SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Environmental Growth Chamber
- Notice Date
- 10/20/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334512
— Automatic Environmental Control Manufacturing for Residential, Commercial, and Appliance Use
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Direct Reporting Units, USAF Academy - 10 MSG/LGC, 8110 Industrial Drive Suite 200, USAF Academy, CO, 80840-2315
- ZIP Code
- 80840-2315
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-FE700062010016
- Response Due
- 10/26/2006
- Archive Date
- 11/9/2006
- Description
- Operational Contracting, US Air Force Academy has a requirement for an environmental growth chamber for the Department of Biology. The current chamber is no longer serviceable, therefore this requirement includes the demolition and removal of the existing chamber as well as the installation and warranty of the new purchase. This is not a request for proposal or an invitation for bid and is not to be construed as a commitment to award one or more resulting contracts. It is anticipated a 52.211-6 Brand Name or Equal acquisition will be conducted. The Brand Name that will be specified in the solicitation is the GC-72 Environmental Growth Chamber manufactured by Integrated Development & Manufacturing Company. The salient physical, functional and performance characteristics will be specified in the solicitation. One of those characteristics will be the size of the chamber. The growth chamber will serve several functions for the Department of Biology. Field Ecology, Biology 481 will utilize this chamber. It is anticipated that from 6 to 12 students will be involved in small mammal or amphibian classroom investigation projects that would utilize the chamber for up to a month at at time. Additionally, as a classroom teaching tool, it will be used for Botany, Biology 331 to teach and reinforce many specific aspects of plant growth and development. It is anticipated that approximately 60 students per year will be involved in Botany class projects using the growth chamber. Plants will be placed in the chamber on the first day of class and growth will be monitored throughout the semester by the students. The chamber will also be used to support Cadet research programs in Biology 499. Annually four to six additional Cadets will use the chamber for mentored research projects. This sources sought is issued solely for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this announcement that is marked Proprietary will be handled accordingly. Responses will not be returned. In accordance with FAR 15.202(e), a response to this notice is not an offer and cannot be accepted by the government to form a binding contract.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USAF Academy, Colorado. The USAF Academy is located directly north of the Colorado Springs, Colorado metropolitan area.
- Zip Code: 80840
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 80840
- Record
- SN01168738-W 20061022/061020220605 (fbodaily.com)
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