USDA Fruit Fly Rearing and Release Facility

The Mexican Fruit Fly (Mexfly) Rearing, Eclosion and Release Facility (FFRRF) will support the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Preventive Release Program with the goal of releasing 200 million sterile male Mexflies per week. The project is an essential component in the USDA quality-controlled process of maintaining the Mexfly population by facilitating the rearing, irradiation and eclosion procedures. The production operation consists of four distinct operational areas: Rearing, Irradiation, Eclosion and Administration.

This project is located on the Moore Air Base campus in Edinburg, Texas on approximately 17 acres immediately west of the existing facility, water treatment plant and acid-dilution building. The overall construction portion, of this DBB project, consists of two separate phases (i.e., Phase 1 and Phase 2) that are designed to build two separate buildings – one building in Phase 1 and another building in Phase 2. Both buildings will be one-story structures and eventually collectively become a complete Rearing and Eclosion Release Facility (RERF). The new Phase 1 building will be used for Rearing, Irradiation and Administration functions whereas the Phase 2 building will be used for Eclosion and Release functions. NO SITE VISIT IS AVAILABLE WITH THIS SOURCES SOUGHT! THIS SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT SOLELY FOCUSES ON PHASE 1.