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B -- CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS/MATERIALS DETECTION AND ANALYSIS POC Lynn E. Gibby, (703) 810-4683; Barbara Roberson, (703) 810-4684 The On-Site Inspection Agency is conducting a market survey for informational purposes only to determine the existence of potential sources for providing U.S. Government support to the United Nations Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM). Support includes: (1) deploy personnel, often on short notice, as part of UNSCOM inspection/monitoring teams to sites in Iraq to identify and collect materials and samples which will be analyzed for the presence of chemical and biological agents; (2) conduct preliminary analyses at the UNSCOM Baghdad Monitoring and Verification Centre (BMVC) laboratory; (3) conduct total characterization analyses at the Contractor's facility; (4) provide trained technicians for field support, sample collection and analysis, and report generation using an open-path Fourier transform infrared spectrometer at sites in Iraq; (5) provide written reports detailing all analysis results; (6) prepare, use, and maintain collection and analytical equipment for deployment and/or laboratory usage; (7) provide consumable supplies required for each deployment or analysis effort; (8) provide technical and material support for the UNSCOM BMVC mobile chemical analysis laboratory equipment, to include equipment support, lab methodologies, operation and maintenance training, and preparing agent and non-agent standards; and (9) provide technical support for air monitoring sampler program and equipment. Team members and laboratory analysts may include a Program Manager and Senior Research Scientists. Interested sources should respond in writing. Information should include: evidence of past experience performing the same or similar services; knowledge of and experience working under conditions found in southwest Asia, specifically Iraq; knowledge of and experience with United Nations or other international organization monitoring and verification programs; present capabilities, to include facilities, equipment and personnel; and technical approach. Technical information should not exceed five typewritten pages. Interested sources should also provide a rough-order-of-magnitude (ROM) estimate based on the following: 4 deployments, 3 weeks each, 6 people each (including any personnel or equipment preparation and recovery costs, but excluding any travel or per diem costs); total characterization analysis of 200 samples during a one-year period; general technical (non-deployment) support, as identified above, for a one-year period. This ROM estimate is in no way binding and will be used for informational purposes only. Technical and ROM estimate responses must be submitted no later than 1 July 1998 to: On-Site Inspection Agency, P.O. Box 17498, Washington, DC 20041-0498, ATTN: AMC/Lynn Gibby. Interested sources should also indicate if they qualify as a small business under SIC Code 8734 and their business category (small business, small disadvantaged business, women-owned business, large business, 8(a) business, or Historically Black College and University or Minority Institution). This Sources Sought Notice in no way obligates the Government for any future acquisition(s), and the Government in no way assumes any liability for costs incurred in responding to this notice. For information, contact Lynn Gibby at (703) 810-4683 or Barbara Roberson at (703) 810-4684, or at fax (703) 810-4675. Synopsis Number 98-0011. (0147)

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