Purchase and Delivery of Shipping Container Farm

Georgia Institute of Technology, through the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, is seeking a vendor to supply and deliver a fully equipped shipping container farm, with proposals due November 6, 2019. This is a sole-source procurement: the institute intends to award to a single vendor for a 2016 Freight Farm Leafy Green Machine or a Georgia Tech–approved equivalent.

The scope includes a complete vertical-farming system within a 40-foot shipping container: a 64-column vertical drop array with 32-strip flexible LED lighting, overhead grow tower hanging assembly, electrical control cabinet, walkway and production lighting, insulated farm access door, climate sensors, cooling equipment wall assembly, aluminum work table, 110 PPD dehumidifier, 130-gallon water tank, 24,000 BTU cooling system, airflow and recirculation system, Agrowtek touchscreen PLC controller, overhead drip irrigation system with gutters and drain, reinforcement and insulation of the grow environment, hand sink with heater, 30-gallon seedling water tank, Industrial Ethernet and cloud gateway, Harvest Track carbon dioxide generation equipment, HVAC controller, and reverse osmosis filtration system. On-site delivery of all materials to the institute in Fulton County is required.

The sourcing specification—Freight Farm Leafy Green Machine or Georgia Tech–approved equal—is the primary competitive filter. No contract value, term, or evaluation criteria are stated in the posting.