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66 -- WHIRL-PAK SAMPLING BAGS (7 1/2" X 15") SOL FSIS-6-W-99 DUE 123198 POC Claudia Andrews The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a contract to Nasco International, Inc. 901 Janesville Ave., Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0901, for the purchase of 900 boxes of Whirl-Pak sampling bags. This product is a sterilized filter bag measuring 7 1/2" X 15". Nasco International is the only known source for this product. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE. All interested concerns must identify their interest in writing and fully document their capability to meet the agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response by December 31, 1998. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to 202-690-1814. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative written response is received by December 31, 1998, to determine that a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the Government, negotiation will take place with Nasco, International. There is no solicitation document available. Posted 12/15/98 (I-SN280328). (0349)

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