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

B -- SAMPLE ANALYSIS SOL 96-4716-6151 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 Prime Lab of West Layfayette Indiana for continuing services for the measurements for chlorine-36 by accelerator mass spectromety (AMS), target preparation for chlorine-36 AMS measurements, measurements for iodene-129 AMS and target preparation for iodine-129 AMS. Because of the need for consistant quality control, 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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