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Q -- LABORATORY TESTS POC John Friedhoff, Contract Specialist or Stephanie Trice, Contracting Officer on 301/496-3704. Contractor shall be able to test all of the following within the number of days indicated for the estimated quantities over one year with one option for a consecutive year. TAT= Turn around time as the interval between the time the specimen is picked up on site at NIH every working day, and the time a final result is entered into the NIH computer. TAT: 1 day for Lyme Disease, ELISA -12 EA, Fluoxentine (PROZAC), serum - 14 EA, Babesia microti IgG Ab-10EA, TAT: 2 days for Cytomegalovirus extraction by PCR - 12 EA, Varicella - Zoster by PCR (CSF) - 14 EA, Methylmalonic acid, quantitative serum - 6 EA, anti-myeloid peroxidase Ab-18EA, TAT: 3 days for Arginine Vasopressin (ADH) - 188 EA, Borrella burgdorferi by PRC, bld or csf, 20 EA, Herpes Simplex by PCR, 20 EA, Total Estrogens - 76 EA, Estrone, 200 EA, Estiol 15EA, Carnitine, serum -60 EA, Homocysteine, total, plasma - 8 EA, Organic Acids screen, urine - 3 EA, TAT: 4 days for Fungal Serology Survey, serum - 5 EA, TAT: 9 days for Borrella culture - 16 EA, TAT: 14 days for Fragile X Syndrome, Molecular Analysis, 20 EA. It is anticipated that the award will be made as a modification to an existing contract N02-CL-40004 with Mayo Medical Laboratories, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, NY 55905. For consistency of ongoing studies Mayo Medical Laboratories is the intended source for award of these proposed tests. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0317)

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