USDA, ARS, Pacific West Area, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710

66 -- COMBINATORIAL CHROMATOGRAPHY SOL 91H2-3116-FG-97 DUE 090897 POC Fred Gifford 510-559-6017 fax 6023 E-MAIL: gifford@ars.usda.gov, giffordf@ars.usda.gov. The USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Albany, Ca. has a requirement for a Combinatorial Chromatography System fully integrated & automated for high-throughput screening and purification of synthetic library products. Single software package controls the entire system. The intended use is for starch degradation. Liquid handling system dual function sample injector & a liquid handler for mixing, filtration, transferring, sample enrichment & fractionation. The capability of automated sample handling before injection will be significantly increase efficiency & throughput for screening libraries of compounds. The liquid handler/injector must accommodate two injector valves for running samples on two discreet HPLC systems simultaneously. Hold 96 well micoplates & adaptable for test tubes to 125 ml bottles. System consist of controlling software, interface to instruments, isocratic HPLC pump control, reflective index detector, pump head, mixer, binary gradient HPLC pkg, liquid handler, racks & accessories. The government intends to negotiate with the only known reasonable source, which is Gilson Inc of Middleton, WI . A solicitation is not available for this notice. Interested firms are encouraged to submit proposals containing descriptive literature of their products to the mailing address shown in this notice. Responses must be received by 9-8-97. See Numbered Note 22.***** (0204)

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