SOLICITATION NOTICE
47 -- Bubbler Pipe - SF-1449
- Notice Date
- 8/9/2012
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 331210
— Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, USACE District, St. Paul, Attn: CEMVP-CT, 180 East Fifth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55101-1678, United States
- ZIP Code
- 55101-1678
- Solicitation Number
- W912ES-12-T-0119
- Archive Date
- 8/31/2012
- Point of Contact
- Jesse Onkka, Phone: 6512905444, Kevin P. Henricks, Phone: 6512905414
- E-Mail Address
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Jesse.L.Onkka@usace.army.mil, kevin.p.henricks@usace.army.mil
(Jesse.L.Onkka@usace.army.mil, kevin.p.henricks@usace.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- SF-1449 LOCK 6 DEWATERING SUPPLY CONTRACT BUBBLER PIPING DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION/WORK STATEMENT LOCK 6 DEWATERING SUPPLY CONTRACT BUBBLER PIPING DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATION 1.0 SCOPE. This section covers work necessary to supply stainless steel pipe, fittings, couplings, rubber check valves, butterfly valves and supports for the air bubbler system at Lock and Dam #6. 2.0 APPLICABLE PUBLICATIONS. The publications listed below form a part of this specification to the extent referenced. The publications are referred to in the text by basic designation only. The latest version of the publications shall be utilized. 2.1 American National Standard Institute (ANSI). B36.19M Stainless Steel Pipe 2.2 American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). A47 Standard Specification for Ferritic, Malleable, Iron Castings A53/A53M Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dipped, Zinc Coated, Welded and Seamless A276 Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes A312 Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe A536 Standard Specification for Ductile Iron Castings D2000 Standard Specification System for Rubber Products in Automotive Applications F593 Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Bolts F594 Standard Specification for Stainless Steel Nuts 3.0 GENERAL. Descriptions, sizes, and quantities of the required contract supply work items shall be as specified herein and in accordance with the attached sketches. 4.0 SUBMITTALS. The Contractor shall submit shop drawings of all required piping components, fittings, hoses, rubber check valves, butterfly valves and supports. Shop drawings shall be submitted within 30 days after notice to proceed. The Government will review shop drawings and provide comments and/or acceptance. Any review comments and/or acceptance will be provided within 10 days of shop drawing receipt. The Contractor shall provide revised shop drawings (incorporating comment changes) within 10 days from receiving comments. No piping or fittings or other components shall be shipped without acceptance shop drawings. The shop drawings shall clearly show the material and sizes proposed for all components. 4.1 Samples. A sample/prototype of the proposed rubber check valves and pipe nipple shall be submitted for approval. 5.0 MATERIALS. 5.1 Pipe. Bubbler pipe shall be stainless steel or galvanized steel, Schedule 10 or Schedule 40, as indicated in the bid schedule and shown in the drawing attachment (sketch). All pipe diameters and wall thicknesses shall conform to those shown for customary units in ANSI/ASME B36.19M. Except where shown on the drawings, all pipe shall be supplied in random 20 foot lengths (20 + 2 feet) with both ends factory roll grooved. The total footage shall not be less than what is shown on bid schedule. Pipe shall be furnished with holes where required. The hole spacing and pipe length shall be accurate to + 1/2 inch and the hole diameters shall be accurate to + 0.010 inches. The holes shall be smooth and free from burrs or extrusions on both inside and outside surfaces. The center lines of all holes shall be within 10 o of each other. Thread-O-Lets shall be factory welded over the pipe holes. 5.1.1 Stainless Steel Pipe. Pipe material shall be stainless steel, full annealed, pickled and passivated, ASTM A312, TP304 or TP304L "as‑welded" grade. 5.1.2 Galvanized Steel Pipe. Pipe material shall be hot-dipped galvanized, carbon steel, conforming to ASTM A53 /A53M, Type E or Type S, Grade B. Electroplated zinc or cadmium plating is unacceptable. 5.1.3 Pipe Marking. Piping shall be inscribed as schedule 10 or schedule 40. Piping shall be clearly marked and scribed on both ends as shown in the attached sketches (Label the pipe as Mark A or Mark B or M or Q). This will allow assembly of the piping at the lock site. Pipe marking or lettering shall be at least 1-1/2 inches in height and clearly legible. All pipe shall be clearly marked for its intended location. Pipe shall be inscribed with screen bubbler, recess bubbler, gate bubbler, etc. Lettering shall be minimum 1-1/2 inches in height. 