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65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR TEST KITS USED IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF COAGULASE ORGANISMS Sol N0016897RC0L045. Due 082096. POC Contracting Officer, Sandra A. Musgrove, 301/295-6754. The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Microbiology Branch, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a sole sourced standing order to Murex Diagnostics Inc. for test kits used in the identification of coagulase organisms by means of a rapid slide agglutination method. The following items will be procured (1) Twelve (12) packages Catalog# ZL-31 Staphaurex kits, Latex Identification Kit, 400 tests, one (1) package to be delivered every month; (2) Thirty-six (36) packages Catalog# CA-50 C.albicans Kit, Yeast Identification Kit, 50 tests, three (3) packages to be delivered every month. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for a base period of one (1) year effective 1 October 1996 through 30 September 1997 with four (4) year options. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Award will be contingent upon availability of FY97 funding. (218)

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