Commander, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180

66 -- COMPOST REACTOR POC Point of Contact, Cathy Ware, Contract Specialist, 601-634- 2649 The USAE Waterways Experiment Station (WES) intends to award a contract to Columbus Instruments, Columbus, Ohio, under author- ity 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c)(1) for purchase of a compost reactor to be used in bioremediation studies of soil and sediment contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and above ground treatment of explosives/organic contaminated soils and sediments. The system must be commercially available. To meet project require- ments the system must have four chamber capacity, CO2 upgrade to extend range (0-10%) and sensor upgrade (10-21% Range), air supply pump (20LPM), four ventilation/temp controllers (5 LPM), and four 40 Liter compost chambers. The system must be capable of accommodating two different vessels, both adiabatic and nonadia- batic. Four nonadiabatic compost vessels with a total volume of no less than 20 liters must be provided. These should be able to be manually rotated 180 degrees around the horizontal axis once a day during operation. Required delivery time is 30 days after receipt of notice of award. In the event no other sources are found, the U.S. Government intends to award a contract to Colum- bus Instruments. Solicitation documents are not available. Any inquires should be received within 15 days from the date of publication of this notice. See numbered Note 22. (0139)

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