5.2 Pipe Couplings and Fittings. All pipe couplings and fittings shall be compatible with one another and shall be ready for installation without need for further preparation or modifications. Couplings and fittings shall be compatible with Schedule 10 or 40 piping. All fittings shall be Schedule 10, Type 316 stainless steel with roll grooved ends. 5.2.1 Couplings shall be of the same style and manufacturer, Victaulic Style 77 standard coupling as manufactured by Victaulic Company of America, Easton, Pennsylvania or Gustin Bacon #100 manufactured by Tyler Pipe, Tyler, Texas or approved equal. Housing shall be Type 316 stainless steel conforming to ASTM A47 & A276 and shall have no more than two (2) fasteners. All fasteners shall be 316 stainless steel track head type bolts with 316 stainless steel hexagonal nuts and lock washers, and shall be adjustable with a single tool, without need to restrain rotating components. Coupling gasket shall be Victaulic or equal, Nitrile (Buna N), per ASTM D‑2000. Coupling shall have an internal pressure rating of 500 psig for Sch. 10 and 750 psig for Sch. 40. The coupling design shall permit removal of pipe sections by loosening and sliding the couplings and gaskets away from the joints without the need for complete disassembly. All fasteners shall be accessible from a single transverse direction. The Salient Specs for the following items can be found at http://static.victaulic.com/assets/uploads/literature/G-103.pdf. 5.2.2 90 o elbows shall be Victaulic No. 10, Gustin Bacon No. 20, or equal. 45 o elbows shall be Victaulic No. 11, Gustin Bacon No. 21, or equal. All elbows shall be Schedule 10, Type 316 stainless steel. Elbows shall be compatible with the supplied pipe couplings. 5.2.3 Tees supplied shall be Victaulic No. 20, Gustin Bacon No. 30, or equal. All tees shall be Schedule 10, Type 316 stainless steel. Tees shall be compatible with the supplied pipe couplings. 5.2.4 Caps shall be Victaulic No. 60, Gustin Bacon No. 70, or equal. Caps shall be drilled and/or tapped as shown on the attached sketches. Caps shall be made from Type 316 stainless steel and compatible with the supplied pipe couplings. 5.2.5 Reducers shall be Victaulic No. 50, Gustin Bacon No.60 or equal. Sizes and quantities shall be as shown on the bid schedule. Reducers shall be Schedule 10, Type 316 stainless steel. Reducers shall be compatible with the supplied pipe couplings. 5.3 Pipe Supports, Anchors, and Guides. 5.3.1 Offset Clamps. All offset clamps shall be ASTM A276 Type 316 stainless steel, Grinnel Co. Figure 103, Gulf State Hanger #88A, or equal. The center to center dimension of the clamp mounting holes shall not be greater than 12 7/8" for the 3" clamps and 11 3/4" for the 2 1/2" clamps. The mounting holes shall be 5/8" diameter +0.030"/‑0.00" for all 2", 2 1/2", and 3" clamps. 5.3.2 U‑Bolts and Spacers. All U‑bolts, nuts, and lock washers shall be ASTM A276 Type 316 stainless steel. U‑bolts shall match the pipe sizes indicated on the bid schedule. Each U‑bolt shall be provided with 4 hex nuts and 2 lock washers and spacer bar. Spacer bars shall be rectangular and 1 inch thick and drilled to match the U-bolt spacing. Spacer bars shall be Type 316 stainless steel. The number of spacers shall match the number of U-bolts. The U-bolts, nuts, and spacers shall be assembled, shipped, and packaged together. 5.3.3 Expansion Anchors. All concrete expansion anchors shall be cinch type, ASTM A276 Type 316 stainless steel, conforming to Fed. Spec. FF‑S‑325, Group II, Type 4, Class 1. Hole size shall be the bolt hole size and Type 316 stainless steel nuts and washers shall be provided. Lock washers shall be supplied with the expansion anchors in place of plain washers. Corresponding sizes and lengths shall be as follows: Anchor Size Length 1/2 in. 6‑1/2 in. 5.4 Air Hoses. The air hoses supplied shall be designed for mining and construction. Hose shall be Goodyear Heavy Duty Explorer Plus, Titan SS110, or equal. The hose sections shall be designed for cold weather application and shall be flexible in temperatures to minus 40 degrees F. No PVC covers shall be allowed. The hose sections can be conductive. Hose shall have an oil resistant neoprene tube that handles working pressures up to 250 psig. Hose ends shall be 316 stainless steel, Victaulic or equal, groove shank types along with (and fastened to the hose) permanently pressed on 316 stainless steel ferrules. Hose lengths as listed on the bid schedule, measured from end to end. The Salient Specs for the aforementioned hose can be found at http://www.goodyearep.com/productsdetail.aspx?id=1342. 