testing
- Notice Date
- 5/17/2007
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 811198
— All Other Automotive Repair and Maintenance
- Contracting Office
- Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Acquisition Management, EPA/Ohio, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH, 45268, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- PR-CI-07-10642
- Response Due
- 6/11/2007
- Archive Date
- 6/26/2007
- Point of Contact
- DENIS S. THARP, Contract Specialist, Phone: (513) 487-2092, E-Mail: tharp.scott@epa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to DENIS S. THARP
(tharp.scott@epa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- In accordance with FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures, and FAR Part 12 Commercial Items, the U.S. EPA National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory (Ann Arbor, Michigan) requires a Contractor to provide Accelerated Aging Testing of a Locomotive Emission Control System. This testing shall be conducted in close collaboration with the EPA NVFEL. The project goals include, but are not limited to: (1) Greater than 80% NOx reduction capacity at Notch 8 at the end of testing, and (2) SCR, DOC and PM filter durability. The contractor shall supply all materials for this project except the ECS system, urea dosing system(s), oil injection system, lube oil, NOx sensors, exhaust burner, and any required LabView code. Coding will also be required for urea dosing and exhaust burner control if it is to be controlled by the test site computer. The initial test shall be for 500 hours. The specifics of the test are as follows: (1) Test Engine: A Cummins ISX non-EGR equipped engine provided shall be provided by the contractor (4 gram engine out NOx); (2) Test ECS Hardware: The test is run using a dual-flow path system. Exhaust system inlet and outlet cones, catalysts, NOx sensors, urea injector, lube oil injector and system control drivers will be provided by EPA. Appropriate National Instruments hardware shall be provided by the contractor. All exhaust tubing entering and exiting the ECS shall be 4? in diameter. The contractor shall be expected to provide all emission control system monitoring components including dP sensors and thermocouples of a type specified by EPA. The contractor shall also be expected to integrate the ECS into their existing test cell set up; (3) Test Fuel and Oil Specifications: The testing is to be performed using diesel fuel with a nominal sulfur concentration of 10 ppm. Engine lube oil shall be of a low SAP type. Lube oil will be provided by EPA. 32.5% urea in water solution shall be provided by the contractor. Urea solution may be purchased from NALCO Corporation, Naperville, IL, (248) 344-7564; (4) Urea, Lube Oil, and Fuel Consumption Rates: Urea consumption shall be about 4% of fuel consumption. EPA will provide lube oil. To accelerate aging, lube oil will be injected into the intake manifold of the engine at a rate of approximately 0.5% of fuel consumption. EPA would like this injection to be controlled by or integrated into the contractor?s test cell controller. Engine fuel consumption rate shall be determined by the contractor. A burner will be incorporated into the exhaust system to generate exhaust temperatures of up to 700?C. The fuel consumption of the burner shall be taken into consideration. The contractor shall install the burner and oil injection system; (5) Aging Mode: AVL Mode 8 (for the ISX, about 1800 rpm and 90% throttle). This is equivalent to locomotive Notch 8. Approximate exhaust temperature will be 430?C; (6) Emissions: Emissions check of regulated pollutants is not required. All NOx measurement will be performed using ZrO2 NOx sensors provided by EPA; (7) Test Data Requirement: All applicable data channels will be recorded. Data shall be made available daily to the EPA via the internet; (8) Test Goals: The overall goal of the test shall be to maintain a NOx reduction efficiency of > 80% throughout the test. This testing also includes three (3) options for additional testing. Option 1: Run a second engine in parallel with and in the same configuration as the engine described above. This will require a second test site and engine and would be used to age a second pair of emission control systems; Option 2: Maximum of 30 additional 100-hour increments (3000 hours total) of locomotive emission control system aging as set forth above; Option 3 Maximum of 8 test cell down times of one week each for removal of catalysts for evaluation by EPA away from the contractor?s site. The contractor shall provide a final report by August 31, 2007 giving an overview of the testing performed. Also the contractor shall perform daily monitoring of the engine and ECS to insure that the system is operating properly. Detailed logs of test hours, issues, and resolutions will be kept in a computer file that can be sent to the EPA at any time during the course of the test at EPA?s request. This procurement is a small business set-aside under NAICS code 811198 with a size standard of $6.5 million. Award will be made using ?Best Value? evaluation criteria. All responsible sources capable of providing the required Accelerated Aging Testing of a Locomotive Emission Control System may submit a quotation which shall be considered by the Agency. The solicitation will be posted on the Fedbizopps.gov website by May 8, 2007. Questions should be submitted in writing to Scott Tharp via Fax (513) 487-2107 or email Tharp.Scott@epa.gov. Telephone responses will not be honored. See Note 1 NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (17-MAY-2007). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 18-MAY-2007. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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