Material_Handling_Technical_Questions.DOCX

TARDEC ANNUAL MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT INSPECTION MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

Solicitation W56HZV-18-R-L507

1. Do you have all of the required experience, knowledge, and certifications (including Magnetic Particle Inspection Level II Per: SNT-TC-1A & CGSB 48-GP-8M, Qualified Inspector of Lift Forks IAW ANSI Standard B56.1-20000 and Manufacturers Recommended Practices, Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Training, Overhead Crane Inspector Training, Powered lift truck per CSA B335-94, Fall arrest/life line per CSA Z259.12, Scissor/Boom Lifts per CAN 8354.1.2.3.4 M82, and Crane Operator per ASME B16/B17). List all experience and certifications noted above.

2. Are you capable of performing certified inspections on Material Handling Equipment (MHE) to include forklifts, cranes, pallet jacks, jack stands, jacks, bottle jacks, dollies, push carts, sheet metal lifters, wheel dollies, econolift carts, hilo man baskets, tank dollies, Gemini 4 post car hoists, assorted hooks, pallet clamps, sheet metal clamps, crane forks, saw horse, drum lifters, service jacks, lift carts, lift tables, ladders, genie lift carts, pipe stands, fork extensions, fork truck boom attachments, tandemloc jacks, portable stairways, spreader bars, jack poles, Hillman rollers, beam clamps, hilo boom attachments, lift carts with forks, jet spare chainfall, screw jacks, chainfalls, cherry pickers, boom lifts, engine stands, leveling spreaders, gantree cranes, trollies, fork truck hook attachments, pallet pullers, sky hook carts with lift boom, scaffolds, calibration arms, CM come alongs, scissor jacks, flatbed carts, mechanical elevating tables, scale movers, master crane scales, lift assists, vacuum lifters, assorted tables, D Rings, hydraulic jacks, mag-mates, slings, eye bolts, and, assorted below-the-hook lifting devices. List your experience performing certified inspections on all MHE.

3. Please describe your experience conducting Material Handling Equipment inspections on various Material Handling Equipment including forklifts, cranes, pallet jacks, jack stands, jacks, bottle jacks, dollies, push carts, sheet metal lifters, wheel dollies, econolift carts, hilo man baskets, tank dollies, Gemini 4 post car hoists, assorted hooks, pallet clamps, sheet metal clamps, crane forks, saw horse’, drum lifters, service jacks, lift carts, lift tables, ladders, genie lift carts, pipe stands, fork extensions, fork truck boom attachments, tandemloc jacks, portable stairways, spreader bars, jack poles, Hillman rollers, beam clamps, hilo boom attachments, lift carts with forks, jet spare chain fall, screw jacks, chain falls, cherry pickers, boom lifts, engine stands, leveling spreaders, gantree cranes, trollies, fork truck hook attachments, pallet pullers, sky hook carts with lift boom, scaffolds, calibration arms, CM come alongs, scissor jacks, flatbed carts, mechanical elevating tables, scale movers, master crane scales, lift assists, vacuum lifters, assorted tables, D Rings, hydraulic jacks, mag-mates slings, eye bolts, and, assorted below-the-hook lifting devices.

4. Please describe your experience and knowledge conducting Material Handling Equipment inspections on Government Facilities/Military Bases.

5. Please describe your experience and knowledge with government systems including contractor manpower reporting, WAWF, MSDS informational/tracking sheets, etc.

6. Please describe your experience and knowledge with applying applicable regulations, publications, manuals, and local policies and procedures from OSHA, NFPA, Detroit Arsenal, and the Army Corps of Engineers as it pertains to Material Handling Equipment inspections and safety regulations.

7. Please describe your methodology and experience with providing weekly reports of work progress and end inspection roll up in a digital medium to the Contract Officers Representative (COR) in a way they can easily read and understand, and explain to their customers to include items inspected, corresponding inspection certificate, capacity, tag/ID assigned, location, and remarks involving certified or deficiency and recommendation.

8. Please describe your methodology and experience with completing and providing copies of each OSHA, ANSI, or ASME Survey Checklist for each piece of Material Handling Equipment and an organizing/storage system for the customer to maintain it.

9. Please describe your experience and knowledge regarding the following inspection/testing requirements: Magnetic particle crack detection testing, Visual and mechanical inspection, recording findings on certificates of compliance, marking Material Handling Equipment (stamping, tags, padlocks, seal, sticker), marking next inspection date due, marking deficient equipment, communicating findings to customers, destroying deficient items, etc.

10. Please describe your experience and knowledge regarding contacting/communicating with various equipment owners within an organization, developing an inspection plan for completing inspections of a large organizations worth of equipment spread over three facilities in two months, and maintaining/holding to that plan.

11. Please describe and provide a listing of all your experience and knowledge regarding certifications and training with the Crane Manufacturers Association of America, OSHA, and ANSI.