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66 -- FLOW CYTOMETER SOL RFQ 20-82HW-97 DUE 090397 POC Stew Penrod, Procurement Technician, Fax 970-229-5531. The commercial item acquisition of a flow cytometer is required for the USDA, Agricultural Research Service facility in Logan, UT. The instrument is required to sort cells into a single-cell stream and analyze them individually for DNA content at the interrogation point, utilize mercury arc-lamp illumination to fluoresce a DNA- binding dye, measure the fluoresceence and generate a response curve. Best value procedures will be used. Evaluation factors will be quality, price, past performance. (0224)

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