U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

58 -- DOSIMETER COMPATABLE WITH PANASONIC UD-716 AUTOMATIC TLD READER SOL DE-AF07-99ID00348 POC Janet K. Surrusco, Purchasing Agent, 208-526-5477; T. Wade Hillebrant, Contracting Officer, 208-526-0547 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the purchasing agent via e-mail, surrusjk@id.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office intends to award sole source to Panasonic Industrial Corp. for 1500 dosimeters at the price of $31,500. These dosimeters shall meet the following specifications: 1. Dosimeters shall function in the Panasonic UD-716 automatic TLD reader. 2. Each dosimeter shall have four natural abundance thermoluminescent elements with a density thickness of 15 +/- 1 mg/cm2 with the following composition and total filter thickness. Element Composition Filter thickness 1 Li2B4O7:Cu 14 2 CaSO4:Tm 56 3 Li2B4O7:Cu 160 4 Li2B4O7:Cu 160 3. Dosimeters shall be packed in reader compatible racks containing 50 dosimeters each. 4. The response of each element of each dosimeter to Cs-137 photons shall not differ by more than 30% from the response of the mean for that element of all dosimeters. 5. The lithium borate elements shall respond linearly in the range from 10 mR to 2000 R; the calcium sulfate element shall respond linearly in the range from 1 mR to 200 R to Cs-137 photons. 6. Each dosimeter shall maintain its initial calibration to within +/- 15% for 500 exposure/read cycles. 7. Fading shall not exceed 10% in 90 days at 30 degrees C. 8. The dosimeters shall be capable of enduring 500 readout cycles without any degradation in the mechanical performance. 9. The dosimeters shall be from one manufacturing lot. 10. The dosimeters shall have machine and operator readable identification codes which begin with the number 10,000 and continue in increments of 1 to 11,500. Other offerors that have the ability to provide this commercial item are invited to submit information as to their capabilities and any other pertinent data to the address above, to be received no later than 15 days after the date of this notice. No solicitation document exists; therefore a request for such document will not be considered. Information should be faxed to (208) 526-5548 or e-mailed to surrusjk@id.doe.gov. Telephone requests will not be honored. Award will be fixed price and made under simplified acquisition procedures. Posted 03/17/99 (W-SN309797). (0076)

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