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

66 -- ELECTROSTATIC LOW PRESSURE IMPACTOR (ELPI) SOL FFM266 DUE 091098 POC J. Deanna Easley (513) 487-2027 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www.epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: U.S. EPA -- Cincinnati Contracts Management Division, easley.deanna@epamail.epa.gov. The US EPA, Research Triangle Park facility, requires an electrostatis low pressure impactor (ELPI) with pump, connectors, hoses and data analysis center. EPA testing requires a unit that can resolve the distribution in less than 5 seconds. The equipment will be used in EPA's test facility in the design, implementation, evaluation and operation of on-road, heavy-duty diesel vehicles. The ELPI is required so that particle emissions can be measured and characterized. The Government intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with TSI Incorporated for the ELPI unit since it is the only known vendor that meets the requirement of continuous, real-time measurement system which can resolve the 0.03 to 10 micrometers distribution using at least 12 stages in less than 5 seconds. Any firm that feels it can provide equipment which meets the Government's minimum specifications must provide sufficient documentation within 15 days of publication of this synopsis. Posted 08/25/98 (W-SN241417). (0237)

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