USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, ASD, PCS, Room 2161 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700

66 -- AUTOVAP SAMPLES PROCESSING SYSTEM SOL FSIS-32-W-97 DUE 062597 POC Contact Point, Anita Voiselle, (202) 720-9891 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a Purchase Order to O.I. Analytical for a model AS-2000 Autovap Sample Processing System. FSIS intends to negotiate on a sole-soruce basis in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1). The unit will be delivered to the FSIS Western Laboratory in Alameda, CA. Only fully developed, commercially available systems shall be considered. All interested concerns must identify their interest in writing and must fully document their capability to meet the Agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within 15 days of publication of this notice. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to 202-690-1814. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE. If no affirmative written responses are received within 15 days of publication of this notice to determine that a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the government, negotiations will take place with O.I. Analytical. (0160)

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