U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

A -- PAINT SPRAY BOOTH WITH AGING CHAMBER SOL OH-97-00291 DUE 082097 POC Kathleen Roe, phone: (513) 366-2144, fax: (513) 366-2107 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, This procurement will not appear on the web site.. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, roe.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov. U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Air Pollution, Prevention & Control Division (APPCD) in Research Triangle Park, N.C. has a requirement for a paint spray booth with a separate environmental chamber. The spray booth shall provide APPCD the capability to determine the effectiveness of new coating technologies and the benefits of reduced VOC products for specific applications. The coating and sampling system will allow testing innovative products and technologies and transferring this information to users who could use the results to prevent emissions from their facility. This equipment will enable APPCD to predict the mechanisms for the pollution prevention techniques and to quantify the effects of reformulating products without VOCs. The contractor shall provide and install a paint spray booth and separate environmental chamber in room P-119 of EPA's Environmental research Center in Research Triangle Park, NC. The spray booth shall be sized to fit the space provided and shall include provision for make-up air and thermal and IR curing. The booth will be used to spray new and innovative coatings with no/low VOCs on a variety of substrates such as metal (auto body parts, furniture), plastic, and wood. Delivery, setup, and onsite training shall be provided by the contractor. (0206)

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