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66 -- TRIPLE-GRATING SPECTROMETER SOL 52SBNB5C8675 DUE 042595 POC Marsha Rodgers (301) 975-6339/Contracting Officer: Ruth Ann Maris The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with EG&G Instruments/Dilor, Princeton, New Jersey, for a triple-grating spectrometer consisting of a double-grating foremonochromator in front of a single-grating spectrograph, for Roman scattering experiments to investigate optical properties of materials--Also included is installation, training and a one year warranty--F.O.B. Destination, Gaithersburg, Maryland-- Required Delivery Time 120 days--This is a sole source requirement because only EG&G Instruments/Dilor can provide the spectrometer that meets the Government's specification for a triple-grating spectrometer with as large a focal length as possible. The 800mm focal length triple-grating spectrometer by EG&G/Dilor meets this requirement. No other spectrometer in the market has been found that equals this performance. See Note 22. (0080)

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