Foreword - spec30210003

DOE-SPEC-3021-97

FOREWORD

Use of this purchase specification is not mandatory. User should review the document and

determine if it meets the user's purpose.

Comments (recommendations, additions, and deletions) and any pertinent data that may be

of use in improving this document should be addressed to: DOE Backup Power Working Group,

c/o John Fredlund, DP-45/GTN, U.S. Department of Energy, 19901 Germantown Road,

Germantown, MD 20874-1290.

This document contains a "fill-in-the-blanks" guide specification for the procurement of

uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems greater than 10 kVA, organized as follows:

Parts 1 through 7:

Technical requirements.

Appendix A:

Technical requirements to be included in the proposal.

Appendix B:

UPS system data sheets to be completed by each bidder (Seller)

and submitted with the proposal.

Appendix C

General guidelines giving the specifier parameters for selecting a

UPS system. It should be read before preparing an actual

specification, and is not attached to the specification.

Attachment 1:

Sketches prepared by the purchaser (Owner).

Attachment 2:

Sample title page.

Because this guide specification contains blanks for the specifier to enter quantities, both

metric and inch-pound units have been noted where appropriate, with the metric unit in

parentheses. Select one system or the other (not both) when using the specification.

This document was produced by DOE's Backup Power Working Group for the use of its

members. This group is making this document available for the benefit of others through the

DOE Technical Standards Program. Other similar products are available and may be obtained

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