SOLICITATION NOTICE
66 -- FURNISH, DELIVER AND INSTALL A BLACKBERRY ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMBER AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, North Atlantic Area Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA, 19038
- ZIP Code
- 19038
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-5-1931-100-133
- Response Due
- 9/28/2005
- Archive Date
- 10/13/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- Total Small Business
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to negotiate solely with Integrated Development and Manufacturer (Environmental Growth Chambers), Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to furnish, deliver and install one new Blackberry Environmental Chamber with temperature controller and split heating and air-conditioning unit at the USDA, ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station (AFRS), 2217 Wiltshire Road, Kearneysville, WV 25430. An option will be included for one additional chamber to be exercised at the Government?s option. The Contractor shall provide all labor, equipment, materials, tools, assembly and supervision to furnish, deliver and install one Blackberry Environmental Chamber with see-through walls, temperature controller, and a split heating and air conditioning unit. The purpose of this unit is to provide an environmentally controlled greenhouse within a greenhouse. The USDA, ARS, AFRS has identified that EGC has previously fabricated a similar unit for the USDA in Kearneysville, West Virginia and Beltsville, Maryland locations and that no other manufacturer is capable of producing a similar item. Installation and a standard commercial warranty are required. The period of the warranty shall begin upon acceptance by the Government. The Contractor shall provide two copies each of the operating, repair, software, maintenance manuals, lubrication and service instructions upon delivery and installation of the equipment. Delivery shall be F.O.B. Destination, within Consignee's Premises, within 60 days after receipt of the purchase order. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, standards 1194.21 and 1194.25 applies to the above unit. All software must be meet Year 2000 Compliancy requirements. This procurement is 100 percent set-aside for Small Business. The NAICS is 423490 with a size standard of 500 employees. Companies with the demonstrated capability and financial capacity to provide, install, warranty and service such equipment must submit a written substantive statement outlining the Company and systems' capabilities (including price lists) to the point of contact listed below by 11:00 a.m. on September 28, 2005. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement, upon receipt of responses to this notice, is solely at the discretion of the Government in accordance with FAR 13.106-1(b). If no affirmative responses are received by September 28, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. to determine whether a qualified source is more advantageous to the Government, an order will be placed with EGC under the authority of FAR 6.302.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA, ARS, Appalachian Fruit Research Station, 2217 Wiltshire Road, Kearneysville, West Virginia
- Zip Code: 25430
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN00902509-W 20050925/050923211906 (fbodaily.com)
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