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Repair of fume hoods
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The contract involves the repair and maintenance of eleven fume hoods at the National Science Laboratory in Blakely, Georgia, which serves as the USDA reference laboratory for aflatoxin testing in various nuts and nut products. This laboratory provides critical scientific support to the Agricultural Marketing Service and Commodity Procurement programs to ensure aflatoxin levels in nuts such as pistachios, almonds, peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, pecans, and peanut butter meet USDA requirements. Proper functioning of the fume hoods is essential for the safe and accurate analysis of these products. The scope of work includes disconnecting existing electrical connections to the exhaust fans, removing old fans and pressure caps, installing new PVC flex connectors and exhaust stacks with guy wires, setting up new exhaust fans, making new electrical connections, replacing existing alarms and lights, and performing OSHA-compliant testing and calibration of the alarms. This contract is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 238220 and is managed by the Department of Agriculture office in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Responses are due by June 5, 2026, with the primary contact being Jim Roloff.
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Place of Performance
Blakely, GA, 39823, USASet-Aside
Timeline
Submission Closed
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Full Description
National Science Laboratory-Blakely is the reference USDA laboratory for aflatoxin levels in nuts and nut products. It is essential that the laboratory maintain scientific support capabilities for nuts that are covered under Agricultural Marketing Service, Marketing Agreements and Orders. Additionally, the NSL-Blakely provides AMS Commodity Procurement with scientific support and testing of USDA purchased nut and nut products that include aflatoxin level requirements. Nuts and nut products analyzed include pistachios, almonds, peanuts, walnuts, hazelnuts (filberts), pecans and peanut butter. The laboratory must maintain fume hoods that work properly to complete these analyses.
For each of eleven hoods the contractor shall disconnect existing 115V electrical to the exhaust fan, remove existing exhaust fan and zero pressure cap, install new PVC flex connector, set new exhaust fan, install new PVC exhaust stack with guy wire, complete new electrical connection to exhaust fan motor, remove and replace existing fume hood alarm, test fume hood per OSHA requirements and calibrate alarm and replace fume hood light.
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