USDA, ARS, North Atlantic Area, Contracting Office, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, PA 19038

J -- UPGRADE LIGHTING ON ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH CHAMBERS POC Regina M. Herchak, Contracting Officer, Lisa M. Botella, Point of Contact, (215)233-6551, fax (215) 233-6558 The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), intends to negotiate solely with Environmental Growth Chambers, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to upgrade the lighting from incandescent/fluorescent, water-cooled LCM light system to the EGC Air-Cooled Sunbrella High Intensity Discharge (H.I.D.) System on four (4) EGC-M96, Environmental Growth Chambers at its location in Beaver, West Virginia. The contractor is required to install and test the upgraded equipment. The contractor shall also provide demonstration and instruction on the use and maintenance of the H.I.D. System. Companies with the demonstrated capability of providing this upgrade and maintenance on it must submit a descriptive statement, including descriptive literature, specifically addressing the equipment's components and availability, and the company's capability to maintain/support it. The statement and literature must be submitted to the C.O. within 15 days of publication of this notice. This is not a request for proposal. No solicitation is available. Posted 08/26/98 (W-SN242185). (0238)

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