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58 -- INPLANTABLE GLASS PASSIVE INTEGRATED TRANSPONDER (PIT) TAGS SOL 1425-98-PG-30-08660 DUE 080698 POC Leslie Leavitt, (702) 293-8642 FAX (702) 293-8050 E-MAIL: Contracting Officer, lleavitt@lc.usbr.gov. 1. The Bureau of Reclamation in Boulder City, Nevada, is making a "sole source" procurement for Inplantable Glass Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) Tags. These tags are used to monitor the endangered Razorback Sucker fish. The PIT tags are compatible with the Bureau of Reclamation's Destron/IDE Portable Tag Readers, Model HS-5105L18K. The tags are 400 KHz, 11.5 mm in length, programmed with a ten-digit alphanumeric code creating 32 billion fingerprints, and they are Passive-Energized by the Destron reader. The model number of the tag is #TX1400. The PIT Tag manufacturer is: Destron-Fearing, 490 Villaume Ave., S. St. Paul, MN 55075 (800) 328-0118. 2. This procurement is a 100% small business set-aside. The Standard Industrial Code (SIC) is 3829 and the business size standard is 500 employees. 3. The award will be made to Biomark, Inc., 134 North Cloverdale, Boise, Idaho 83713-8903. The award will be for 20,000 PIT Tags for approximately $74,000.00. 4. Inquires or questions regarding this procurement may be faxed to Leslie Leavitt, (702) 293-8050 no later than August 6, 1998. (Phone number (702) 293-8642) Posted 07/23/98 (W-SN227458). (0204)

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