Atch 1_SOW_B6418 Incubation Room Renovation.docx

Statement of Work For 6418 Incubation Room Renovation June 2025

1.0 Contract Project: 6418 Incubation Room Renovation

2.0 Location: USDA APHIS PPQ FO MFFRF

3.0 Project Background: The goal of the Mexican Fruit Fly Rearing Facility (MFFRF), Program is the eradication of Mexican Fruit Flies, (Anastrepha ludens) from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and the northern municipalities of Tamaulipas, Mexico. Eradication will be followed by the establishment and long-term maintenance of a functional barrier to keep these areas free of Mexican fruit fly. The Mexican Fruit Fly Rearing Facility can produce 160 million sterile flies a week to service the entire Rio Grande Valley’s citrus Mexican Fruit Fly eradication program.

The building 6418 incubation room is where fly eggs are cleaned and incubated. The equipment and furniture in the room is corroded beyond employee use and repair along with the room’s floors dilapidated due to high personnel traffic, corrosive chemical washout, and foundation settling.

The incubation room is critical to the Mex-Fly larvae inventory allowing the colony to continue producing future colonies of which to maintain the appropriate number of flies released to combat the Mex-Fly qua in the Rio Grande Valle. The loss of the Colony Egg Bubbling Room will severely affect the production of new larvae and adversely the loss of expensive production funded by commercial industry stakeholders.

4.0 Colony Room Update and Remodel: Work will include demolition of base and hung cabinets, remove existing suspended ceiling tiles, prep floor, move all equipment out of room. Dust control shall be provided during construction by placing temporary plastic curtains. Remove existing door and door frame.

Work will include repairing and sealing any wall penetrations. Install new hollow metal door and frame. Epoxy coat the concrete floor, install new base and wall mounted anti-corrosion cabinets, material is to be approved by Government. Install new countertop and sink. Install new stainless-steel table for chemical tanks.

4.1 Demolition:

· Curtin off hallways to the bottom side of roof to for dust control (utilize usage of exhaust fans) cover existing floor drain.

· Remove all instruments and equipment from counter tops.

· Remove all suspended ceiling from Bubbly Rm

· Remove existing metal door and frame

· Remove existing base cabinets and hung cabinets

· Relocate existing Stainless-Steel table and chemical tanks.

4.2 Furnish and Install:

· Repair CMU Walls and Paint walls (To be selected by Government).

· Epoxy coat concrete floor.

· Install new anti-corrosion material base cabinets with Sink and counter tops.

· Install new anti-corrosion material hung cabinets.

· Install new fixtures (Touchless)

· Install Stainless Steel table and chemical tanks.

· Re-install suspended ceiling from Bubbly Rm

· Final Clean up

Contractors must comply with applicable codes, environmental regulations in the State of Texas and local ordinances.

· All work shall be performed in accordance with all applicable State and Local codes and standards.

· All work to be performed by EPA certified technicians and executed in a professional workman like manner.

· All equipment and material installed on this project shall be new and unused unless otherwise noted.

· All work to be performed during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, unless otherwise noted.

5.0 Project Contacts:

5.1 APHIS PPQ Facilities Manager

Gabriel Lopez

USDA, APHIS, PPQ FO – FMS

Moore Air Base 22675 North Moore Field Building 6407 Edinburg, TX 78541 Tel. No.: (956) 205-7608 Cell No.: (956) 207-9594 mail: Gabriel.Lopez@usda.gov

5.2 APHIS PPQ Supervisory Maintenance Mechanic

Javier Caltzontzint

USDA, APHIS, PPQ FO – FMS

22675 North Moore Field Building 6415 Edinburg, TX 78541 Tel. No.: (956) 205-7734 Cell No.: (956) 330-1145 Email: Javier.caltzontzint@usda.gov

6.0 Facility Security and Safety Requirements:

In addition to this SOW, Moore Air Base is a restricted facility.

· Work Hours are Monday through Friday from 07:00 AM to 15:30 PM. All work outside of the mentioned days and hours shall be approved by the Facilities Maintenance manager in writing, prior to entering the facility. This includes work during Federal holidays.

· Some of this work will be required working after 3:30, the Contractor is to provide a schedule for those days to coordinate with the Maintenance Mechanic Supervisor.

· All Contractors shall have a valid picture identification such as a driver’s license or a State identification card.

· All vehicles shall have proper insurance and registration for entering the facility.

· All Contractors working at the facility shall remain in the project site under the supervision of a qualified job site superintendent. Anyone found outside of the determined construction area will be removed from the facility and not allowed to return.

· All Contractors shall provide temporary and portable restroom facilities for their employees if the project has a duration of over three working days.

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