DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MS 286, 345 MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, MENLO PARK, CA 94025-3591

66 -- GEOCOMP SYSTEM. SOL 1434WR96QQ00078 DUE 071996 POC Purchasing Agent, Maribel Torres, 415-329-4171 The US Geological Survey (USGS) Menlo Park, California, intends to place on a sole-source basis a purchase order with Geocomp Corporation of Acton, Massachusetts for a Geocomp System-fully automated triaxial shearing and compression device for soil testing. This is a notification of the intended procurement and not a request for quotation. No RFQ will be issued.(0194)

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