Directorate of Contracting, US Army Garrison, Hawaii, Attn: APVG-GKC, Fort Shafter, HI 96858-5025

66 -- ELECTRICAL & ELECTRIC PROPERTIES MEAS AND TST INSTRUMENTS SOL DAPC50-98-R-0026 DUE 072798 POC Kerry Luke, Contract Specialist, (808) 438-6535, x 205 The Government intends to negotiate with Leo Electron Microscopy Inc., One Zeiss Drive, Thornwood, NY, 10594, on a sole source basis to furnish Scanning Electron Microscope system, x-ray unit and related ADP equipment to operate the microscope and x-ray unit. This procurement is 100% small business set-aside. A firm is considered to be a small business if its average number of employees for the past 12 months do not exceed 500. SIC 3826 -- Analytical Laboratory equipment. Issue date is on or about June 25, 1998. Telephone requests will not be honored. This is a new requirement. No previous procurement history is available. See Note 22 (for sole source). (0153)

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