Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road,Mail Stop 285, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591

66 -- FULLY AUTOMATED TRIAXIAL SHEARING AND COMPRESSION DEVICE FOR SOIL TESTING POC Richard C. Schwaberow, Contracting Officer, (650) 329-4171 The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Menlo Park, California, intends to place on a sole-source basis, a purchase order with GeoComp Corporation, Acton, Ma. This vendor is the only manufacturer of fully computer-controlled triaxial shear equipment. Each module is a patented program to automate testing. GeoComp Corp. equipment is required for our laboratory study as it is the only testing system that is fully compatible with the complex high-pressure plumbing system in the USGS laboratory used to assist in the testing of soil. (0266)

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