MODIFICATION
81 -- 55 Gallon Stainless Steel Drums
- Notice Date
- 5/21/2004
- Notice Type
- Modification
- NAICS
- 332439
— Other Metal Container Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition and Logistics Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 3571, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899-3571
- ZIP Code
- 20899-3571
- Solicitation Number
- SB1341-04-Q-0502
- Response Due
- 5/25/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/9/2004
- Point of Contact
- Carol Wood, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-975-8172, Fax 301-975-8884, - Patrick Staines, Contract Specialist, Phone (301)975-6335, Fax (301)975-8884,
- E-Mail Address
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carol.wood@nist.gov, Patrick.Staines@nist.gov
- Description
- Amendment 0003 The above referenced solicitation is hereby amended to respond to technical questions submitted. The due date for quotations, Tuesday, May 25, 2004 at 3:00 PM local time, remains unchanged by reason of this amendment. QUESTION: Specification (8): Tested and certified as an IP-3 Package per IAEA ST-1. We can not locate a reference to IP-3 Tests in the ST-1. What paragraphs from 713 through 737 under test for packages apply? RESPONSE: The following paragraphs from IAEA Safety Standards "Regulations for the Safe Transport of Radioactive Material 1996 Edition (Revised)" No. TS-R-1 (ST-1, Revised), International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna 2000: Paragraph numbers 310, 606, 608 - 613, 615, 634 - 639, 642, 643, 646, 647, 701, 702, 713 - 717, 719 - 724 apply to all radioactive materials transportation packages or specifically to Type IP-3 packages. Paragraph numbers 719 - 724 refer to the specific test requirements for normal conditions of transport for an IP-3 package. The equivalent paragraphs in the 1985 Edition of ST-1 for these same test requirements for normal conditions of transport are Paragraph numbers 619 - 624. QUESTION: The IP-3 information in the 49 CFR, Paragraph 173.411 leads to 173.412, to 173.465 (Type A), to 173.466. The Liquid Drop Test is a 30 feet drop test. RESPONSE: NIST understands this as an interpretive problem. The key is that 173.411 directs you to 173.412(a) through 173.412(j). STOP-do NOT continue with 173.412(k)and 173.412(l); they apply specifically to Type A packages designed for liquids or gases, NOT for Industrial Packages. 49CFR173.412(j) does direct you to 49CFR173.461(a) and to 49CFR173.465; it does NOT direct you to 49CFR173.466 which specifies the additional test requirements for Type A packaging designed for liquids. Nowhere within 173.465 does it specifically direct you to 173.466. The 30 foot drop test does NOT apply to IP-3 packages designed for liquids. Per the IAEA's ST-1, the 30 foot drop test is a demonstration of the package's ability to withstand accident conditions in transport. The IP-3 does not have to withstand accident conditions in transport, only the test requirements as specified in Paragraph numbers 719 - 724 (1996 Edition, Revised), for normal conditions in transport. Note: The specified drop height of 1.2 meters may be adjusted to a higher drop height to compensate for a test liquid with a lower density than the density that the container is being certified (by testing) to carry. For example, a drum to be embossed for liquids of density of 1.2 may be drop tested while filled with a liquid of density of 1.0 and while adjusting the drop test height to 1.5 meters instead of 1.2 meters; see United Nations (UN) "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods", Eleventh Revised Edition 1999, paragraph 6.1.5.3.4 QUESTION: Specification (9.) Embossing per UN Requirements. Is the heavy water shipped under DOT 7A or under UN, per the Department of Transportation? RESPONSE: The embossing (marking in a permanent manner) is a means to readily identify like containers (drums) that have all been manufactured to a design standard. Therefore, all containers (drums) which bear those same permanent markings can be said to meet a test requirement if a representative sample of that same design type was tested and the test results were documented. Documented verification that containers are of the same design type (by certifying the embossing), together with satisfactory QA inspection results, would allow the use of like containers for that same purpose for which the representative sample(s) were tested. For example, if a representative sample of a particular design type were satisfactorily tested as conforming to IP-3 