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ATTACHMENT 1 – Product Specifications Request for Proposal # 260000002268 Cone Penetrometer Test Sounding Unit, Truck Mounted All items specified and furnished by the Contractor shall be new, shall be of the latest model in current production, and shall include all standard features normally offered with these models.
Referenced make/model of the CPT system is Vertek 20 Ton Truck Mounted Cone Penetrometer Testing System. Bidder may offer alternate make/model or exceptions to the specifications. If offering an alternate, product literature for the make/model offered must be provided with bid response.
Bidder’s Response: Indicate offered CPT System:
Make:
Model:
Referenced make/model of the truck is Mack 6 x 4. Bidder may offer alternate make/model or exceptions to the specifications. If offering an alternate, product literature for the make/model offered must be provided with bid response.
Bidder’s Response: Indicate offered Truck:
Make:
Model:
RFP 2600000002268, Attachment 1 2 Bidder must respond to each section with YES or NO (or enter additional information as requested). If NO is indicated, provide explanation and available option.
Bidder’s Response
| 1.0 |
| Manufacture and Support |
| 1.1 |
| CPT truck must be assembled in United States of America (USA). |
| 1.2 |
| CPT push system, CPT cones, and CPT rods must be manufactured by a single vendor in the USA. |
| 1.3 |
| The CPT truck must be an established product with at least five previous deliveries of similar 20-ton truck mounted CPT systems to department of transportation agencies in USA. Prototypes will not be accepted. |
| 1.4 |
| Compatible and integrates with Michigan DOT’s current Vertek series CPT system with no modifications. |
| 1.5 |
| Warranty, service, and calibration must be available within the USA. |
| 2.1 |
| Peterbilt 548 Tandem truck or similar model Mack Granite series. |
| 2.2 |
| The CPT truck must have a day cab. |
| 2.3 |
| 6x4 drive configuration. |
| 2.4 |
| System chassis with hydraulically driven front drive axle system. |
| 2.5 |
| 1.5 million in-lb. Resisting Bending Moment (RBM) minimum frame rating. |
| 2.6 |
| Full steel inner frame liner. |
| 2.7 |
| 18,000 lb minimum load capacity front axle. |
| 2.8 |
| 40,000 lb minimum load capacity rear axle. |
| 2.9 |
| 220-240” wheelbase depending on front axle position (set back/set forward). |
| 2.10 |
| Paccar PX-9 or similar engine package with approximately 350 hp and 1,050 lb-ft torque |
| 2.11 |
| Allison 3000 RDS-P Gen 6 transmission or similar |
| 2.12 |
| Minimum 50-gallon fuel tank |
| 2.13 |
| Power Takeoff (PTO) provisions |
| 2.14 |
| Low voltage indication system that will start the truck and charge the batteries if the voltage drops below a set point controllable by Michigan DOT. |
| 2.15 |
| Body builder harness to allow aux idle controls and e-stop installation inside cabin. |
| 2.16 |
| Standard manufacture color (such as Black, Silver, White, etc) will be selected at time of order. |
| 3.1 |
| Insulated walls and ceiling. |
| 3.2 |
| Aluminum interior and exterior siding, white color. |
| 3.3 |
| Five sliding windows with screens – four windows in the side walls and one window in the door. |
| 3.4 |
| Lockable main entrance door with window located at the rear of the cabin. |
| 3.5 |
| Roof opening with locking hatch above push frame. |
| 3.6 |
| HVAC system with thermostat control for cooling and heating. |
| 3.7 |
| Four LED lights on ceiling |
| 3.8 |
| Easy lightweight aluminum stow away ladder for ingress/egress. |
| 3.9 |
| Five interior 120V AC Outlets (one located near the push frame) and three 120V AC exterior outlets. |
| 3.10 |
| Pure sine or true sine wave AC power inverter capable of running CPT equipment and 20 amp coring motor. |
| 3.11 |
| Rear deck with railings to provide points of contact during ingress/egress. |
| 3.12 |
| Painted steel floor, black color. |
| 3.13 |
| Eight tie down D-rings, four on the floor and four on the walls, with locations to be determined prior to assembly. |
| 3.14 |
| Two tool cabinets with locking drawers. One tool cabinet must have a stainless steel top and the second cabinet must have a butcher block wood top. |
| 3.15 |
| Heavy duty vise designed specifically for gripping CPT cone during maintenance or disassembly. |
| 3.16 |
| 50-gallon water tank with built in overflow protection, exterior mounted fill, and drain valve. Water tank must be plumbed to exit the cabin at the rear wall. A shut-off valve in the interior of cabin must be included. Exact location of the water tank and hose bib will be determined prior to assembly. |
| 3.17 |
| Two horizontal rod racks with: casters and locking floor brackets, 10 removable horizontal trays for each rod rack, capacity for minimum 60 rods in each rod rack. |
| 3.18 |
| One vertical rod rack capable of holding 20 rods must be mounted on the rear deck. |
| 3.19 |
| Marine shore power receptacle located on the rear wall of the cabin. It shall be wired to provide power from a generator to the cabin lights, interior and exterior outlets. Location to be determined prior to assembly. |
