A-A-50549 Heaters, Water, Liquid Fuel Oil-Fired, Storage Type, not Exceeding 280,000 BTU/H Input CapacityThis Commercial Item Description covers vertical, light-oil fired, storage-type water heaters having thermal inputs not exceeding 280,000 British thermal units per hour Btu/h 82,040 Watts W and storage capacities up to 100 gallons gal 379 liters L and constructed to Underwriters Laboratories, Inc UL or American Society of Mechanical Engineers ASME requirements.

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5.  QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS.

5.1  Contractor certification.  The contractor shall certify and maintain substantiating evidence that the product offered meets the salient characteristics of the commercial item description, and that the product conforms to the producer's own drawings, specifications, standards, and quality assurance practices, and is the same product offered for sale in the commercial marketplace.  The government reserves the right to require proof of such conformance prior to first delivery and thereafter as may be otherwise provided for under the provisions of the contract.  Contractor certifications shall include Underwriter Laboratory certification as follows:

5.2  Standards compliance.

5.2.1  UL requirements.  Acceptable evidence of meeting the requirements of UL296 and UL732 shall be the UL certification symbol or label, listing in the Listing File, or a certified test report from a recognized independent testing laboratory indicating the components have been tested and conform to UL296 and UL732.

5.2.2  ASME requirements.  Acceptable evidence of meeting the requirements of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IV, Pressure Vessels should be the receipt of a manufacturer's certificate of compliance, stating the equipment procured with this commercial item description is in compliance with the applicable requirements of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section IV, Pressure Vessels.

6.  PACKAGING.  Preservation, packing, and marking shall be as specified in the contract or order (see 7.2).

7.  NOTES.

7.1  Source of documents.

7.1.1  ANSI Standards are available from the American National Standards Institute, Inc.,

11 West 42nd Street, New York, NY  10036.

7.1.2  SAME Standards are available from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, United Engineering Center, 345 East 47th Street, New York, NY  10017.

7.1.3  ASTM Standards are available from the American Society for Testing and Materials,

100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA  19103.

7.1.4  UL Standards are available from the Underwriters Laboratories Inc., 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL  60062-2096.

7.1.5  DoE/FEA standards may be obtained from the Superintendent of Documents, Government

Printing Office, Washington, DC  20402.

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