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66 -- SOFTWARE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CHEMICAL SAMPLES FROM NUMEROUS DIFFERENT SOURCES SOL RFQ-017-4384-99 DUE 051099 POC Elaine Wood, Contract Specialist, 706/546-3534 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, woode@ars.usda.gov. USDA, ARS, SAA intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, Justice Laboratory Software, to provide software and licensing for analysis of chemical samples from numerous sources, including plants, insects, and micro-organisms. The data system must also collect and analyze date from 4 GC's. The software must have the following capabilities: 1. Data Acquisition (the system must have the following methods of acquiring the detector signal from the chromatographs: DT2804 analog-to-digital converters, DT2802 analog-to-digital converters, HP5890's and HP6890's with direct digital data collection, PE-Nelson 700 and 900 series interface), 2. Must be able to acquire data from up to 16 chromatographs at a time and each chromatograph can have 1 or 2 detectors, 3. Peak detection and integration, 4. Peak identification, 5. Quantization, 6. Chromatogram Plotting, 7. Report generation, 8. Calibration, 9. Data management, 10. Must be completely compatible with 10 years of previously archived chromatography data to ensure continuity in ongoing research projects. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Interested parties should submit written responses including prices and technical data sufficient to determine capability to meet the entire requirement and must be received in this office within 15 calendar days after publication of this notice. It should be noted that no contract will be awarded on the basis of offers received in response to this notice, but will be used to determine if a comparable source more advantageous to the Government is available. If no affirmative written responses are received, negotiations will be held with Justice Laboratory Software without further notice. This acquisition is being conducted under the Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act, Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The anticipated award date is May 11, 1999. Posted 04/20/99 (W-SN322336). (0110)

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