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66 -- LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL FDA 243473-95 DUE 072495 POC Contact, Contract Specialist, Trudy Dartouzous or Contracting Officer, Paul Scarborough, (301) 443-4420 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a purchase order for a luminometer and microplate heaters. Microplates required to set at 53 degrees C and 63 degrees C to maintain +/- 0.5 degrees C, compatible with aluminum 96-well (4.315''x2.905''x0.28'') to heat bottom and top of microplate holder, display real-time temperature for upper and lower heating surfaces, and accept clamping pressure to prevent drying of micro wells. Luminometer must have 96-well microplate reading capability compatible with aluminum 96-well microplate holder and maintains internal incubation temperature of 37 degrees C +/-2.5 degrees C, compatible with glow kinetic reactions, external software capable of reducing luminescent counts and interpolating counts into equivalents per unit of measure specific for each, photo multiplier tube must seal each microwell at top prior to reading, level of well to well cross-talk must not exceed 1 part in 20,000, contains factory calibrated light source at preset light level regardless of time or temperature, perform a calibration test procedure whereby photo multiplier tube is positioned over a light source and calibration test value is generated. Value must be electronically compared to factory set level and procedure capability prior to reading a microplate. Written quotations required by COB 7/24/95. (0193)

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