U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Contracts Management Division (MD-33), Attention: OARSC, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711

66 -- GERMANIUM DETECTORS, N-TYPE, HIGH PURITY SOL EEE314 DUE 081400 POC James F. Kempf, Contract Specialist, (919) 541-4278/Janice White, Contracting Officer, (919) 541-3166 WEB: Click here to visit the site that has information about, http://www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, kempf.james@epa.gov. DESC: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO THE SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION AMENDMENT WILL NOT BE ISSUED. The solicitation number is EEE314. The Specifications for the two (2) low energy HPGe detectors are amended by the deletion of specification paragraph 10 and the substitution of the paragraph 10 as follows: "10. The detector (including all detector, endcap and cry0stat comonents that will be inside the shield) shall be made from low background materials. The contractor shall submit a low background measurement spectrum of at least 100,000 seconds duration for each detector prior to shipping. This spectrum shall contain no non-natural peaks, and natural peaks no greater (in counts per hour per peak) than listed in the following table. The detector shall have no greater than the following level of background peak total integrated counts per hour (cph) above the continuum: Energy(keV)/Nuclide/ Peak cph: 63/Th-234/9; 186/U-235/Ra-226/14; 239/Pb-212/14; 295/Pb-214/2; 338/Ac-228/3; 352/Pb-214/7; 511/(Annihilation Peak)/135; 583/Tl-208/14; 609/Bi-214/7; 911/Ac-228/3; 1001/Pa-234m/5; 1120/Bi-214/3; 1460/K-40/14; 1764/Bi-214/5; 2614/Tl-208/7. No other provisions of Solicitation EEE314 are changed. Price and technical information should be submitted to James F. Kempf, Contract Specialist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, MD-33, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711. Courier Delivery Address is: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Receptionist-Administration Bldg. Lobby, Attn: James F. Kempf, 79 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. All offers remain due by August 14, 2000, 4:00PM EDT. No telephonic requests will be honored. Posted 08/10/00 (W-SN484417). (0223)

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