B -- ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT FOR ISOTOPES

Notice Date

April 26, 2001

Contracting Office

U. S. Department Of Commerce, NOAA, Central Administrative Support Center, 601 East 12th St., CC31, Rm. 1756, Kansas City, Missouri 64106

ZIP Code

64106

Solicitation Number

NRMAF000120142SKC

Point of Contact

Sharon Clisso (816) 426-7267 ext. 231

Description

The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL), Ann Harbor, MI intends to contract with the Argonne National Laboratory operated by the University of Chicago for the United States Department of Energy for analysis of sediment for isotopes. Argonne National Laboratory will analyze 125 Lake Michigan sediment samples for the Plutonium-239 isotope. Mr. Ken Orlandini of the Environmental Research Division will serve as the principal investigator. The proposed procurement is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source, the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, under the authority of 41 USC 253(c)(1). This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. Interested parties are encouraged to respond to this announcement within 15 days of its publication and shall submit in writing, it's name, address, point of contact, telephone number, business size and a brief statement regarding it's capability to provide the specified service and the names, telephone numbers, and points of contact for businesses or other Government agencies to which it has previously provided similar services. No response will be provided to those inquiries which fail to provide the information requested. This information shall be submitted to the address stated herein or may be faxed to 816-426-7530, Attention: Sharon Clisso. This is not a request for quotations and there is no solicitation available at this time. A determination by the Government not to compete this procurement is solely within the discretion of the Government.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010430/BSOL001.HTM (W-116 SN50K439)