Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Acquisition Division, Room 3290, 650 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20226

B -- SCIENTIFIC STUDY SOL BATF-98-14 POC Craig S. Segall, Contract Specialist, (202) 927-8689; Charles H. Logan, Contracting Officer, (202) 927-7717 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms intentds to negotiate on a sole source basis with the International Fertilizer Development Center in Muscle Shoals, AL for a follow on study. The original study was conducted to examine the feasibility of measures that might be taken to tag explosive materials for the purpose of detection and identification, to render common chemicals to manufacture explosive materials inert and to impose controls on certain precursor chemicals used in the manufacture of explosive materials. The IFDC concentrated their sutdy on fertilizer. This follow on study of fertilizer will be to acquire necessary data and evaluate the feasibility and practicabillity of eliminating commingling of ammonium nitrate at distribution points and identifiying production sources of ammonium nitrate products from their intrinsic crystallographic, physical and chemical properties at a given time. This requirement will be awarded to the IFDC since Section 732 of the Anti-Terrorism Act directed the Department of the Treasury to consult with non profit fertilizer centers. Furthermore, the IFDC has access to necessary proprietary data that is not available elsewhere. See numbered Note 22. (0033)

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