CBD<99> TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEDURES, CONCEPTS, SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS OR DEVICES TO REPLACE, MINIMIZE, PROCESS OR OTHERWISE CONTROL POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN SONAR DOME DISCHARGE GENERATED BY ARMED FORCES VESSELS
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TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEDURES, CONCEPTS, SYSTEMS, ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS OR DEVICES
TO REPLACE, MINIMIZE, PROCESS OR OTHERWISE CONTROL POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN
SONAR DOME DISCHARGE GENERATED BY ARMED FORCES VESSELS
Category : <99> (Miscellaneous)
Address : Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, 9500 MacArthur
Blvd., West Bethesda, MD 20817-5700
Sol. no. : N00167-99-SS-0096
Contact : Sheila Riggs (301)227-5198
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SOL N00167-99-SS-0096 POC Sheila Riggs (301)227-5198 In support of the
development of Uniform National Discharge Standards (UNDS), the Carderock
Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (CDNSWC) seeks sources to propose
technologies, procedures, concepts, systems, alternative materials, or
devices, in support of the requirements of Reference (a) -- SHIP SYSTEMS
COMMAND CONTRACT SPECIFICATION (SHIPS-W-5477 of 15 Sep 69): Title --
WINDOW, RUBBER, DOME, AN/SQS-26 SONAR and Reference (b) NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS
COMMAND TECHNICAL DOCUMENT (NAVSEA T9830-AA-DDT-010 of 19 JUL 82): Title
-- SONAR DOME WINDOW DESIGN REQUIREMENTS to replace, minimize, process,
or otherwise control pollutants present in sonar dome discharge
generated by Armed Forces vessels. This discharge may include tributyl
tin (TBT), copper, nickel, and zinc. References (a) and (b) are available
at www.uswinfo.com as ".pdf" files. This discharge is generated by the
leaching of anti-foulant materials from the sonar dome material into the
surrounding seawater, and into the water within the dome itself which
must be discharged during maintenance activities. The use of anti foulant
materials in the sonar dome interior is being phased out with the
introduction of sonar domes that do not have these materials on the
internal surfaces. Hull-mounted sonar domes house the electronic
equipment used to navigate, detect, and determine the range to objects.
Sonar domes are composed of either rubber impregnated with TBT
anti-foulant, or rubber without TBT, steel, or glass-reinforced plastic,
and are filled with freshwater and/or seawater to maintain their shape
and internal pressure. The discharge is generated when materials leach
from the exterior surface of the dome, or when water from inside the dome
is pumped overboard to allow for periodic maintenance or repairs on the
sonar dome or equipment housed inside the dome. Potential offerors are
requested to respond with technical documentation supporting the
technology, procedure, concept, system, alternative material, or device.
The proposed solution must demonstrate the ability to control, reduce,
or eliminate the discharge and some or all of its constituents listed
above. Additional information should include, but not be limited to, the
following: process description, current commercial or military
applications, specific applications in the marine environment (including
customer references/ship class/name), processing rate capability, normal
operative and maximum permissible pressures, physical size, total dry and
wet weights, maintenance requirements, operational manning requirements,
power consumption per hour of operation, utilities required, secondary
wastestreams generated, and equipment performance and testing results.
Technical, industry, or professional society certifications or
endorsements should be provided, if available. A summary of agents or
contaminants which could potentially interfere with the operation and
performance of the technology is also requested. In evaluating the
submissions, DoD will, in support of the requirements identified in
references (a) and (b), consider the following criteria: (1) the nature
of the discharge that the technology, procedure, concept, system,
alternative material, or device is designed to process, (2) the
effectiveness of the technology, procedure, concept, system, alternative
material, or device at mitigating the environmental effects of that
discharge, and (3) the technology, procedure, concept, system,
alternative material, or device's cost, practicability and effect on
operations or operational capability when installed and used on a vessel.
This synopsis is for information purposes and to identify potential
technologies and offerors. This sources sought announcement does not
constitute an RFP and does not obligate the government in any way to
purchase or test any of the potential solutions offered. Further, it does
not commit the government to pay for any proposal costs in response to
the sources sought announcement. Submit responses for this synopsis to
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Attn: Sheila Riggs (Sonar Dome), Code 633,
9500 MacArthur Boulevard, West Bethesda, Maryland 20817. Responses to
this sources sought announcement are due within 45 calendar days of the
date of publication. For additional technical information on sonar dome
discharge, refer to the nature of discharge (NOD) report available at
http://206.5.146.100/n45/doc/unds/Proprule/Rule_idx.html. For more
information on this effort, please consult the Federal Register dated 25
August 1998 or visit the notice on the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency's homepage at
http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/1998/August/Day-25/w22533.htm.
Posted 09/29/99 (W-SN386235). (0272)