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66 -- APEX LARGE VOLUME INJECTOR SYSTEM SOL RFQ-OH-00-00037 POC Sharon Clement (513) 487-2030 WEB: Office of Acquisition Management -- Cincinnati Contracts, http://www/epa.gov/oam/cinn_cmd. E-MAIL: Sharon Clement -- Cincinnati Contracts Management, clement.sharon@epamail.epa.gov. Under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, the USEPA intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Linc Quantum Analytics, Inc, to acquire a Large Volume Injection System (Apex ProSep 800 XT Plus). This system is required to permit the reduction of sample extracted by increasing the volume of sample extract injected while providing a solute band width that is compatible with the existing EPA Agilent (HP 6890) "Fast GC" gas chromatography equipment. The Government's minimum requirements for the Apex Large Volume Injectors are as follows: (1) System must be capable of injecting from 0.1 to at least 100 uL of extract in less than 1 sec.; (2) System must be compatible with Agilent gas chromatographic auto injector; (3) System must accept pre-separation columns of at least 200 mm in length; (4) System must provide an auxiliary split as a timed event for the elimination of late eluting matrix interference; (5) System software must be capable of bath processing and method storage within gas chromatographic operational software using Windows 5 or NT operating system. This action is being pursued on a sole source basis because LincQuantum Inc., is the only known source of commercially available large volume injection systems that meet all of the above specifications. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. This acquisition will be accomplished under FAR Part 12, Acquisition of Commercial items. Only sources capable of fully meeting the unique technical performance specifications/capabilities outlined above, without exception, will be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this acquisition is solely the discretion of the Government. Requests for RFQ -OH-00-00037 must be in writing with written quotations due on or before 1/14/99 to the office address identified above. NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE ACCEPTED. E-mail or faxed requests are acceptable. The fax number is (513) 487- 2115. Posted 12/28/99 (W-SN411838). (0362)

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