package performance standards, then like packages with the same embossing could be used as IP-3, provided the test conditions (gross package weight, maximum liquid density) were not exceeded. Answer to the above question of whether the packages (containers together with their contents) will be "shipped under DOT 7A or under UN": DOT 7A is a 49CFR package design specification for a Type A package, which for liquids would require conformance to the performance standards in 49CFR173.466, a satisfactory drop test from 30 feet. That 30 foot drop test is a far more rigorous requirement than the 4 foot (1.2 meter) drop test required for an IP-3 package. Can you find test results for a 55-gal drum filled with liquid, dropped from 30 feet onto an unyielding surface, that retained all of its contents? US DOT regulations do allow for the use of an IP-3 package for the non-exclusive use transport of LSA-II liquids, however that is irrelevant as we are shipping in accordance with the IAEA regulations, not US DOT regulations. There are some differences, but they are related to aspects of shipment other than the IP-3 package requirements. For this procurement we are specifying drums, which together with their test documentation, are certified by the vendor as IP-3 packages. We are specifying drums which have been embossed according to the UN codes; for reference, these codes are also defined in 49CFR178.500 through 178.504 QUESTION: Specification (8.) According to the 49 CFR testing information, the suggested media for testing material with a specific gravity of 1.2 or less is water. RESPONSE: Yes, you can test for a liquid with specific gravity of 1.2 by using water. One way would be to dissolve sufficient solute until the density equaled 1.2, or a better way might be to adjust the drop test height to 1.5 meters instead of 1.2 meters, as allowed by United Nations (UN) "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods", Eleventh Revised Edition 1999, paragraph 6.1.5.3.4 (See response to the 1st question, above). QUESTION: Using 8.3 lbs./gallon, a 55 gallon drum would contain approximately 457 lbs. The requested test in Specification 8 is approximately 485 lbs. RESPONSE: For a drum with nominal capacity of 208 liters, the actual capacity when filled to overflow is approximately 218 liters, so subtracting 10% for ullage (void volume), this leaves approximately 196.2 liters (218 - 21.8). 196.2 liters x 1.2 density equals 235.44 kg (519 lbs). NIST’s procurement specification requires a net test weight of greater than or equal to 220 kg (485 lbs), so any drum embossed greater than or equal to 1.2 for the maximum relative density will meet that requirement, as long as the net test weight is greater than or equal to 220 kg. QUESTION: What is specific gravity of the material going into the drum? RESPONSE: Assume it is 1.2, as specified in the procurement. QUESTION: If it is 1.2 or less how do we reconcile the test weight for the UN marking? RESPONSE: See the previous response. 220 kg net test weight for density of 1.0 yields a fill volume of 220 liters, which would exceed the overflow capacity, so this would indicate that you have to test with a liquid of greater than 1.0 density, BUT for the drop test, you can test with density of 1.0 instead of density of 1.2 by adjusting the drop test height to 1.5 meters instead of 1.2 meters, as allowed by United Nations (UN) "Recommendations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods", Eleventh Revised Edition 1999, paragraph 6.1.5.3.4. For the stacking test, you could just add the appropriate additional mass to the stack. For either test, you do not have to test with liquid density of greater than 1.0. QUESTION: If it is greater than 1.2, we need to know what the specific gravity is to establish the test parameters. RESPONSE: Assume that the liquid that we want to ship in these drums could range up to a density of 1.2. That doesn't disqualify drums which have UN embossings for relative densities of greater than 1.2. They could go as high as 1.9 or even greater, that is just the design type permanent markings (embossings) by which the drums were certified for the transport of generic non-radioactive hazardous liquids by the UN. The IP-3 test requirements are independent of those non-radioactive liquid test requirements. NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO WWW.FEDBIZOPPS.GOV ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (21-MAY-2004); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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