Commander, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Corps of Engineers, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180

66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT POC Contact Point, Cathy Ware, Contract Specialist, 601-634-2689; Mary B. Holman, Contracting Officer, 601-634-2423 The USAE Waterways Experiment Station proposes to issue a sole source contract to New Brunswick Scientific Co. Inc., Edison, New Jersey for the purchase of two bioflo III batch/continuous culture, pc-ready fermenter systems, advanced fermentation software kit, and additional cable. The unit must be capable of being used in both the batch and continuous culture modes. The continuous culture mode is required for isolation and molecular evolution of microbial strains able to degrade highly complex organic contaminants that are often quite refractory to microbial attack. New Brunswick Scientific is the only known source that can provide this requirement. If no other sources are found the Government intends to award a contract to New Brunswick Scien- tific pursuant to the authority of 10 USC 2304 (c)(1). See numbered Note 22. (0039)

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