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B -- DEPTH PROFILE MEASUREMENTS OF UV STABILIZER AND COATING FUNCTIONALITIES SOL 53SBNB067023 DUE 031100 POC Diane M. Loeb (301) 975-6399, FAX (301) 963-7732, or e-mail: dloeb@nist.gov WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Howard University, Department of Chemistry, Washington, DC to develop and demonstrate methods for characterizing and mapping the distribution of UV stabilizers in coatings and measure the depletion of UV stabilizers in photolytically degraded coating systems for the Building Materials Division. The data will be used for predicting the service lives of organic coating systems exposed to UV light conditions. The period of performance is for twelve months. FOB Destination Gaithersburg, MD. No solicitation package will be issued. A Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued to Howard University. The university is the only vendor capable of performing this service because Professor Raghavan with Howard University's Department of Chemistry and his staff are well known for developing unique methods and procedures for the measurement of coatings composition and coating degradation using spectroscopic and gas chromagtography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques. They have also developed unique procedures for microtoming micrometer-size slices from coating and coatings systems. These expertise are essential for providing critical data on UV stabilizers and coating degradation demanded by this contract. The data is essential for verifying the models on the depletion rate of UV stabilizers and service life of coatings. These are the milestones for the Coatings Service Prediction Consortium. The anticipated award date of the contract is on or around fifteen days from the date of this notice. See Note 26. If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Diane Loeb on 301 975-6399 or via email dloeb@nist.gov. Posted 02/25/00 (W-SN428695). (0056)

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