Plant Growth Room Retrofit

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Beltsville, MD, intends to issue a sole source purchase order with Controlled Environments Inc for a CMP6050 control system to upgrade existing Conviron plant growth chambers and rooms. The CMP6050 control system is a proprietary industrial grade control system that is designed specifically for upgrading the existing Conviron plant growth chambers and rooms. The Conviron plant walk-in growth room controllers were manufactured in 1999 and the outdated software and equipment are no longer supported and cannot be repaired. The controllers are necessary to precisely regulate humidity, temperature and manage light intensity and duration. The proposed contract action is for supplies for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302. Interested persons may identify their interest in having their product tested for approval. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.