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65 -- REAGENT KITS SOL N00244-95-R-5456 DUE 082295 POC C. Fletcher, Bid Officer, (619) 532-2690/2692 or Purita Gamos, Contract Negotiator, (619) 532-2565. FISC San Diego intends to place a contract on a sole source basis with Bio-Whittaker, Inc., 8300 Biggs Ford Rd., Walkersville, MD, 21793 for the following: 24 ea CMV Stat ''M'' Test Kit (IgM), 24 ea CMV Stat Test Kit (IgG), 12 ea Mumps Stat Test Kit, 60 ea Measles Stat Test Kit, 12 ea EBNA Stat Test Kit, 12 ea EB VCA Stat Test Kit (IgG), 12 ea EB VCA Stat ''M'' Test Kit, 24 ea Herpes 1 and 2 Stat Test Kit, and 12 ea Varicella Stat Test Kit to be delivered F.O.B. Destination, Naval Medical Center, San Diego. Contract will be for one (1) base year and two (2) one-year options. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties who contend that they are capable of providing the supplies should submit within 45 days from the publication of this notice, specific factual data and other pertinent information as so desired, to be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully meet the requirement. All proposals received within the 45 days notice period will be considered by the Government. The Government reserves the right not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice. Technical responses and requests received as a result of this Notice of Intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0180)

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