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B -- CHEMICAL DETERMINATION IN PETROLEUM-SOURCE ROCKS SOL 96-7420-0846 DUE 100396 POC Purchasing Agent, Juliet Harris, 415-329-4171, E-mail: jharris@isdmnl.wr.usgs.gov The US Geological Survey (USGS) Menlo Park, California, intends to place on a sole-source basis a purchase order with X-ral Laboratories of Don Mills Ontario, Canada for quantitative determination ofa complet suite of major and minor elements of samples of petroleum-source rocks to supplement a set of previously analyzed samples analyzing for the following elements; organic carbon, total carbon (LECO), agate milling, ICP-80 package, me3 package, sulfur (LECO), and Fe0 (assay). Because of the need for consistant procedures, and consistant and compatibility with previous data these services are being procured on a sole-source basis. This is not a solicitation and no RFQ will be issued. (0226)

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