IGF::OT::IGF UPGRADE BPSE LIGHT CAP WITH LED LIGHTING SYSTEM&PROVIDE EXTRA BPSE LIGHT CAP OUTFITTED WITH LED LIGHTING SYSTEM THIS PROCUREMENT IS TO ACQUIRE TWO LED LIGHT BANKS WITH SIMILAR CAPABILITY TO THAT USED IN THE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM (VEGGIE) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED BY ORBITAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION THROUGH THE SBIR PROGRAM. THE VEGGIE WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AS A DEPLOYABLE PLANT GROWTH UNIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRODUCING SALAD TYPE CROPS TO PROVIDE THE CREW WITH FRESH FOOD AND A TOOL FOR RELAXATION AND RECREATION. JSC CURRENTLY HAS AN EDUCATIONAL VERSION OF THE VEGGIE HARDWARE KNOWN AS THE BPSE (BIOMASS PRODUCTION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL UNIT). THE ORIGINAL BPSE USED A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE LIGHT SOURCE. THIS PROCUREMENT RETROFITS THE EXISTING BPSE LIGHT BANK TO BRING IT TO A SIMILAR PERFORMANCE LEVEL TO THE OPERATIONAL VEGGIE HARDWARE AND IT PROVIDES FOR A SPARE. THIS PROCUREMENT IS A FOLLOW-ON TO NAS IO 03011 AND NNK040A05C, AND WILL THEREFORE BE A SBIR PHASE III CONTRACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NASA SBIR PHASE III CONTRACTING HANDBOOK AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA) POLICY DIRECTIVE FOR THE SBIR PROGRAM, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 90) OFTHE SMALL BUSINESS ACT (15 U.S.C. 6380)).