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66 -- COLONY PICKER SOL 5114-9-6010 DUE 092799 POC Lori J.Houghton, 309-681-6616 See previous CBD Announcement for item. This announcement supplements the previous announcement. This acquisition is being requested as a Request for Proposal, not a Request for Quotation, as previously stated. Along with the colony picker system, we desire software for automated plate filling (96 +384 plates); Positive air filtration; Adapter plate for 9cm Petri plates; and an adapter for 14 cm round Petri plates. The time and date established in the previous announcement for submission of a proposal remains unchanged. Point of Contact: Lori J. Houghton, 309-681-6616. Posted 09/18/99 (W-SN381735). (0261)

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