Renovate Building #7 Greenhouse #2-Stoneville, MS   3

The USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Southeast Area (SEA) Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center (JWDSRC) in Stoneville, MS., has a requirement to Renovate Building #7 Greenhouse #2. The work to be done consists of furnishing all necessary labor, materials, and equipment and performing all work in strict accordance with the specifications. The intent is to demolish the greenhouse down to its structural framing, knee wall, and foundation and provide new polycarbonate glazing, side wall and ridge ventilation, heating, cooling, and lighting/power/control systems as indicated on the drawings.

A single organized site visit has been scheduled for Wednesday August 12, 2020 at 1:30 p.m. Central Time.

Participants will meet at:

USDA ARS SEA Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center (JWDSRC)

141 Experiment Station Road

Stoneville. MS 38776

Pre-registration to attend the site visit is required no later than August 10, 2020 by email notification to Huron Virden, huron.virden@usda.gov, . Provide names of personnel to be in attendance. Wearing of face masks and practicing of appropriate social distancing is required at the site visit

Proposal MUST be received not later than 3:00 p.m. COB, August 31, 2020. Proposal must be in writing and emailed to:

Huron Virden, Contract Specialist

USDA, ARS, SEA AAO

141 Experiment Station Road

Stoneville, MS 38776

Emailed to huron.virden@usda.gov

PROPOSAL MUST BE ANNOTATED AS SUCH AND REFERENCE THE SOLICITATION NUMBER. Please include a detailed breakdown of price with various cost elements (e.g. materials, sub-costs, controllers, etc.) Additional proposal instructions can be found in Section L.

All questions pertaining to this solicitation, including questions that arise during the site visit, must be submitted to Huron Virden, huron.virden@usda.gov by August 17, 2020. Questions that are not submitted in writing or that are not submitted by August 17, 2020 may not receive a response. Questions/answers discussed at the site visit will not be binding on the resultant contract unless submitted in writing and incorporated into the solicitation by amendment.