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U -- MEMBERSHIP TO CPAC SOL 52SBNB967049 DUE 043099 POC Diane M. Loeb, Contract Specialist at (301) 975-6399 or Sandra Febach, Contracting Officer (301) 975-6326 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.Nist.gov/admin/od/Contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with University of Washington, 3935 University Way, Seattle, WA for membership to Center for Process Analytical Chemistry (CPAC). The institutional membership in the Center for Process Analytical Chemistry of the University of Washington will allow NIST to participate in CPAC activities, to interact with other members of CPAC in the identification of important industrial process-measurement problems, and to work collaboratively on technical approaches for provision of the standards-infrastructures required for resolution of these problems. This is a one year membership. The Government intends to include four one year option periods. FOB Gaithersburg, MD. A solicitation will be issued to University of Washington. The University of Washington is the only vendor capable of performing this service because CPAC is the only US organization devoted to pre-commercialization research on the analytical methods, instrumentation, and standards needs of the process industry. It is a center possessing unique technical excellence in the areas of advanced process analytical instrumentation. Its membership of some 35-40 industrial sponsors is a unique resource for identifying process measurement needs in the chemical, petrochemical, forest product, pharmaceutical, and food industries. The anticipated award date of the contract is on or around thirty (30) days from the date of this notice. See Numbered Notes 22 and 26 . If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Diane Loeb on 301 975-6399 or via email dloeb@nist.gov. Posted 03/30/99 (W-SN314388). (0089)

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