Electric steam generator- Danville

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The Danville VA Medical Center has a specific need for a new Electric Steam Generator.

Vendor to supply a new Electric Steam Generator to the following specifications:

Equipment:

o 180kW Electric Steam Generator (3ph 480 volt)

o Pressure vessel rated to lOOPSIG to ASME Section 1.

o UL Listed Device. CSA Listed Device

o NEC accepted wiring construction.

o Capable of minimum 542 lbs/hr of steam generation at rated pressure.

o Insulated Steel Pressure Vessel

o One (1) Sussman Model ES-180 180 kW Packaged Electric Steam Boiler, 542 LBS/HR, 480/3/60 lOOPSIG design

o Stainless steel sheathed heating elements & epoxy sealed terminals.

o Standard Boiler Trim Including: NEMA 1cabinet, water level sight glass, drain/blowdown valve, ASME pressure relief valve pressure gauge c/w isolating stopcock, automatic reset electronic low water cutoff/ pump control, operating and high limit pressure controls, manual reset high pressure controller, backflow check valve and drain/blowdown valves, auxiliary low water cut-off included.

o Ventilated control panel including: main on/off switch, fused control circuit transformer, class "J"

branch sub-circuit fusing, definite purpose magnetic contactors, step controller, on/off lights.

o ES38020A Water Feed Pump

o ES99335F Transformer

o ES81600-3 Automatic Blow Down Assembly

o ES100442 Sequencer

o ES89369 Vacuum Breaker

o ES94387 Manual / Auto Switch

o ES9363 Extra Dry Contacts (6) PER BOILER

o ES99113R Low Pressure Control Assembly

o ES99184 Surface Blowdown Valve Assembly

o ES103790 Steam Stop Valve Assembly 1-1/2N PT

o Water Inlet: 1/2" NPT

o Steam Outlet: 2"- N PT

o Drain: 3/4" NPT with valve

o Total Amperage: 217 @ 480/3





Feedwater System:

o 180kW Electric Steam Generator to have dedicated pump/motor, sized for effective fill rate at operating pressure.

o 3- 120V/1PH/60Hz pumps/motors to meet existing lOOkW boiler demands of minimum 2.0gpm fill rate at operating pressure. Pump Model 105AERCT5-SS, 1h HP SS Regenerative Turbine Pump,

1/60/115V TEFC for installation to existing Boiler Feed system.

o Feedwater control cabinet shall have dedicated HOA switches for each pump (4 total), a lOkW tank heater, 15% minimum oversized transformer from 6kVA rating, contactors, overloads, alarm audio/visual), and make up feed water circuit.

o One HEATER/PUM P CONTROL PANEL 460/3/60 to control

o Panel to operate on individual Start Commands for each pump



This is not a Request for Proposal or an announcement of a solicitation and no solicitation package exists at this time. Your responses will be used solely for market research purposes of the Government. The Government will not pay for any materials provided in response to this notice and submittals will not be returned to the sender.

The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code for this requirement is 332410 and the small business size standard is 500 employees. Responses due are to be submitted by e-mail to Michael J Rosenthal at Michael.rosenthal@va.gov . The information requested must be received no later than 2:00 pm Central Standard Time on Monday, August 22, 2016.