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65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR NEPHELOMETER REAGENTS SOL N0016897RC0L008 N/A DUE 083096. POC Contracting Officer, Sandra A. Musgrove, 301/295-6754. The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Chemistry Branch, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a sole sourced standing order to Behring Diagnostics, Inc. for nephelometer reagents and controls. Behring Diagnostics, Inc. manufactures the only reagents and controls that are for use on the Behring Nephlometer. The following items will be procured (1) Twenty-four (24) kits Cat# 969900 OSAS 14/15 IgG Reagent Kit, 5ml per kit; (2) Twenty-four (24) kits Cat# 969901 OSAR 14/15 IgA Reagent Kit, 5 ml per kit; (3) Twenty-four (24) kits Cat# 969902 OSAT 14/15 IgM Reagent Kit, 5ml per kit; (4) Sixteen (16) kits OSAX 15 Transferrin Reagent Kit, 100 tests per kit; (5) Sixteen (16) kits Cat# 969909 OUYM 21 Haptoglobin Reagent-Kit, 100 tests per kit; (6) Twelve (12) kits Cat# 969907 OUYK 21 Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Reagent Kit, 100 tests per kit; (7) four (4) kits Cat# 969912 OUYO 15 Ceruloplasmin Reagent Kit, 100 tests per kit; (8) Twelve (12) kits OUIF 09 Prealbumin Reagent Kit, 5ml per kit; (9) Forty (40) each OUMT 61 N-Diluent, 1.5 liter each; (10) Fifty-two (52) OUMS 61 N-Reaction Buffer, 1.5 liter each; (11) Thirty-two (32) each OWXI 12/13 N-Protein Serum Standard, 3 x 1ml; (12) Twelve (12) each OSAO 14/15 Human C4 Antisera Reagent, 5 ml each; (13) Twelve (12) each OSAP 14/15 Human C3c Antisera Reagent, 5ml each; (14) Seventy-two (72) boxes OVCN 10/11 NA cuvette Segments, 9 sections of 5 segments per box. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for the period 1 October 1996 through 30 September 1997. 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. (228)

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