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B -- GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS COMPOUNDS IN COMPLEX MATRICES SOL 52SBNB8C1087 DUE 052998 POC Kathleen Lettofsky, (301) 975-6342 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www. nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contact@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis under the authority of 41 USC 253(c)(1) with Finnish Institute for Verification of the Chemical Weapons (VERIFIN), which is an independent institute under the University of Helsinki, Finland, to develop data for Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) of Chemical Weapons Compounds in Complex Matrices. The service needed by NIST is available from only one responsible source and no other supplier will satisfy the needs of the Agency, because the data to be developed is to be used in conjunction with the Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and only laboratories that have fulfilled the criteria to be certified as OPCW Designated Laboratory can be considered for this work in order to ensure that the results of the experimental work will be accepted for use in verification under the Chemical Weapons Treaty. This contract will be for a base period of 12 months after contract award and include one option period consisting of 12 months. The contractor (VERIFIN) shall provide the following in the Base Year: 1) Analysis of data from historical VERIFIN data files for Retention index (RI) data. Data will include scheduled and non-scheduled chemicals that may be of use in predicting the RI of chemicals for which there is no data; 2) Measurement of mass spectra and retention indices of scheduled chemicals; and 3) Measurement of complete GC/MS data files for a standard soil matrix extracted according to the OPCW operating procedures and spiked with 1, 10 and 100 ppm of a set of scheduled chemicals. The contractor shall provide the following in the option year: 1) Measurement of mass spectra and retention indices of scheduled chemicals; and 2) Measurement of complete GC/MS/ data files for standard paint and rubber matrix extracted according to the OPCW operating procedures and spiked with 1, 10 and 100 ppm of a set of scheduled chemicals. A Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued to VERIFIN. The anticipated award date is June 12, 1998. Numbered Notes 22 and 26 apply. (0105)

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