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66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL QPL-2 DUE 011996 POC POC: Robert J. Crowther is the Contracting Officer. He can be reached at Area Code (612) 370-2115 Correction: This action originally publicized in the CBD dated December 22, 1995. Due to communications delays resulting from the Government shutdown, some flexibility will be granted regarding the deadline for receipt of grain moisture meters for NTEP testing. Instruments should be delivered to the assigned laboratory by February 1, 1996, as previously stated in the original CBD notice. However, instruments received between February 1, 1996 and February 29, 1996 will be accepted for NTEP evaluation, but with lower priority and reduced opportunity for re-testing if non-compliance are found. Instruments received at the NTEP laboratory on or after March 1, 1996, will not be scheduled for evaluation prior to June 1, 1996 and, therefore, will not be considered in the GIPSA decision to standardize on a new official moisture meter. All other information publicized in the original synopsis is correct. (0029)

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