Whitley Brand Model DG250 Anaerobic Chamber

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Minimum requirements – USDA requires  the following BRAND NAME LISTED BELOW - for a new anaerobic chamber in order to expand our current capabilities in research involving anaerobes.

Requirements:

Small anaerobic chamber, no more than 36 inches wide in any direction Gas supplied by external tank

Manual portholes

Internal power socket and illumination

Maintain internal temperature maximum of at least 42C Automatic humidity control

Removable top for complete decontamination 300 plate capacity

Less than 150 lbs

USDA requires -  the BRAND NAME  of this equipment. The Whitley DG250 Anaerobic Chamber was chosen based on the above requirements. It will be used in conjunction with a DG250 that we previously purchased in order to maintain uniformity across our research. We

While there are other models equipment on the market, we are in the midst of a series of experiments, that switching to a different supplier/model could cause inconsistencies among results making it difficult to compare data between substrates and replicates. Thus, it is imperative to maintain experimental conditions as controlled and reproducible as possible and changing mid-way through these linked sets of experiments to use a different unit could be detrimental to the overall outcome of this research.

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No late vendor quotes or vendor questions shall be accepted referencing the above solicitation number. All Vendor Questions,  are due via email by no later than Friday August 28, 2020 by 12:00 noon E.S.T  to John.Wilkinson@usda.gov.  I, John Wilkinson will respond back to all vendor questions via email referencing the above solicitation number -  by No later than Wed. Sept. 2, 2020  by 12:00 noon.  Oral Communications are not acceptable in response to this requirement.  All quotes are due via email to me: John.Wilkinson@usda.gov  by no later than  12:00 p.m. E.S.T.  on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2020. Anticipated award date is Wed. Sept. 9, 2020  or shortly thereafter.

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