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65 -- AMPLICOR HIV MONITER KIT SOL N00259-97-Q-0045 DUE 022597 POC Purchasing Agent, CAROL EBERHARD, (619)532-8098, Contracting Officer, MIKE NYE, (619)532-8088 65 -- ROCHE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS SOL N00259-97-Q-0045 due 022597 POC Purchasing Agent, CAROL EBERHARD, 619/532-8098. CONTRACTING OFFICER, MIKE NYE, 619/532- 0880. This notice is provided on a sole source basis, with intent to award a firm fixed price order with ROCHE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commerical items, prepared in accordance with FAR Subpart 12.6 as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solitation; quotations are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. This solicitation, number N00259-97-Q-0045, is issued as a Request for Quotations. The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through FAC 90-42. Items to be acquired: (1) 20 KT AMPLICOR HIV MONITER KIT. Materials in Kit: Specimen Preparation Reagents- 24 tests; HIV MONITER LYSIS REAGENT -- 2X7.2 ML; HIV MONITER QUANTITATION STANDARD -- 2X0.1 ML; HIV MONITER POSITVE CONTROL -- 2X0.2 ML; HIV MONITER, NEGATIVE CONTROL -- 2X0.2 MIL, HIV MONITER SPECIMENT DILUENT -- 2X4.9 ML; AMOPLIFICATION REAGENT -- 24 TESTS; HIV MONITER MASTER MIX -- 2X0.5 ML; HIV MONITER MANGANESE SOLUTION -- 2X0.1 ML; DETECTION REAGENTS -- 24 TESTS; MONITER DENATURATION SOLUTION -- 1X12 ML; MONITER HYBRIDIZATION BUFFER -- 2X12 ML; AVIDIN-HRP CONJUGATE -- 2X12 ML; SUBSTRATE 1 -- 2X12 ML;SUBSTARATE B 2X3 ML; STOP REAGENT 2X12 ML; WASH CONCENTRATE (10X) -- 3X90 ML; HIV MONITER MICROWELL PLATE -- 2X96 WELLS. Delivery Free on Board (FOB) Point; Destinaton to the NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER, Receiving Division, Loading Dock One, San Diego, CA 92134-5000. This acquisition incorporated the follinwg FAR clauses 52.212-1 INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFERORS-COMMERICAL ITEMS(OCT 95); 52.212-2 EVALUATION- COMMERICAL ITEMS (OCT 95) is incorporated by reference with the following addenda: inparagraph (a) the government will evaluate proposals based on technical capability and cost to the government. All other factors, when combined,make up 50 percent of evaluation factors as compared to price; 52.212-3 OFFEROR REPRESENTATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS-COMMERCIAL ITEMS (OCT 95) must be completed and submitted along with the proposal (a copy can be obtained by contacting the Purchasing Agent, Carol Eberhard at 619/532-8098); In accordance with FAR clause 52.212-5 CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT STATUTES OR EXECUTIVE ORDERS-COMMERICAL ITEMS (OCT 95), the following clauses are hereby incorporated by reference in paragraph (b): 52.222-26 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (E.O.11246); 52.222-35 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR SPECIAL DISABLED AND VIETNAM VETERANS (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.222-36 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR HANDICAPPED WORKERS (29 U.S.C. 793); and 52.222-37 EMPLOYMENT REPORTS ON SPECIAL DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM ERA (38 U.S.C. 4212). Offers are due not later than fifteen (15) days from the date (0042)

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