Department of the Treasury, United States Customs Service (USCS), Procurement Division, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Room 4.2-E, Washington, DC, 20229

99 -- CONTRABAND DESTRUCTION DEVICE SOL 2000-xxx DUE 032400 POC Linda Clifton, Contracting Officer, Phone (202) 927-1139, Fax (202) 927-0288, Email linda.l.clifton@customs.treas.gov -- Cheri Tyner, Contract Specialist, Phone (202) 927-0072, Fax (202) 927-1190, Email WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=R&ProjID=2000-xxx&LocI D=1782. E-MAIL: Linda Clifton, linda.l.clifton@customs.treas.gov. The U.S. Customs Service (USCS) is interested in information from companies who have "off-the-shelf" equipment with the capability of completely destroying seized contraband. Complete destruction requires that there is no detectable narcotics residue found in any of the byproducts including ash/slag that may be produced from the destruction process. Seized contraband will mainly include marijuana, cocaine, khat and heroin seized in their original packaging which includes plastics, aluminum foil, various tapes, and oil/grease. In addition, seized contraband will include large quantities of pills and/or pharmaceutical drugs. However, there will also be small quantities of material containing metal such as syringes. Particular areas of interest to the USCS include: 1) Safety concerns, both mechanical and procedural, that provide maximum protection from exposure of the material to personnel during the destruction process, 2) Ability to meet applicable permit requirements, 3) Processing rate or throughput in lbs./hr, and 4) system costs. Both fixed sites and mobile systems will be considered. Contractors should provide information relating to their experiences including, their roles and responsibilities, the number and types of systems in operation, location, types of material (feed stream), permitting and certification capabilities, and a list of previously awarded contracts including a point of contact. This is not a request for proposal and does not commit the USCS to procure any hardware system(s) at this time. Posted 02/04/00 (D-SN422300). (0035)

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