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99 -- DRAFT VERSION OF PLASMA ARC CONTRABAND DESTRUCTION SYSTEM Sol. CS-96-027. Contact Point, Pansy Bradley-Cooper, Contracts Specialist, 202/927-0073 - Athea C. Kearney, Contracting Officer, 202/927-0386. The U.S. Customs Service is distributing a draft version of a Plasma Arc Contraband Destruction System for the destruction of seized contraband in Southern California. The system shall be a ``complete'' system to include a feed subsystem (shredder if required), a planned arc torch, a pyrolysis chamber, a power supply, a cooling subsystem, an exhaust gas treatment system, and a means of handling vitrified slag discharge without turning off the plasma chamber. The system shall meet all Federal, state, and local standards and regulations, and be certified by local authorities for use in Southern California. The purpose of this advertisement of the availability of the Plasma Arc Contraband Destruction System is: 1) to inform potential viable providers of the desired system. 2) to solicit input from the vendor community, 3) to announce an open forum to facilitate gathering of the aforementioned input in a discussion of the most important issued related to a project of this scope. 4) to officially announce this project and request preliminary vendor participation prior to the release of a Request for Proposals. All requests for a hard copy version of the above information should be requested in writing to the following address: U.S. Customs Service, Procurement Division, Allen: Pansy Bradley-Cooper, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20229. Fax No. (202)927-1190. Inquiries concerning this request should be directed to Pansy Bradley-Cooper at (202) 927-0073. Your attendance is requested at the open forum to provide your comments and questions on Tuesday, March 5, 1996 at 10:00 A.M., U.S. Customs Service, 1301 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Room Washington, D.C. It is requested that all questions/comments be submitted in writing by Thursday, February 22, 1996 to Pansy Bradley-Cooper at the above address or fax number. (022)

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