03020 Questions&Answers 2.docx

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Question & Answer # 2 Lamps, Ballasts, Retrofit Kits and Lamp Recycling - 03020

This document is posted to capture the questions received during the question & answer period for 03020 – Lamps, Ballasts, Retrofit Kits and Lamp Recycling. This document is the official response to the questions received.

No questions or responses included in this document require any change to the solicitation document, this document stands alone.

Clayton Long 409-789-6209 clayton.long@des.wa.gov

03020 Exhibit B Rv 1

- Shouldn’t the title for the first Product Type category be changed to “LED Lamps with a Screw Base”? The term “compact” in confusing, as these lamps are not considered compact. Removing it will reduce any potential protests for the included lamp types within.

-In the second Product Type Category, the 2-pin MR16s and PAR Lamps are not considered compact lamps. The term “Compact” is associated with some fluorescent lamps (mainly PL style, compact fluorescents). There are 2-pin compact fluorescent replacement LED lamps that would certainly fall under this category, and are commonly sold and readily available. MR-16 and PAR replacement LED lamps are both considered directional lamps.

-In the “Compact Fluorescent” category, MR-6 lamps are listed again. They are 2-pin, but are a directional halogen style lamp, not a fluorescent lamp. There are other 2-pin lamps that are similar to the 4-pin PL lamps. There are 2-pin PAR lamps, as well, but again are not compact nor are they fluorescent (they are halogen or incandescent). The difference between 2-pin and 4-pin PL lamps (compact fluorescent) is dimmability. 2-pin lamps are on-dimmable, and 4-pin lamps are dimmable. MR-16 and PAR lamps should not be listed here.

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