Miles wants to repair the hydroponic farms so his people would not be so dependent on trading. Unfortunately, the parts needed to repair the farms never arrived, as the person who was going to deliver them was killed by deathclaws.
Miles sends the player to Sammael, who hints at where the parts are. They are in the Deathclaw Playground, as Sammael stated. Toward the northeast part of the deathclaw playground the player can find the parts either on a corpse on the sidewalk or on the sidewalk itself (if the body has disappeared). The player needs to bring the parts back to Miles, who sends them to Smitty for fixing. After they are fixed the player should bring them back to the chemist to finish the quest.
The game only checks if the player has any junk in their inventory, allowing them to use any such item (such as from Jake's house in the Hub) to complete the quest.