Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road,Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

99 -- FULLY AUTOMATED PORE AND CELL PRESSURE UNIT POC Richard C. Schwaberow, Contracting Officer, (415) 329-4171 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, California, intends to place on a sole-source basis, a purchase order with GEOCOMP Corp., Acton, Ma. This is the only manufacturer of fully computer-controlled triaxial shear equipment that interfaces with the U.S. Geological Survey current laboratory equipment. GEOCOMP equipment is required for our laboratory system as it is the same manufacturer of the U.S. Geological Survey's current testing sytem and is fully compatible with the complex high-pressure plumbing system in our laboratory used to assist in the testing of soil (0084)

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