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66 -- TSI MODEL LA70-5 COHERENT ARGON-ION LASER SOL ORD-002 DUE 090100 POC Barbara Curtiss at 513-487-2036 or fax at 513-487-2109 E-MAIL: U.S. EPA, CINCINNATI CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT DIVISION, curtiss.barbara@epamail.epa.gov. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) intends to solicit and negotiate on a sole source basis, without full and open competion, under Authority of 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) and Pursuant to FAR 6.301-2, with TSI Incorporated-Laser Diagnostics Division. Item to be acquired is a TSI Model LA70-5 Coherent Argon-Ion Laser, 70 Series, 5W Water Cooled with Remote and Base Mounts. Item is being purchased to be compatible with existing components that were purchased on the GSA Schedule. Interested persons may identify their interest and capabilty to respond to this requirement by submitting their proposals, in writing, to Barbara Curtiss at 26 W. Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268 or fax them to 513-487-2109. NO TELEPHONE PROPOSALS WILL BE HONORED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING CONCERNING ITEM BEING REQUESTED AND NO REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) WILL BE ISSUED. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received within 15 days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determinatin by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses to this notice, is solely with the discretion of the Government. Posted 08/18/00 (W-SN487733). (0231)

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