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A -- ASSESSMENT OF CHEMICAL SPOT TEST STANDARDS SOL 52SBNB7C1188 DUE 061797 POC Trena N. Bercaw, (301) 975-6324; Fax (301) 963-7732 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts OFfice, Contract@nist.gov. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has a requirement for research and development services to revise the Department of Justice Standards documents NILECJ-STD-0604.00 (December 1978) and NILECJ-STD-0605.00 (July 1981), and to update their contents to reflect the current state of the scientific knowledge about chemical spot tests. The contractor shall be responsible for surveying laboratories and practitioners nationwide, about the use of chemical spot tests; performing laboratory evaluations of each chemical spot test; revising and suggesting proper and safe handling procedures for the chemicals used for testing and the tested materials; and to incorporate the information gained, with current standards documents, and issue a single standard. It is the intent of the government to negotiate with the Center for Human Toxicology of the University of Utah, in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1), as the only responsible source able to satisfy the needs of the government. The Center forHuman Toxicology is nationally and internationally recognized as a leader in the analysis of drugs of abuse, and their metabolites in various biological specimens, and in the development of state-of-the-art assays for drugs of abuse in physiological specimens. They are responsible for developing gas chromatography and mass spectrometry methods capable of accurately measuring many drugs of abuse in body fluids and tissues at subnanogram-per-milliliter concentrations. The methods developed by the Center have been applied to the analysis of a wide variety of samples submitted by investigators throughout this country. The period of performance for this project is from date of award through one year thereafter, with an option to extend the term of the contract for one year. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals received by the response date of 6/17/97,will be considered by the government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Numbered Note 26. (0150)

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