B -- SCIENTIFIC STUDY

Notice Date

May 17, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Acquisition Division, Room 3290, 650 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20226

ZIP Code

20226

Solicitation Number

BATF-01-13

Point of Contact

Glanville Industrious, Contract Specialist, (202) 927-5053

Description

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms intends to negotiate on a sole basis with the International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) for the procurement of an additional task that was not originally contgracting for under contract Tatf-01-08 in the study of low-density ammonium nitrate study. This is a follow-on effort to contract number TATF-01-08 for a high density ammonium nitrate study. This will enable the Bureau to finish its on-going effort. The study will analyze and acquire necessary data and evaluate the feasibility and practicability of eliminating commingling of ammonium nitrate at distribution points and identifying production sources of ammonium nitrate products from their intrinsic crystallographic, physical and chemical properties at a given time. This requirement will be awarded to the IFDC in part because Section 732 of the Anti-Terrorism Act requires that the Department of the Treasury consult with non-profit fertilizer development centers. The IFDC has been determined to be the only source of this requirement. The IFDC, in addition, has access to necessary proprietary data not available elsewhere. No telephone inquiries. See numbered Note 22.

Record

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