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66 -- WHATMAN NITROGEN GAS GENERATOR SOL FSIS-15-W-99 DUE 041499 POC Kimberly Hersh, 301-504-4211, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: kim.hersh@usda.gov, kim.hersh@usda.gov. The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to make an award to Whatman, Inc., 100 Ames Pond Drive, Tawksbury, MA 01878-0982, for the purchase of Qty. 3 Whatman Nitrogen Gas Generator. The Model no. is 75-880. The generator comes ready to install without the need for additional filters or scrubbers. It has an internal micron final membrane filter of 0.01, does not include any heater elements; has an interal carbon based tower for the removal of organical volatile. The Purity levels are 99.5% nitrogen, 0.01 Bacterium, .1% hydrocarbon, has 70 liters per minute plus. The Whatman generator has refined membrane separation with respect to membrane pore size and membrane surface area. Must be FDA approved and remove yeast and molds, Mesophilic aerobic bacteria, mesophilic anaerobic bacteria, thermophilic aerobic bacteria, thermophilic anaerobic bacteria. Whatman, Inc., is the only known source for this generator. 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 April 12, 1999. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to (301) 504-4276. All proposals from responsible resources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative written response is received by April 14 to determine a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the Government negotiations will take place with Whatman, Inc. Posted 03/30/99 (W-SN314459). (0089)

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