Crystal Air Contractors, a minority-owned small business operated by sole proprietor Jorge Castillo, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order on September 20, 2019, to install a boiler in Building 6 at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center in College Station, Texas. The contract, valued at $17,599.45, carries an ultimate completion date of November 22, 2019. The award was made without a set-aside designation and was funded by the Department of Agriculture's Plains Area office. The work is to be performed in Houston, Texas.
This contract represents a continuation of Crystal Air Contractors' ongoing relationship with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, which has previously engaged the company for multiple infrastructure upgrades at the Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, including boiler, lighting, and concrete replacement work. The boiler installation falls within the company's established scope of providing HVAC installation, maintenance, and repair services along with general construction and renovation capabilities at federal research facilities. Crystal Air Contractors has historically received federal contracts, primarily on an 8(a) sole source basis, from multiple agencies including the Department of Agriculture, Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Army, and Department of the Navy.
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