3. Request for Technical Literature.pdf

REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL LITERATURE

Heavy Duty Alkaline Cleaner

a. The bidder shall provide, with its bid, descriptive literature that has previously been used to market the proposed Heavy Duty Alkaline Cleaner (HDAC). The literature will be used to technically evaluate the bid and shall describe how the HDAC meets requirements of the specification; specifically the paragraphs:

Information Furnished Ref. Paragraph(s) Ref. Paragraph(s)

Contractor Requirements 3.0 The contractor shall provide a material that is alkaline in nature and will have a minimum of the following ingredients:

Sodium hydroxide: 30%.

Potassium Hydroxide: 5%.

Gluconate family of chemicals: 25%.

3.1

Material cannot be corrosive to ferrous materials. 3.2 Material must be provided in 55 gallon drums. 3.3 Contractor must provide the following documents: 3.4 Universal Safety Data Sheet 3.4.A EXACT full formula disclosure including SDSs for all proprietary raw materials (IE. hydrotropes, surfactants, polymers)

3.4.B

Technical Data Sheet with: a) operating parameters b.)

titration procedure. 3.4.C

Provide a two gallon sample free of charge, if requested from ANAD, within 10 days of the formal request for a sample.

3.4.D

Material cannot have any component listed in the ANAD RED BOOK for prohibited items. SEE Statement of work 3.5

Material must be a single component product (all in one drum) 3.6

Material must not have any SARA 313 Reportable agents or hazardous Air Pollutants (HAPs) 3.7

Material must not have any component that is listed by: US EPA, OSHA, or the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a recognized OR suspected Carcinogen.

3.8

Contractor must be able to supply material within 25 calendar day from time of order. 3.9

Contractor must be capable of 200 drums per year in order increments of 20 drums. 3.10

Testing Requirement: De-rusting Compounds that meet the criteria in Section 3 and other Directorate of Contracting (DOC) requirements will require additional testing performed by ANAD Engineering and Chemistry laboratory. The list below are the tests used to differentiate between candidate materials. The testing evaluation is a scored and weighted series of analysis. The results for each candidate’s paint stripper is documented only on Attachment __, HD Alkaline Cleaner Evaluation Form.

There are three ways to fail testing: (1) fail an individual category of the testing; (2) have a Total Score below 31 when testing is completed; or (3) the discovery of a violation of one of the Contractor Requirements cited in Section 2 of the SOW, rendering the material technically unacceptable. The testing analyses are as follows:

A foam generation- Time for Foam collapse in a 50% solution at 180˚F with the introduction of compressed air for 10 seconds

4.1.A

Rust removal- evaluation of fresh solution at 50% concentrations at 180F. Rusted test specimens with equally developed rust layers produced by the testing lab are immersed into the testing solution. The time to remove all red rust is documented.

4.1.B

Base Metal Attack- two ferrous test panels are weighed and allowed to soak in a 50% solution for 24 hours at ambient temperature. Specimens rinsed, dried and are reweighed and metal loss is calculated.

4.1.C

Cleaning effectiveness- after extended heating at 200+F.

Test specimens are submerged into waste hydraulic and other oils and allowed to drip dry. Specimens are then placed in the heated rust stripping solution and rinsed every 5 minutes checking for a water break free surface with DI water. Two test specimens are evaluated and the average time is documented. Time to obtain a water break free surface is documented. Maximum allowable time is 15 minutes.

4.1.D

Grease removal- Clean test specimens are slathered with waste grease from gear and drive assemblies at ANAD and then scraped off to provide an even uniform layer on each specimen. Three test specimens are evaluated every 10 minutes for a water break free surface with DI water and the average time is documented. Maximum allowable time is 30 minutes OR if it takes longer than 30 minutes to achieve a water break free surface after being sprayed with DI water, than the best time plus 25% is the maximum time allowed.

4.1.E

b. The features, which must be addressed in the descriptive literature, are necessary to consider the bid responsive. If the bidder’s preprinted literature does not show all these features, the bidder must attach a letter of supplemental information to the literature describing in detail those required features.

c. The failure of descriptive literature to show that the product offered conforms to the requirements of this solicitation will require rejection of the bid.

d. Descriptive literature furnished under this solicitation that contains statements similar to ‘specifications are subject to change without notice’, ‘bid is subject to the following conditions’, or ‘prices are subject to change without notice’ shall not be considered for an award. The government has no assurance the products offered will conform to the specification; therefore, the bid is not considered a firm bid and will not be considered for an award.

e. Bidders who furnish a product catalog to satisfy this requirement must indicate which item is the subject of the bid by citing (highlighting, marking, etc.) model numbers and page numbers from the catalog in Section B of the solicitation along with the bid price.

Bids that fail to clearly establish what item or items are bid will be considered as non-responsive.

JUSTIFICATION FOR DESCRIPTIVE LITERATURE

Signed //Christina J. Cannon//

DELIVERY: Reasonable delivery for this item is 25 days.