Grants - AWARD SUMMARY


SBE, INC.


Construction, Qualification, and Low Rate Production Start-Up of a DC Bus Capacitor High Volume Manufacting Facility with Capacity to Support 100,000 Electric Drive Vehicles.

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AWARD OVERVIEW

AWARD OVERVIEW
Award Number DE-EE0002539 Funding Agency Department of Energy
Total Award Amount $8,504,946 Project Location - City Barre
Award Date 01/20/2010 Project Location - State VT
Project Status Completed Project Location - Zip 05641-0000
Jobs Reported 5.10 Congressional District 00
Project Location - Country US

Recipient Information (Grants)

Recipient Information (Grants)
Recipient Name SBE, INC.
Recipient DUNS Number 144268125
Recipient Address 81 PARKER RD
Recipient City BARRE
Recipient State Vermont
Recipient Zip 05641-4814
Recipient Congressional District 00
Recipient Country USA
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials		 No

Projects and Jobs Information

Projects and Jobs Information
Project Title Construction, qualification, and low rate production start-up of a DC Bus Capacitor High Volume Manufacturing Facilitiy with capacity to support 100,000 electric drive vehicles
Project Status Completed
Final Project Report Submitted Yes
Project Activities Description Electronic Capacitor Manufacturing
Quarterly Activities/Project Description Enterprise: - ERP software has been purchased and implementation started. It is on target to support start-up of new facility on 11/1/10. Facility: -Construction on new building progressing on schedule. Site work complete, structural steel has been erected, and roof is nearly complete Production Equipment/Process: -Training of winding personnel in a clean environment continues. Winding trials on pre-production prototypes has progressed. -Designs of final production equipment are nearing completion. 80% of first article equipment has been ordered. -Taping Stations were ordered and the first unit is being manufactured. -Epoxy Dispense Station: First article epoxy dispense station has been ordered, designed, manufactured, and tested at the vendor?s facility. -Encapsulation equipment has been ordered, designed, manufactured and accepted at the vendor?s facility. -Ultrasonic cleaning station has been selected and ordered. -The first article flow-through oven for silver epoxy curing and encapsulant curing has been ordered. Quality: -Tensile test and coordinate measuring machines have been used extensively to support continued product and process development. Enterprise: - ERP software process 75% complete - Completed value stream map Facility: -finalized building specifications Production Equipment/Process: -Winding: Pre-production prototype winding machine installed and qualified. -Development/NRE in progress for final production equipment. -Taping Station: completed vendor RFP/RFQ process. -Section Cure: Installed 3 of 3 batch ovens (performance/reliability trials in progress). -Epoxy Dispense Station: Implemented frozen premix cartridges (eliminate onsite meter/mix) Implemented mechanized dispense Quality: -Purchased coordinate measurement machine. -Purchased tensile test machine.
Jobs Created 5.10
Description of Jobs Created Types of jobs created to date with the Recovery Act funds are Engineers, Technicians, Quality Assurance Technicians, Product Development positions, Information Technology positions, Purchasing, expert on ERP and Lean Manufacturing positions, Project Manager, Administrative positions, Finance positions and Maintenance positions. The impact result using the Recovery Act Funds has created new manufacturing jobs and high level positions. 8.66 FTE's at SBE, Inc. and 2 FTE's from API (sub-recipient)


Purchaser Information (Grants)

Purchaser Information
Contracting Office ID Not Reported
Contracting Office Name Not Available
Contracting Office Region Not Available
TAS Major Program 89-0331

Award Information

Award Information
Award Date 01/20/2010
Award Number DE-EE0002539
Order Number
Award Type Grants
Funding Agency ID 89
Funding Agency Name Department of Energy
Funding Office Name Not Available
Awarding Agency ID 89
Awarding Agency Name Department of Energy
Amount of Award $8,504,946
Funds Invoiced/Received $8,504,946
Expenditure Amount $8,504,946
Infrastructure Expenditure Amount $3,085,890
Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale Construction of manufacturing plant, access road and related infrastructure.
Infrastructure Point of Contact Name Tom McBride
Infrastructure Point of Contact Email tomm@SBElectronics.com
Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone (802) 476-4146
Infrastructure Point of Contact Address 81 Parker Road
Infrastructure Point of Contact City Barre
Infrastructure Point of Contact State VT
Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip 05641-0000

Product or Service Information (Grants)

Product or Service Information
Primary Activity Code 334414
Activity Description Electronic Capacitor Manufacturing

Sub-Awards Information

Sub-Awards Information
Sub-awards to Organizations 2
Sub-award Amounts to Organizations $3,449,032
Sub-Awards to Individuals 0
Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals $0
Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award 0
Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award $0
Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 17
Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award $1,793,190
Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award 1304
Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award $449,292


