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L -- SUPPORT TO THE JOINT U.S./RUSSIAN OPTIMIZATION OF THE TWO-STAGE DESTRUCTION PROCESS FOR ORGANOPHOSPHORUS AGENTS SOL AIC 1272 POC Timothy Houston, Negotiator, (703) 810-4637 WEB: Click here to access the DTRA Current Solicitations, http://www.dswa.mil/dswaproc/curproc.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, timothy.houston@dtra.mil. This effort is entitled Support to the Joint U.S./Russian Optimization of the Two-Stage Destruction Process for Organophosphorus Agents. The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has a requirement for 6-months of additional work on the Support to the Joint U.S./Russian Optimization of the Two-Stage Destruction Process for Organophosphorus Agents contract. Contractor will: a)provide a more in-depth analysis of the FD-4M in order to characterize the RD-4M mixture; b)conduct joint experiments to demonstrate the synthesis; and c)validate the efficacy of VX destruction using the RD-4M produced. This effort will also include support to chronic toxicological testing, identified during toxicological studies of the basic contract, and QA oversight of the Russian institutes during the conduct of testing. DTRA plans to award the additional work to the current contractor, Battelle Memorial Institute, 505 King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201. All inquiries must be in writing and directed to Mr. Timothy Houston, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 45045 Aviation Drive, Dulles, VA 20166-7517. See note 22. Posted 12/16/98 (W-SN280755). (0350)

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