MMH SOO 1 Nov.pdf

STATEMENT OF OBJECTIVES

Monomethylhydrazine (MMH)

1 Nov 2023

1. SCOPE OF REQUIREMENT: The Defense Logistics Agency Energy (DLA Energy), as the Department of Defense (DoD) Integrated Materiel Manager (IMM) for Aerospace Energy products and related services, requires delivery of Monomethyl hydrazine (MMH) fuel in support of National Defense and the U.S. Space Programs. The contractor shall provide all production related facilities, raw material, supplies, management, tools, storage, equipment, and labor necessary for the delivery of MMH to Vandenberg SFB, CA and to Kennedy Space Center, FL.

2. PRODUCT PRODUCTION:

3. DELIVERY: The Government shall order product by issuance of delivery orders by the DLA Contracting Officer. The Contractor shall deliver product fob destination in Contractor provided tanks/cylinders to both Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), California and Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida in accordance with delivery order.

a. Each Contractor tank/cylinder delivered shall be identified by batch #, date of manufacture, with representative assay data. Contractor shall retain duplicate copies of paperwork for the life of this contract and provide upon request.

b. Each Contractor shall provide liquid and vapor 1/2” adapter for offloading purposes at minimum of four sets per shipment.

c. Contractor shall prepare and coordinate the pick-up and return of emptied tanks/cylinders with both VSFB and KSC personnel when requested. Contractor shall be responsible for return shipping costs.

d. Contractor shall provide cylinder lease rate after sixty days from delivery of product, up

1. All products detailed below shall be produced using a Raschig based process.

a. Propellant, Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) which conforms to the requirements of purchase description DLA Energy – MMH FS1 the purchase description shall be modified to include the following requirements:

i. Elemental analysis samples shall be prepared by obtaining the NVR residue by the hot plate method (D.2.1) using platinum dishes referenced in MIL-PRF-26536G. The propellant residue obtained from the aforementioned NVR analysis shall be processed for instrumental analysis using Nitric Acid for all pertinent steps in Appendix C of MIL- PRF-26536G. Induct ive ly Coupled Plasma (ICP)

ii. <0.1 ppm max Cadmium (Cd) as determined by ICP

iii. <0.5 ppm max Tin (Sn) as determined by ICP

iv. < 5 ppm max Silicon (Si) as determined by ICP

v. <0.5 wt% organics as determined by GC FID using the method in Appendix A as a basis.

vi. <0.5 wt% methylamine as determined by GC-FID using the method in

Appendix A as a basis.

vii. <0.2 wt% ammonia as determined by GC-FID using the method in Appendix

A as a basis.

to six months. Government reserves the right to relocate cylinders, with prior approval from vendor.

e. Deliveries and delivery locations are listed on ‘Attachment 1’.

4. PRODUCT COSTS: Offered prices shall include all variable and incremental costs associated with production and transportation of products.

5. DELIVERY ORDERS: The Government shall order product by issuance of delivery orders by the DLA Contracting Officer.

6. SAMPLE TESTING: The Government may require Pre-Production Samples, First Article Analytical Samples, and Testing Samples.

7. PRODUCTION/STORAGE: The government anticipates issuing one delivery order for the estimated annual requirement for each product at the start of the contract and at the beginning of each following year. The intent is to allow the contractor to schedule the production runs for each product in the most economical manner. However, the government may prioritize or adjust the order of product deliveries depending on demand and inventory posture. The contractor shall be capable of producing the annual estimated quantity of each product within the 12-month annual contract period. In the event there are product needs which are not identified in the annual requirement, the DLA Contracting Officer will issue a separate delivery order. The Contractor shall produce and have ready for delivery the product ordered outside of the annual requirement within 30 days of order unless otherwise specified in the delivery order.

a. In addition to the reports required elsewhere within this contact, one copy of a Certificate of Analysis for each sample required by the specification shall be emailed to tech.prop@dla.mil submitted as an attachment to the applicable Wide Area Work Flow (WAWF) invoice for new production.

8. DISTRIBUTION SERVICE: Shipments shall be scheduled in accordance with DD Form 1149 issued by the Customer Account Specialist. Contractor shall comply with 49 CFR in the preparation of shipping documents and any federal, state, county and/or local required transportation forms.

mailto:tech.prop@dla.mil