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B -- ISBRA/WHO INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROJECT ON STATE AND TRAIT MARKERS OF HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ALCOHOLISM SOL AA-97-07 DUE 030797 POC Edward J. Kostolansky, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191, C. Timothy Crilley, Contracting Officer, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism intends to o negotiate an eight month contract with Lohocla Research Corporation for a project entitled "ISBRA/WHO International Joint Project on State and Trait Markers of Heavy Alcohol Consumption and Alcoholism." The proposed contract will support the conduct of assay techniques on blood samples that have been collected on ISBRA/WHO study subjects. This will aid NIAAA in its goal of beginning to develop diagnostic "trait" markers which provide biological information on genetically determined predisposing and protective factors in the development of alcoholism. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Lohocla Research Corporation is the only responsible source since the blood samples are unique to this collaborative international project and are under the sole possession of the proposed contractor. Inquiries must be made in writing, telephone inquiries are unacceptable. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which, if timely, will be considered by the Government. See Numbered Note 26 in the Commerce Business Daily. Proposals will be due on or about March 7, 1997. (0035)

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