U.S. Army Engineers District, Wilmington District, Corps of Engineers, Attn: Sherrel Sholar-Jackson, P.O. Box 1890, Wilmington, NC 28402-1890

46 -- SELF-CONTAINED WATER PURIFICATION AND PACKAGING UNIT/SYSTEM SOL DACW54-99-I-0001 DUE 021899 POC D. Abb Stallings (910)251-4785 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District is searching for contractors who can provide packaged potable drinking water during natural disaster situations through a commercially available, non-developmental self-contained water purification and and packaging unit/system. The requirements of the system are as follows: 1) The system must be 100 percent mobile and easy to deploy, 2) The water purification process must destroy all known bacteria and virus, 3) The system must be E.P.A. approved, 4) The system must provide an economical alternative to reverse osmosis systems, 5) The system must be simple to operate and have low maintenance costs. THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR INFORMATION SOLICTED. No further written request for information will be provided in addition to this notice. Responses to this notice should be provided to the Chief of Contracting Division, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Wilmington District, 69 Darlington Avenue, Room 306, Wilmington, NC 28403. All responses must be provided in writing. The FAX number is (910)251-4454. No telephonic responses will be accepted. SIC Code is 5149. The Small Business size standard is 500 employees. Respondents are requested to advise the Government of their individual bisiness size standard. Posted 02/09/99 (W-SN296566). (0040)

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