U.S. ARMY CONSTR ENGRG RES LAB, ATTN: CONTRACTS OFFICE, P.O. BOX 9005, CHAMPAIGN IL 61826-9005

U -- 100% HBCU-MI SET ASIDE -- DEVELOPMENT OF HVAC CONTROL SYSTEM CURRICULUM AND LIGHTING ENERGY SAVINGS EVALUATION SOL DACA88-97-Q-0223 DUE 070797 POC Contract Specialist Dena Lawrencec (217) 352-6511 x7645 Contracting Officer Wayne T. Kurokawa (217)373-6748 (Site Code DACA88) The U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (USACERL) requires services to develop the curriculum and presentation materials for a basic Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Fundamentals course, suitable for teaching a forty (40) hour, high quality overview course on HVAC control systems fundamentals to both HVAC engineers and HVAC maintenance technicians; and to evaluate lighting energy savings realized from several Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) lighting retrofit projects at various Army installations. The USACERL Contracts Office intends to award a firm fixed-price purchase order through simplified acquisition procedures. Request for Quotation number DACA88-97-Q-0223 will be issued on or about 20 June 1997 with a required closing date of 07 July 1997. This proposed purchase order is being considered as a 100 percent set-aside for historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and minority institutions (MI), as defined by the clause at 252.226-7000 of the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. Interested HBCUs and MIs should provide the USACERL Contracting Office as early as possible, but not later than fifteen (15) days after this notice, a positive statement of their eligibility as an HBCU or MI, accompanied by a written request for this RFQ. The written requests shall be addressed to USACERL, Attn: Dena Lawrence/CTS, Post Office Box 9005, Champaign, Illinois 61826-9005. Requests for this RFQ may also be submitted by facsimile at (217)373-6773. There will be no telephone requests accepted. See Note 5. (0154)

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