U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268

66 -- INTEGRATED FIELD FLOW FRACTIONATION SYSTEM SOL PR-OH-98-00134 POC Sharon Clement (513) 487-2030 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Sharon Clement -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, Clement.Sharon@epamail.epa.gov. The USEPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with FFFractionation, LLC for the acquisition of an integrated Field Flow Fractionation System. This field flow fractionation system includes a field flow fractionation channel for high resolution of nanometer sized colloids and a sedimentation field flow fraction system for high resolution separation of sub-micron particle populations. The integrated system includes related components, such as computerized data and control system, pumps, sample preparation system, and related components. The purpose of the field flow fractionation equipment is to investigate the transport and dispersion of organic pollutants in surface waters as it relates to ecosystem restoration. This action is being pursued on a sole source basis because FFFractionation, LLC is currently the only known source of commercially sedimentation field flow franctionation equipment which will fulfill EPA's research project specifications of collecting and analyzing field samples throughstate-of-the-art technical performance. Any firm which feels it is capable of meeting these requirements may submit technical documentation to establish its ability to furnish the integrated field flow fractionation system. Only those firms which submit such technical documentation will be considered. Written documentation must be provided on or before February 6, 1998 and may be mailed to 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268. Failing receipt of the requested technical proof, USEPA will proceed to negotiate with FFFractionation, LLC for the cited system. See Note 22. (0013)

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