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A -- AUTOMATED CAPILLARY FLOW POROMETER, CFP-1500-AXE SOL Automated Capillary Flow Porometer, CFP-1500-AXE DUE 050300 POC Sandra Shoff 508-233-4126 WEB: Automated Capillary Flow Porometer, CFP-1500-AXE, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: Automated Capillary Flow Porometer, CFP-1500-AXE, sshoff@natick-amed02.army.mil. The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command intends to conduct negotiations with and award a contract to Porous Materials, Inc., 83 Brown Road, Bldg 4, Ithaca, NY 14850-1298, on a basis of other than full and open competition, reference FAR 6.302-1(a) for one (1) Automated Capillary Flow Porometer, CFP-1500-AXE. PMI is the only maker of a capillary flow porometer which is capable of measuring to pore sizes below 15 nanometers, which is required for our porous nanomaterials research. Also, PMI is also the only commercially available instrument using non-mercury methods (based on wetting liquids, including water) which covers the entire range of up to 500 micron pores (and larger pore sizes with standard options). No solicitation document is available. See Note 22. Posted 04/17/00 (W-SN445549). (0108)

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