5.5 Thread-o-lets. Thread-o-lets shall be 304 stainless steel, 3000#, and designed for welding on 2-1/2 inch to 2 inch pipe run. Thread-o-lets shall have 1/2 inch National Pipe Thread (NPT) outlet. Contractor shall factory weld thread-o-lets onto the bubbler pipe as indicated. Welders shall be AWS certified. Thread-o-lets shall be centered over each drilled hole. 5.6 Pipe nipples shall be schedule 40, Type 316 stainless steel, with one end threaded and one end plain. Pipe nipples shall be 1/2 inch by 3 inch. Pipe nipples shall be factory banded to the rubber check valves. Spare pipe nipples are provided so the quantity does not match exactly with the number of Thread-O-Lets. 5.7 Rubber Check Valves. The contractor shall provide a prototype for acceptance before manufacturing the quantities indicated on the bid schedule. Rubber check valves shall be similar to Red Valve Air Diffuser Check Valves manufactured specifically for lock and dam applications. The check valves shall be capable of discharging air at the design conditions and also prevent the backflow of liquid and debris into the unit and air distribution piping. The quantity of valves required is indicated on the bid schedule and includes a number of spare valves. 5.7.1 Rubber check valves shall be a "duck bill" type design. Each valve shall be fabricated from compression molded Buna Nitrile elastomer with enough resiliency to open by hand. Rubber check valves shall open with approximately 1/2 psig air pressure and shall be suitable for compressed air application up to 100 psig. Positive differential pressure shall open the valves. Reverse pressure on the outside of the valve shall seal the valve preventing any backflow. 5.7.2 Each rubber check valve shall be factory banded to a Type 316 stainless steel pipe nipple. The factory-banded clamp shall also be Type 316 stainless steel. Pipe nipples shall be 1/2 inch size as indicated above and threaded on both ends. Rubber check valves shall utilize an interference fit over the 1/2" pipe nipples. A 1/2" pipe nipple has an outside diameter of 0.840 inches. The actual amount of interference between the rubber check valve and the pipe nipple shall be coordinated with the Government at the shop drawing review stage and as part of the submittal sample. Alternate methods of mounting the rubber check valve to the pipe nipple may be accepted. 5.7.4 Design Parameters. Rubber check valves shall be capable of operating in both high and low pressure systems. The following design parameters shall be applicable to the two system operating types. a. High Pressure System operating pressure 100 psig. b. Low Pressure System operating pressure 20 psig. c. High Pressure unit maximum headloss 30 inches of H20. d. Low Pressure unit maximum headloss 9 inches of H20. 5.7.5 Submittal Requirements. The manufacturer shall include the following documents for review and acceptance. a. Dimensional drawings. b. Certified flow versus headloss curves. c. Product sheet for the banding/adjustable clamp showing material grade, dimensions and torque capacity. 5.8 Butterfly Valves. Butterfly valves shall be supplied in the sizes and quantities indicated in the bid schedule. Butterfly valves shall have a minimum pressure rating of 300 psi and be compatible with the supplied piping. Valve bodies shall be ductile iron conforming to ASTM A536, grade 65-45-12 and coated with the manufacturer's standard coating system. Seat material shall be lubricated nitrile. Other seat materials suitable for use with air systems may be accepted. Butterfly valves shall be hand operated by means of a lever that is infinitely variable from 0 ° (fully open) to 90 ° (fully closed). Butterfly valves with handwheel operators will not be accepted. 6.0 PACKAGING AND MARKING. Pipe ends shall be bundled with steel bands and pipe ends shall be protected from damage. Pipe fittings, supports, and anchor bolts shall be properly packaged to assure protection from damage in transit. Boxes shall be marked and tagged to clearly identify contents. 7.0 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE. The Contractor shall notify the Government by phone 5 calendar days in advance of date of shipment. As soon as practicable following delivery, the shipment will be inspected by a Government representative. Work will be accepted if, upon inspection, it is found to be in full compliance with the contract requirements. 8.0 DELIVERY. All piping, fittings, and components shall be delivered by November 15 th, 2012. All transportation charges shall be included. Shipment shall be made to: US Army Corps of Engineers Mississippi River Lock and Dam 6 W24055 Lock and Dam Rd. Trempealeau, WI 54661-0406 Telephone: 608-534-6424 Lockmaster: Rojean LaSeure 8.1 Government personnel will provide necessary assistance for unloading during the hours of 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, except on Government holidays.
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- Address: Wisconsin, United States
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