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66 -- BETA IRRADIATION FACILITY, MODEL BSS@ SOL DAAH01-00-T-0247 DUE 021700 POC Stephanie Scruggs, Contract Specialist, (256)876-4155; Debra K. Long, Contracting Officer, (256)876-4153 E-MAIL: dkelley@redstone.army.mil, sscruggs@redstone.army.mil,. The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command intends to procure 1 each The Beta Irradiation Facility, Model BSS2. This proposed contract action is a sole source acquisition. The beta irradiation facility, Model BSS2, will be used at U.S. Army Radiation Standards and Dosimetry Laboratory (RSDL), Army Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry Branch(AIRDB). The model BSS2 is required in order to maintain compatibility with ISO and subsequent ANSI standards as mandated for NRC-required NVLAP accreditation. The beta irradiation facility will be used to irradiate thermoluminescent dosimeters with specific beta irradiation energies required for NRC-mandated NVLAP accreditation. AEA Technology QSA, Inc., 40 North Avenue, Burlington, MA 01803, is the only manufacturer of a beta irradiation facility which provides all beta radiation energies required by AIRDB for the mandated accreditation. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 02/02/00 (W-SN421170). (0033)

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