Sub-Award Transactions

Sub-award Active Precision, Inc. - ACTIVE PRECISION INC

Sub-Award Amount $667,522
Sub-Award Date 12/21/2009
Sub-Awards Disbursed $667,521.54
Project Location - City Burlington
Project Location - State MA
Project Location - Zip Code 01803-4983
Project Location - Congressional District 06
Sub-Recipient DUNS Number 133396429
Sub-Recipient Address 1 GARFIELD CIR STE 1
Sub-Recipient City BURLINGTON
Sub-Recipient State Massachusetts
Sub-Recipient Zip Code 01803-4983
Sub-Recipient Congressional District 06
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials 		No

Sub-award E. F. Wall & Assoc., Inc. - E. F. WALL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

Sub-Award Amount $2,781,511
Sub-Award Date 02/24/2010
Sub-Awards Disbursed $2,781,510.76
Project Location - City Barre
Project Location - State VT
Project Location - Zip Code 05641-4854
Project Location - Congressional District 00
Sub-Recipient DUNS Number 048722300
Sub-Recipient Address 131 S MAIN ST
Sub-Recipient City BARRE
Sub-Recipient State Vermont
Sub-Recipient Zip Code 05641-4814
Sub-Recipient Congressional District 00
Required To Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials 		No


Vendor Transactions

Auto Lectrification - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Auto Lectrification

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 48302-7350
Vendor Name Auto Lectrification
Product and Service Description Advisory Board consulting services and customer development
Payment Amount $33,005

Bates & Murray - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Bates & Murray

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05641-4854
Vendor Name Bates & Murray
Product and Service Description Electricians
Payment Amount $67,880

Bloomy Controls - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Bloomy Controls

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 06095-2170
Vendor Name Bloomy Controls
Product and Service Description Capacitor testing station
Payment Amount $61,914

Consona ERP, Inc. - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Consona ERP, Inc.

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 60055-7959
Vendor Name Consona ERP, Inc.
Product and Service Description Manufacturing software
Payment Amount $40,160

Davron Technologies - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Davron Technologies

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 37415-3811
Vendor Name Davron Technologies
Product and Service Description Equipment - 3 large ovens plus a conveyor oven
Payment Amount $113,506

E.F. Wall & Assoc., Inc - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - E.F. Wall & Assoc., Inc

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05641-4854
Vendor Name E.F. Wall & Assoc., Inc
Product and Service Description Labor to off-load ovens.
Payment Amount $99,651

EQA Office Furniture - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - EQA Office Furniture

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 95035-6818
Vendor Name EQA Office Furniture
Product and Service Description Furniture deposit and purchase of chairs.
Payment Amount $56,256

Exact Dispensing - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Exact Dispensing

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 04553-3956
Vendor Name Exact Dispensing
Product and Service Description Encapsulation machine
Payment Amount $83,097

Partners for Creative Solutions, Inc. - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Partners for Creative Solutions, Inc.

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05033-9182
Vendor Name Partners for Creative Solutions, Inc.
Product and Service Description DoE project management
Payment Amount $41,387

Quality Air Control - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Quality Air Control

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05404-1326
Vendor Name Quality Air Control
Product and Service Description Small clean room; progress payments on big clean room
Payment Amount $139,248

SBE Power Ring Division - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - SBE Power Ring Division

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05641-4854
Vendor Name SBE Power Ring Division
Product and Service Description SBE material cost transferred at standard cost
Payment Amount $358,743

TAFA - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - TAFA

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 03301-5706
Vendor Name TAFA
Product and Service Description Endspray machine
Payment Amount $218,535

Town of Barre - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Town of Barre

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05678-0116
Vendor Name Town of Barre
Product and Service Description Purchase of land
Payment Amount $117,580

Town of Barre - Wilson Ind. Park - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Town of Barre - Wilson Ind. Park

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05678-0116
Vendor Name Town of Barre - Wilson Ind. Park
Product and Service Description Infrastructure improvements - road, water system, electricity
Payment Amount $186,800

Vermont Heating & Vent. - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Vermont Heating & Vent.

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05454-1326
Vendor Name Vermont Heating & Vent.
Product and Service Description Clean room and ductwork
Payment Amount $108,553

VMEC - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - VMEC

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 05061-0012
Vendor Name VMEC
Product and Service Description Manufacturing Implementation Training (consulting)
Payment Amount $29,070

Vogel Technologies - Award Number DE-EE0002539 - Vogel Technologies

Award Number DE-EE0002539
Sub-Award Number N/A
Vendor DUNS Number Not reported
Vendor HQ Zip Code + 4 04103-3787
Vendor Name Vogel Technologies
Product and Service Description Tape wrap and scribing machines
Payment Amount $37,808



Project Location Detail

Location Information
Latitude, Longitude 44º 10' 26", -72º 28' 57"
Congressional District 00
Address 1 81 Parker Road
Address 2
City Barre
County Washington
State VT
Zip 05641-0000
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