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A -- URG-2000-22 ABB-37-1-MOD AND URG-2000-37FF URG FILTER PACKS AND GASKET SETS SOL 53SBNB860050 DUE 050498 POC Brenda K. Lee, (301) 975-6394 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. This is a small business set aside. The SIC code is 7229. The size standard is 750. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with URG Corporation, 116 S. Merritt Mill Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 for 1 ea URG-2000-22 ABB-37-1-MOD 37 mm Filter Pack to include 1 ea Gasket set URG-2000-37FF and 1 ea Stainless Steel Screen. URG Corporation filter packs and gasket sets for 37 mm diameter quartz-fiber filters is required for their unique design that fits the NIST specific need for the production of a Particle Filter Standard Reference Material. URG's unique filter pack design includes the ability to size-segregate (remove) large (greater than 2.5 micrometer diameter) unwanted particles from collection on the filter substrate. The filter pack contains the filter between two removable gaskets within the assembly; a configuration which allows for weighing the filter without touching the filter thus avoiding any bias in the gravimetric analysis. The filter packs are reusable with the same integrity as the first-time use. The design is compatible with the SRI International Dust Generation and Collection System that will be used to produce the SRM (Baron, 1987; SRI Report, 1983; Klouda et al., 1996). URG Corporation is the only known source that has these capabilities. These requirements are important in meeting the design criteria for the production of the SRM 2784. The UG filter pack assembly will maintain the necessary continuity of this multi-year Standard Reference Material Program (SRMP) leading up to the production of a particle filter SRM that is based on results of a previously evaluated particle filter material using the SRI system. The required delivery is within 30 days after contract award, FOB Destination Gaithersburg, MD. Requests for a copy of a solicitation package will be disregarded. No solicitation package will be issued. The Government will verbally request a written quotation from URG Corporation. The Contractor must be able to meet allthe requirements stated herein. The anticipated award date of the contract is on or around June 1, 1998. In accordance with FAR 5.207(e)(3), Numbered Note 22, DOES NOT APPLY. Numbered Notes 1 and 26 apply. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Brenda Lee at the telephone number identified above. (0105)

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