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87 -- PESTICIDES SOL 98-5342 DUE 092398 POC Joanne Mann (612) 370-2241 The USDA, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), (PPQ) Whiteville, North Carolina, intends to acquire the following herbicides, as required by September 30, 1998, or as soon as possible thereafter. Your quote should include your best delivery date. 190 gal. Gramoxone 2.5L 130 gal. Reflex 2lC (must have 24C special lable for use in Soybeans, idle cropland and non-cropland in NC/SC 115 gal. Goal 2xl, (must have a 24C special use label for corn in NC/SC 3200 lb. Basamid granular (must have a 24C special use label for use in the Witch Weed Project in NC/SC 85 gal. Poast (must have a 24C special use label for use in tobacco in NC/SC 580 gal. Trifluralin (Treflan 4EC) 95 gal. Fusilade DX Delivery to: USDA, APHIS, PPQ, 233 Borderbelt Drive, Whiteville, North Carolina 28472 A fixed-price purchase order will result. F.O.B. destination. Quotations are due September 23, 1998, by 2:30 p.m. local time. Submit written or faxed quotation to "Purchasing Section", at (612) 370-2136. Simplified procurement procedures will be used as well as commercial item acquisition regulations per FAR 12. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation and no other solicitation will be issued. All responsible sources may submit a quotation for consideration. Offers should include tax payer identification number and DUNS number. Applicable FAR clauses are incorporated by reference: Prompt Payment 52.249-1; Fixed price 52.243-1 Posted 09/15/98 (W-SN250134). (0258)

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