4. Request for Technical Literature.pdf

REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL LITERATURE

Heavy Duty Alkaline Cleaner, Deruster

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 Full formula disclosure 3.4.B Technical Data Sheet with operating parameters and titration procedure. 3.4.C

Provide a one gallon sample, if requested, from ANAD within 10 days of the formal 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 as a US federal government recognized 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: 3.11 Foam generation- no foam with the introduction of compressed air 3.11.A

Rust removal evaluation of fresh solution by manufacturer's recommendation concentration at 180F 3.11.B

Technical Data Sheet with operating parameters and titration procedure. 3.4.C

Cleaning effectiveness testing after extended heating at 200+F 3.11.D

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.