DIST A_Market Survey Pretreatment System for Greywater.pdf

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Request for Information/Market Survey

Pretreatment System for Greywater Reuse

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT:

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI), A MARKET SURVEY REQUEST IN

SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING STUDY. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking offerors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-up information requests.

No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered.

STUDY:

The purpose of this questionnaire is to obtain information on local black water testing capabilities to support the Army’s black water treatment system science and technology program. The current and future demands of a highly mobile, resource-limited, Forward Operating Base (FOB) camp call for new advancements in technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse. The Government must continue to improve and optimize its water management to meet mission requirements. The need for reductions in the water supply burden of FOB operations and the safe discharge of wastewater require innovative technologies with the capability to treat black water (i.e., toilet, kitchen) so that it can be discharged into the environment, thus eliminating the need for waste hauling. GVSC currently has the need to test and evaluate containerized black water treatment systems in order to gather data for future Army black water treatment system requirements.

The U.S. Army is looking to test mobile black water treatment systems at a local test facility (< 90 miles from Detroit Arsenal). The proximity allows GVSC engineers to commute to the test site on a daily basis if necessary. The black water treatment systems will be contained in tricons (6.5’x8’x8’) up to standard ISO containers (20’x8’x8’). The treatment systems will be able to treat up to 7,500 GPD of black water from a feed stream with targeted characteristics stated in Table 1. The black water testing facility shall be able to provide the black water source and the operators to test the systems on a 24 hour per day basis, 7 days a week throughout the entire year. The test facility shall also be able to provide in-house analytical support for the analyses required in Table 2. The test facility shall have the expertise to produce technical reports from the results of the tests and perform statistical analyses on the laboratory samples obtained during the test.

Table 1. Target Average Organic Loading Rates for Blackwater Feed

Parameter Target Average (mg/L)

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) 1170

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) 2930

Total suspended solids (TSS) 1450

Table 2. Lab Analyses

INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE QUESTIONNAIRE:

1. Please answer all questions. Number each response with the appropriate question number.

2. You do not have to repeat the question in your response.

3. If you cannot answer a question, please indicate No Response.

4. If a response will satisfy another question, state: “See response to Question XXX.”

TEST METHOD

Total Coliforms SM 9221D

E. Coli EPA 9221D

Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD5) EPA 405.1

Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) EPA 410.1 or 410.4

Oil and Grease (O/G) EPA 1664A

Turbidity EPA 180.1

Total suspended solids (TSS) EPA 160.2 or SM 2540D

Total organic carbon (TOC) EPA 9060

Total phosphorus (TP) SM_4500-P-F

Total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) SM 4500

Ammonia as nitrogen (NH3) EPA 353.2

Nitrate as nitrogen (NO3) EPA 300.0

Nitrite as nitrogen (NO2) EPA 300.0

Metals EPA 200.7/6010/6020

Total solids (TS) EPA 160.3/SM 2540 G

5. Include relevant sales media and product manuals. If providing a manual formatted as a Portable Document File (PDF), annotate the manual to indicate which material is applicable to the questions. If appropriate and preferred, include Internet Web links to locations where animations/videos may be viewed.

6. If your sales media and/or manuals contain a restricted distribution statement, issue a release statement indicating that the restricted material may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this market survey.

7. Spell out any acronyms in their first instance.

8. Clearly mark any proprietary information. If applicable, the front page of your response package should state: “Proprietary Information Contained.” Provide a release statement indicating that the proprietary information may be distributed to Army personnel involved with this market survey.

10. Please note that Email submissions cannot exceed 15 megabytes per message. If your response exceeds 15 megabytes, please break it into two or more messages and title each appropriately in the subject line. Send email responses to Mr. Benjamin Thomas at benjamin.d.thomas31.civ@mail.mil with the subject line as “Black Water Market Research”.

Please respond by 24 JUL 2020, 5:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time.

11. If your product literature is in written format you may mail it to the following address:

US ARMY CCDC Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC) Water Equipment Branch

FCDD-GVS-ES

43124 Lake Street (Bldg. 350) Selfridge ANGB, MI. 48045-5256 ATTN: Benjamin Thomas

12. If you do send product literature under separate cover, please mention it in your e-mail response so we know to watch for it.

mailto:benjamin.d.thomas31.civ@mail.mil

Market Survey Questionnaire

INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR COMPANY

1. Please provide the following.

(1) Company Name:

(2) Address:

(3) Phone:

(4) Email:

(5) Point of Contact:

(6) Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code:

(7) Standard Industrial Classification (SIC):

2. If you were awarded a contract, would the place of performance be different from the address you entered above? If so, please state the place of performance.

3. How many personnel does your company currently employ?

SMALL BUSINESS

4. Is your Company a small business? Please specify which of the following apply.

(1) Small business

(2) Veteran-owned small business

(3) Service disabled veteran-owned small business

(4) HUBZone small business

(5) Women-owned small business

(6) Small disadvantaged business

(7) Small disadvantaged Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC)

(8) Native American Owned Small Business

(9) Other (please specify)

5. Please list all applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes that identify the company as a small business along with the associated size standard. The size standard is defined *in FAR 19.102 and can be found at: http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards

6. Is your Company eligible for any socio-economic programs such as 8(a), etc.? If so, please provide details.

FACILITY REQUIREMENTS

7. Does your facility have the capability to perform the required testing and indoor facilities to accommodate the systems? Describe the blackwater testing your company has performed.

http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards http://www.sba.gov/content/table-small-business-size-standards

8. Does your facility have the ability to adjust black water concentrations to achieve desired loading rates specified in Table 1? Describe the systems your company uses to vary wastewater loading rates.

9. Can your facility provide a black water feed per Table 1 at flow rates up to 7500 GPD?

Describe the systems your company has to feed the wastewater.

10. Can a containerized black water treatment system be setup at your facility and operated for 24hrs/day for 13 consecutive weeks?

11. Does your facility have an in-house laboratory that can perform sample analyses specified in

Table 2? Describe your laboratory, please include all equipment owned to run the analyses in Table 2.

12. Is 208-230V 3-phase power available for use to power the black water treatment systems to be tested?

13. Is your facility less than 90 miles from the Detroit Arsenal, 6501 E. 11 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397‐5000?

PERSONNEL

14. After the system is setup by GVSC, does your company have the personnel to operate, monitor and sample the system 24 hrs/day, 7 days a week for a 13 week test period?

15. Does your company have personnel that are knowledgeable in wastewater treatment and wastewater treatment system operation and maintenance? Please list years of experience and any certifications

16. Does your company have personnel that have the expertise to produce technical reports from the results of the tests and perform statistical analyses (R Programming or similar) on the laboratory samples obtained during the test?