USDA-Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111

66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ 1950-6-0001 DUE 070396 POC Contact Dr. Ronald Prior, 617-556-3311, Contracting Officer, or Cheri Wicks, Contract Specialist, 617-556-3312 The Agricultural Research Service Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University has a requirement for one (1) Flurometric Plate Reader. It is anticipated this is a sole-source acquisition. The item purchased must have the following features and capabilities: 1) Built-in adjustable speed orbital shaking; 2) Reagent addition from 2 dispensers; 3) On-board incubation; 4) Temperature control of the sample chamber; 5) Mixing of samples in chamber through orbital shaking; 6) Adding reagents to samples from on-board dispensers into the sample chamber for incubation; 7) Perform satisfactorily in the conduct of ORAC assay (Cao et al.,Clin. Chem. 41:1738:1995)(0178)

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