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A -- TWO SEISMIC CALIBRATIONS EXPERIMENTS IN TUNNEL 160 SOL AIC# 2997 DUE 021999 POC Brian Wilt, Contract Specialist, (703)326-8716; Edward L. Archer, Contracting Officer, (703)326-8506 In accordance with the two following agreements, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) plans to award a sole source contract to the National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the executing agent for the Two Seismic Calibrations Experiments in Tunnel 160: (1) Agreement dated 13 December 1993, between the United States Government and the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Destruction of Silo Launchers of Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Emergency Response, and the Prevention of Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. (2) Agreement dated 3 October 1995 and amended September 1998, between the Department of Defense of the United States of America and the Ministry of Science -- Academy of Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning Elimination of Infrastructure for Weapons of Mass Destruction. This effort will consist of the design, preparation, and performance of two high explosive seismic calibration experiments in September 1999 and June 2000 to be conducted in tunnel 160 at Degelen Mountain. Only Chemical explosives will be utilized in both experiments. Note that this is a sole source procurement as the National Nuclear Center is the only authorized organization to perform this work within the confines of the former Semipalatinsk Test Site. See Note 22. Anyone interested in this effort can send information via fax (referencing AIC# 2997) to the attention of Brian Wilt/AMC at fax number (703) 810-4691. Posted 02/04/99 (W-SN295179). (0035)

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