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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 15, 2007 FBO #2180
MODIFICATION

34 -- Cryomilling System

Notice Date

11/13/2007
 

Notice Type

Modification
 

NAICS

333513 — Machine Tool (Metal Forming Types) Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

RDECOM Acquisition Center - Adelphi, ATTN: AMSRD-ACC, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20783-1197
 

ZIP Code

20783-1197
 

Solicitation Number

W911QX-08-T-0004
 

Response Due

11/21/2007
 

Archive Date

1/20/2008
 

Point of Contact

Cayti Abbott, 410-278-6517
 

E-Mail Address

Email your questions to RDECOM Acquisition Center - Adelphi
(cayti.kyle.abbott@arl.army.mil)
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

Block vii is changed as follows: The system must be installed and fully operational by 3/31/2008. Block xvi is changes as follows: Offers are due on 11/21/2007, by 11:59 PM EST via email to cayti.kyle.abbott@arl.army.mil. The Statement of Work is changed as follows: C.1 General Description - The Contractor shall design, build, supply various parts, equipments, and subsystems; shall modify Government supplied parts, equipment, and subsystems; shall integrate them; shall configure a cryomilling system; and shall perfor m an initial startup operation of the cryomilling system at L1138 in Building 4600, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. The cryomilling system must be capable of performing cryomilling operations of various metallic powders, ceramic powders, and mixtures of both metallic and ceramic powders in both batch and continuous modes; blending operations of the cryomilled powders with unmilled metallic powders, unmilled ceramic powders, and mixtures of both unmilled metallic and ceramic powders; and degassing and canning operations of mixtures of the cryomilled powders with the unmilled powders. The Contractor shall use Al-5083 alloy and boron carbide powders, supplied as Government Furnished Property (GFP) at time of award, to perform the initial startup operation of the cryomilling system. C.2 Government Furnished Equipment (GFE): The Government will provide the following for the duration of the contract at contract award. The equipment shall remain at the Government installation but is available at all times to the contractor. (1) A Union Process 1-S Attritor subsystem consisting of a grinding tank, a holding tank, a slurry collection tank, slurry pump (2) A double chambered Labconco Protector Fiberglass Controlled Atmosphere Glove Box with Pressure Control Module, Auto Purge/Fill Sequencer, and Foot Pedal (3) An AES Softwall Cleanroom 3000AL enclosure (http://www.aesclean.com) (4) A gas tungsten arc (GTA) welding machine for canning the blended powders for subsequent hot isostatic pressing (HIP) consolidation (5) a stainless steel glove box that is intended to accommodate the GTA welding machine for controlled atmosphere welding operation in order to pack and seal the blended powders in to a stainless steel can for subsequent consolidation (6) A scale for weighing the powders according to the specified composition (7) A V blender to mix different powders homogeneously (8) A 120 pounds per square inch (psi) air supply with a regulator and an on/off valve (9) Non-potable water supply with an on/off valve (10) An exhaust vent duct to the roof for discharging air stream after a dust collector separates waste aluminum powders from process air stream (11) Two electric power disconnects of 440V, 3 phase, 30A (12) An electric power disconnect of 208V, 3 phase, 25A, several 115V, 15A electrical outlets (13) Two 240L liquid nitrogen dewars. C.3 The Contractor shall supply the following: (1) Electrical parts, and electric subsystems, and electrical connections from the Government supplied electrical disconnects to the parts and the subsystems (2) Liquid nitrogen (LN2) transport pipes, plumbing, and pipe insulation from the Government supplied LN2 dewars to the subsystems (3) Water pipes, plumbing, and pipe insulations from the Government supplied non-potable water supply (4) A dust collect subsystem (also known as a scrubber) and related hardware that are capable of collecting Al5083 powder dusts exhausted from the cryomilling system and passivating the Al5083 powder dusts so that they are no longer ignitable (5) A degassing subsystem consisting of a mechanical vacuum pump, a diffusion vacuum pump, a heating apparatus, and control hardware (6) Modification of the Government supplied glove box, Labconco Cat No. 5080120, so that the glove box subsystem is capable for vacuum purge, monitoring oxygen and moisture contents, and packing the blended cryomilled and unmilled powders in to ca ns; and containers and cans that are required during the entire cryomilling process life cycle (7) A powder packing vibrator that vibrates the can during the canning operation in order to increase packing density of the blended powders (8) An initial startup operation (9) Complete operators manual of the cryomilling system for both batch and continuous cryomilling modes (10) A generalized cryomilling process flow diagram describing sequences of operations and related safety issues. On-site field service personnel shall be US citizens to be able to access Building 4600 in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.
 

Place of Performance

Address: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Adelphi ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-AA BLDG 434 ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS APG MD

Zip Code: 21005-5001

Country: US
 

Record

SN01451189-W 20071115/071113223808 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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