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A -- RLMP SOFTWARE SUPPORT SOL N01-AI-65304 POC Mr. Paul D. McFarlane, Contracting Officer, 301-496-0349 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) plans to extend its contract with Dataworks Development, Incorporated (Dataworks) N01-AI-65304. The contract provides access to and support for their Retrovirus Laboratory Management Program (RLMP) for virology research laboratories participating in research studies sponsored by the NIAID. The RLMP is Dataworks' proprietary software and as such only Dataworks can provide the necessary support. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate a 12-month contract extension with this sole source under authority of 41 USC 253 (c) (1) and FAR 6.302-1 to acquire these services. The present contract expires on May 30, 1997. The RLMP is a laboratory-based computer program that partly automates the logging and tracking of human specimens for AIDS clinical research projects, the electronic acquisition of virologic assay results, the preparation of data files, and the electronic transfer of data to a central database. The RLMP is currently in usefor the aforementioned purposes. Continued access to and support for this software is necessary to avoid a disruption of the Institute's research programs. See numbered Note 22. No collect calls will be accepted. (0101)

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