The Department of Agriculture is procuring repair services for fume hoods at the National Science Laboratory-Blakely, which is essential for maintaining scientific support capabilities for analyzing aflatoxin levels in various nuts and nut products. Key requirements include disconnecting existing electrical connections, removing and replacing exhaust fans, installing new PVC components, and ensuring compliance with OSHA testing and calibration standards.
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The contractor will perform repairs on eleven fume hoods, including electrical disconnections, fan replacements, and compliance testing.
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. The solicitation documents are posted below. Site visit attendance posted below. Information from site visit posted below. Jim Roloff to this opportunity. Information from site visit.docx Vendor Site Visit Log.pdf Attachment 3_photos.pdf Attachment 2_Federal Construction Wage Rates_Early County.txt Attachment 1_statement of work.docx
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