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65 -- MEDICAL TEST KITS SOL N00600-96-R-2760 DUE 080996 POC For a copy of the solicitation, fax request to (202) 433-9569. For additional information, contact William L. Crawford, Code 201.6C, at (202) 433-3967. Fleet and Industrial Supply Center (FISC) Detachment Washington intends to award a sole-source contract to Abbott Laboratories Diagnostic Division of Abbott Park, Illinois for medical kits. The following medical kits will be procured (the numbers in parenthesis are the catalog number): AUSZYME TEST (1980-31), AUSAB EIA TEST (9006-24), CMV TOTAL EIA TEST (6163-24), CORZYME TEST (9977-30), HAVAB-M REAGENT PACK (9843-24), HAVAB-M reagent pack (2226-20), HCV TEST (4A14-31), HIV 1&2 COMBO TEST (3A77-31), HIV 1&2 COMBO TEST (3A77-24), HTLV-1, 2.0 EIA TEST (9A20-26. Abbott is the sole-source supplier because new test results need to be comparable with previous work so that opidemiological surveys can be used to predict infectious disease threats to U.S. military personnel. This will be a Firm Fixed Price, Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity contract with one base year and two one-year option periods. This contract will permit upgrades under certain circumstances. Note 22. (0176)

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