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1. USNA Greenhouse Argus Control System Upgrade 08/01/2022

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. PROJECT TITLE: USNA Greenhouse Argus Control System Upgrade

2. PROJECT LOCATION: US National Arboretum (USNA), 3501 New York Ave, N.E., Washington, DC 20002

3. INTRODUCTION

The U. S. National Arboretum requires services of a vendor to upgrade the existing Greenhouse Argus Control system to be supported by and work with the latest versions of associated Argus operating systems and hardware offering the highest efficiency, performance and outputs.

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

All activities involving the contractor and USNA employees will emphasize zero impact to research projects and plants inside the greenhouses.

The Contractor shall maintain the continuity of climate zone programming and data structure and storage of the USNA Argus system during the system audit. The data structure includes linkages to Argus computer and server.

The project will require expertise and proficiency with Argus controls, software and products.

The Contractor must be a certified Argus technician and must have knowledge of how to perform remote audits.

The Contractor will provide remote support through direction and technical support to USNA staff as it relates to installation of Argus hardware, Argus system troubleshooting, manual adjustments, monitoring climate zones, programming, event recording, alarm notifications, and data storage and analysis.

These solutions must provide a stable foundation to accommodate future changes and development of the USNA’s Argus system.

The Contractor shall provide information demonstrating their ability, expertise, and proficiency in Argus Controls, associated hardware and the use of its software products. Contractor will showcase custom Argus Controls application solutions in similar projects as described in this scope of work.

The Contractor shall provide written documentation for any updated workflows.

Based on the findings of the audit the Contractor shall provide a detailed proposal outlining methodology and process for deploying these changes to meet the USNA requirements.

Proposals must contain a detailed outline of the entire project from start to finish including development and activation stages with milestones for the project to include requirements analysis, testing, maintenance, and deployment.

If the contractor perceives any omissions in this SOW or any specification that shall significantly increase cost, the contractor shall provide written statement as to their findings and cost estimate.

All disturbances of existing systems shall be thoroughly coordinated with the Location Monitor (LM) to prevent disruption to the facility’s operation.

5. SCOPE OF SERVICE

The Contractor shall perform a preliminary system audit, a greenhouse climate audit and an indoor climate audit to evaluate the performance of the USNA Argus control system hardware, software and control strategies, and its effectiveness of meeting the growing expectations of USNA. The USNA also requires the repair and replacement of Argus hardware that will replace obsolete parts, allow for more accurate system communications, more effective data collection and storage, more efficient program execution, optimal growth environments and access to future Argus software upgrades and improvements.

Certain communications between the current hardware and software are either dysfunctional or require modifications; contractor will remotely evaluate Argus system and programming to address those issues and others. During the remote audit of the USNA Argus system, contractor will also hold weekly progress meetings with USNA staff to run through programs, troubleshoot, train, and identify glitches within the programming and between the system and the hardware.

Upon completion of the audit, the contractor will provide a written report of the results which will be reviewed and summarized and include recommendations and conclusions

SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Remote System Audit - Contractor will target the following categories:

• Contractor will audit the following in respect to Argus software o Server PC software and hardware o Remote support setup o Network setup o Hardware specifications o State of Argus backups o Argus operator program o Argus software program installation o Argus system back up o Argus alarm notifications o Argus controller firmware codebase version o Argus controller communications o Server to access point communications o Communications GUI configuration o Network manager setup o Controller to controller communications o Argus input/output module communications

• Contractor will audit the following hardware and confirm program compliance and linkages o Greenhouse climate equipment o Greenhouse lighting equipment o Greenhouse climate control o Argus Omni sensors – SEN-OSM/RHT (v4.0)

Check installment and program setup o Argus Sensors -0-5 VDC o Argus Sensors -4-20mA o Argus Titan 2 Basic Controller TC-BC-2.x/RCP

Check installment and program setup o Solar Shielded Temperature Sensor – SEN-TN21_S

Check installment and program setup o Dry Well Temperature Sensor – SEN-TN2DW/C

Check installment and program setup o Hydronic heating system o Supplemental heating system o Cooling and ventilation o Humidification system o Input/Output report generator o Alarms, event and data recording o Input/Output controls and sensors of mechanical hardware – Exterior and Interior o Shade curtain

• Contractor will perform the following tasks in respect to climate energy balance o Check input configuration of program o Check PIDs and scaling factors for heat request – heating and cooling o Check correct program configuration for Argus Diurnal Setpoints o Check correct program configuration for Conviron Septoint Scheduler

• Contractor will perform the following tasks in respect to Argus Input/Output Module o Check inputs as per Argus drawings o Check outputs are correct as per drawings

• Contractor will perform the following tasks in respect to alarms, event and data recording o Check alarms program o Check event recording program o Check data recording setup

Replacement Hardware

• Contractor will provide the following services and hardware to upgrade to the latest firmware.

o (4) Controller Backplane Board V1.10 Model # TTN-COBP-1.10[ROHS] o (4) Controller Board Model # TTN-CONT-2.0/B[ROHS] o Remote configuration and updates to Argus system drawings.

• Contractor will provide the following services and hardware and to replace obsolete temperature sensors.

o (9) Argus Omni Aspirated dual temp and relative humidity sensor module with 15’lead cable.

o (9) Solar-shielded back up temp sensor with 21’ lead cable.

o Set up sensor readings with data recording and alarms.

o Review project details, issue/sensors/label and update drawings.

o Remote programming to configure the sensors.

o Remotely verify program and verify functionality after installation of controller hardware.

• Contractor will provide the following replacement hardware:

o (2) SEN-TN2 temperature sensor with 2’ lead cable.

6. CONTACT LIST:

Role Name and Address Phone E-Mail Address Contracting Officer

(CO)

TBD TBD TBD

EPM/COR TBD TBD TBD

Facility Manager Daniel Jewett

USDA, ARS, USNA

3501 New York Ave NE Washington, DC 20002

202-341-0917 Daniel.Jewett@usda.gov

Director of USNA Richard Olsen

USDA, ARS, USNA

3501 New York Ave NE Washington, DC 20002

(202) 245-4539 Richard.Olsen@usda.gov

Administrative Officer

(AO)

Jamie Beyers

USDA, ARS, USNA

3501 New York Ave NE Washington, DC 20002

Jamie.Beyers@usda.gov

Location Monitor/Greenhouse Manager

Piper Zettel

USDA, ARS, USNA

3501 New York Ave NE Washington, DC 20002

Piper.Zettel@usda.gov