U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Attn: MA/STP, 320 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20451

66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT - POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT Contact Mary Fannin, 202-647-8018 or Jennifer Inman, 202-647-6465, FAX 202-647-7663. The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) is seeking potential sources to supply inspection equipment for evaluation and use in training of inspectors of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The U.S. Government has been notified that the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS), predecessor to the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a new international organization created by the Chemical Weapons Convention, is beginning the process of procuring inspection equipment for the evaluation and use in training of inspectors. Examples of chemical weapons inspection equipment include: hand-held detectors, GC-MS, non-destructive evaluation (NDE) equipment, seals, infrared spectrometer, communications equipment, global positioning system (GPS), military detector kits for CW agents, and generators. The PTS has requested that each Member State identify potential companies interested in supplying such equipment. Upon receipt of names of interested companies, the PTS will compile a tender list for each type of equipment. Because this information could be considered commercially sensitive, all responses will be classified as confidential by the PTS and will be treated accordingly. Interested companies must answer a questionnaire providing company and product information and return it to the PTS in The Hague, The Netherlands as soon as possible. Packages containing the questionnaire and specific information about equipment needed by the PTS can be obtained by contacting Mary Fannin (202) 647-8018 or Jennifer Inman (202) 647-6465; FAX: (202) 647-8333. Please Note: This is the third announcement (the first was published August 26, 1994; the second, November 9, 1994) because lists of additional equipment needed have been issued since the previous announcements were published. (079)

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