USDA, Food Safety and Inspection Service, ASD, PCS, Room 2163 South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250-3700

66 -- 504 TEST WELL KITS SOL FSIS-25-W-97 DUE 060697 POC Contact Point, Anita Voiselle, (202) 720-9891 The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service intends to award a Purchase Order to BioControl Systems, Inc. for a quantity of 25, 504 Test Well Kits/Assurance Salmonella EIA. The kits shall be used with the DIAS Automated Plate Reader with Internal Bar Code. All units shall be delivered to the USDA, FSIS, Midwestern Laboratory in St. Louis, MO. All interested concerns shall identify their interest in writing and fully document their capability to meet the Agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within 15 days of publication of this notice. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to 202-690-1814. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative written responses are received within 15 days of publication of this notice to determine that a comparable source is available, or is more advantageous to the Government, negotiations will take place with BioControl Systems, Inc. (0139)

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