| 3.20 |
| Lockable cable hatch in the rear wall of the cabin to allow for a grout hose to pass though the cabin wall. Location to be determined prior to assembly. |
| 3.21 |
| Customized Cabin Wrap. |
| 3.22 |
| Thermostatically controlled van body with thermostat to automatically start truck. |
| 3.23 |
| Up to ten strobe lights near the top corners of the cabin and on the back of the cabin. The strobes shall be controlled by a switch in the cab of the truck. |
| 4.1 |
| Four hydraulic leveling jacks. |
| 4.2 |
| Rear jacks include steel pads to reduce ground pressure. |
| 4.3 |
| Rear jacks hydraulically coupled together to allow float left and right, creating an even lift. |
| 4.4 |
| PO check valves for load holding, to prevent the chassis from settling or falling. |
| 5.1 |
| 40,000 lb. push capacity, 50,000 lb. pull capacity. |
| 5.2 |
| Two 5-inch cylinders with 42-inch stroke. |
| 5.3 |
| Maximum push system height when fully extended is below ceiling height eliminating need for cupola. |
| 5.4 |
| 85,000 lb. clamping force head clamp. |
| 5.5 |
| Two sets of removable smooth clamping jaws, 1 set for 1.44-inch diameter rods and 1 set for 1.75-inch diameter rods. |
| 5.6 |
| Hydraulic auxiliary clamp to prevent rods from falling. |
| 5.7 |
| Guide tube with inside diameter large enough to allow flat blade dilatometer to slide through with removable aluminum inserts. |
| 5.8 |
| Threaded rod wiper housing at bottom of guide tube to keep rods clean. |
| 6.1 |
| Integrated load sense PTO-driven hydraulic pump. |
| 6.2 |
| Regenerative circuit hydraulic manifold to provide increased cylinder movement speed, while automatically toggling out of regenerative mode for full hydraulic power when heavy cylinder push/pull forces are required. |
| 6.3 |
| Pressure gauges at control stand to monitor hydraulic pressure for overall system, head clamp, and auxiliary clamp. |
| 7.1 |
| Electronically controlled push cylinders, primary clamping cylinder, auxiliary clamping cylinder, leveling jacks, and seismic beam. |
| 7.2 |
| Adjustable ram setpoint limits to prevent cylinders from traveling beyond a setpoint, such as the length of a CPT rod. |
| 7.3 |
| Manual electronic joystick to over-ride push button ram cylinder controls. |
| 7.4 |
| Auto clamp feature to automatically activate aux clamp when primary clamp is deactivated, and automatically activate primary clamp when aux clamp is deactivated. |
| 7.5 |
| Video camera displaying bore hole area under the body, display near operator. |
| 8.0 |
| Hydraulic Seismic Beam |
| 8.1 |
| Dual shear wave generation system (left and right strike). |
| 8.2 |
| Integrated into front jacks to decrease ground pressure while putting total front truck weight on seismic beam. |
| 8.3 |
| Remote activation on the HMI touch screen. |
| 9.0 |
| Cone Penetrometer System |
| 9.1 |
| Two VTK Revo data acquisition systems compatible with Michigan DOT's current Vertek CPT system. |
| 9.2 |
| Two data cables minimum of 80 meters in length connecting to MDOT existing Vertek CPT cones without an adapter. |
| 9.3 |
| Laptop with data acquisition software includes English, Spanish, and French language. |
| 9.4 |
| Output data files to .KMZ to allow plotting on Google Earth. |
| 9.5 |
| Ten 1.75-inch diameter rods with speed lock style threads that take no more than 3 turns from full unlock to full lock |
| 9.6 |
| Three 1.75-inch diameter rods with speed lock style threads that take no more than 3 turns from full unlock to full lock with friction reducing expander ring. |
| 9.7 |
| Fifty 1.44-inch diameter rods with speed lock style threads that take no more than 3 turns from full unlock to full lock. |
| 9.8 |
| Three 1.44-in diameter rods with speed lock style threads that take no more than 3 turns from full unlock to full lock with friction reducing expander ring. |
| 9.9 |
| Provide one sub from a grout hose to 1.75-inch diameter rods. |
| 9.10 |
| One depth cable to interface depth counter to truck and data acquisition system. |
| 9.11 |
| One string style depth counter. |
| 9.12 |
| Two seismic triggers mounted to left and right side of seismic beam. |
| 9.13 |
| Spare cone wear items: 5 tips, 5 sleeves, 10 pore pressure filter tubs, 3 retaining rings, 1 o-ring kit, and 5 rod wipers for 1.75-inch diameter rods and cones. |
| 10.0 |
| Instruments and Sampling |
| 10.1 |
| Medusa Dilatometer Test (DMT) system with adapter kit to allow use of Michigan DOT's current CPT rods and cable to work as data connection from Medusa DMT to Medusa data acquisition control box. |
| 10.2 |
| Soil sample capable of attaching to MDOT’s current 1.75-inch diameter or 1.44-inch diameter rods with a cable latch actuator. The soil sampler should take samples up to 20 inches in length. 24 plastic sample tubes must be provided with the soil sampler. |
| 10.3 |
| One 20 ton (1.75-inch diameter) digital piezocone with tri-axial geophones and internal dual axis inclinometer. |
END OF SPECIFICATION