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66 -- AUTOMATED ION ANALYZER/ION CHROMATOGRAPH SYSTEM SOL CI9710342 POC Raoul D. Scott Jr, Contracting Officer, 513-366-2071 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management- Cincinnati Contracts Mgmt. Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Raoul Scott, Contracting Officer's E-Mail, scott.raoul@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (US EPA) National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Subsurface Protection and Remediation Division, located at the Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, OK is seeking to acquire a high sensitivity, field-expandable automated ion analyzer system for the analysis of a broad range of inorganic chemical parameters. The basic system shall consist of two independent autoanalyzers, each operating by flow injection analysis (FIA) principles. The ion chromatographic system shall operate simultaneously with and independently of the FIA modules and share peripherals such as the autosampler, data station and the sampling pump. The system shall provide for the analysis of phosphates, Kjeldahl nitrogen, ammonia, nitrate/nitrite, sulfide and bromide chemistries and be able to process up to 120 samples/hour at concentrations down to the sub-ppb level. The proposed acquisition will be processed as a negotiated Firm-Fixed -Price, Commercial Item Contract underFAR Part 12. Installation of the complete system shall be provided within 60 days of delivery of the system to EPA Ada, OK . Contractor shall provide appropriate training as identified in the solicitation within a month after installation of the complete system. Deliver is anticipated to be within 150 days of contract award. The Standard Commercial Warranty is anticipated to be appropriate. However all terms and condition shall be a 1 (one) year warranty policy. The solicitation will be processed as a commercial item, under FAR Part 12 procedures. The RFP will be posted on the Internet for downloading by accessing EPA's home page at : "http:// www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd/ ". A limited number of hard copies will be available for mailings. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on the Internet by 4/02/97. All requests for the solicitation must be in writing, telephone requests will not be honored. You may fax your request to Raoul Scott at 513-366-2004. (0071)

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