SPECIAL NOTICE
66 -- Falling Number 1900 Analysis System
- Notice Date
- 8/29/2007
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northern Plains Area Office, 2150 Centre Avenue, Building D, Suite 310, Fort Collins, CO, 80526-8119, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 7543001006112
- Response Due
- 9/12/2007
- Archive Date
- 10/31/2007
- Description
- The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, Manhattan, Kansas, intends to enter into a sole source contract with Perten Instruments, Inc., Springfield, Illinois, for the purchase of a Perten Falling Number 1900 Analysis System to measure wheat sprout damage. It can test alpha-amylase activity in wheat/flour according to the Falling Number method (AACC 56-81B, ICC 107/1, ISO/DIS 3090) for measurement of wheat sprout damage. The data from the Falling Number Test is acceptable throughout the world and this instrument is needed to generate the data to provide our customers/stakeholders for such evaluations. Perten Instruments is the only manufacturer of a Falling Number Analysis System that can measure wheat sprout damage related to alpha-amylase activity, can provide test results within 5 to 10 minutes, has capability of automatic double test, uses small sample size of less than 10 g and can meet 110 v standard requirement. *Provide Qualification Statement by Close of Business September 12, 2007, if interested in this procurement.
- Place of Performance
- Address: USDA-ARS-NPA, Grain Marketing & Production Research Center, 1515 College Avenue, Manhattan, KS
- Zip Code: 66502
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 66502
- Record
- SN01388785-W 20070831/070829220444 (fbodaily.com)
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