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66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL NHLBI-PS-SP-97-532!! DUE 121399 POC Tabitha Davol, Purchasinf Agent, (301) 435-0370, Fax Number (301)480-3345 It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to purchase the following Brand name or Equal items. (1) one AKTA FPLC Protein Purification System, Catalog#18111867, manufactured by Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Inc. and (1) one COMPAQ DESKPRO EN 450MHZ w/Zip Drive Tower Computer, Catalog#13346201, manufactured by Compaq Computer Corporation. The specifications for model AKTA FPLC is as follows: Pump p-920 a high perfomance syringe pump producing accurate, reproducible, pulse free flow rates and precise graident formation over the working range (up to 20 ml/min. 0.5 Mpa); Monitor UPC-900 a high precision-line monitor offering the unique possibility to measure UV, conductivity, and PH using a single instrument; UV detection wavelengths 254 and 280ufti are supplied with AKTA FPLC; other wavelength are available; Injection valve, INV-907, is used for sample application; mixer M-925 a dynamic, single chamber mixer, powered and controlled from pump p-920; FRAC-900 collects up to 95 fractions in 10-18 mm diameter tubes and 175 fractions in 12 mm diameter tubes (Optional) and up to 40 fractions in 30 mm diameter tubes (optional). The specifications for the COMPAQ DESKPRO EN 450MHZ Intel Pentium II Tower Computer are as follows: 100Mhz speed, 128 MB RAM (SDRAM), 512 kb Cache, 8.4 GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 3.5" 1.44" floppy drive, 32Xmax CD-ROM drive, Iomega internal ZIP 100 drive (IDE version), ATI Rage PRO Turbo AGP Z X ehhanced graphics, 4 MB video SGRAM, ESS ES1869 embedded sound card, 1 AGP expansion slot used by video card, ZISA Expansion slots, 5 PCI expansion slots, 2 serial and 1 parallel ports (1 serial port is disabled for lack of IRQs). 104 key enhance keyboard, PS/2 style mouse. Compaq PC1 network interface card, compaq 9700(17") Monitor, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation 4.0 software and documentation, standard 3 year warranty. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 3826, size and standard of 500 employees will be used in this requiremnt. There are no set a side restrictions for this requirement. Quotations are due 15 calendar days from the publication or date of this notice 12/13/99 whichever is later at 1:00 P.M. eastern time. Quotations must include an itemized price for items 1 and 2 listed above, delivery, handling & freight charges, delivery time after receipt of a purchase order, prompt payment discount terms, Sic Code, Business size, Duns number, product literature and detailed specifications describing the product offered. Quotations will be evaluated on conformance to the government's specifications, quality, price and delivery time. Quotations submitted in Response to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PS-2000-532 may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Building RKL2, Room 6145, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention Tabitha Davol, Purchasing Agent. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Posted 11/27/99 (W-SN403811). (0331)

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