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65 -- HIV-1 MONITOR TEST KIT SOL N00600-97-R-3303 DUE 081397 POC Customer Service Center at tel: (202) 433-2951 or fax 433-9569 or Latavia Townes 433-2855 FISC Norfolk Detachment Washington has a requirement for the National Naval Medical Center -- Lab Medicine Department -- Microbiology Branch. FISCNORVADETWASH intends to award a sole-source contract to Roche Diagnostic for the delivery of HIV-1 Monitor Test Kits which are used to measure the level of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 using the PCR method. Roche Diagnostic is the only source that is FDA approved to effectively quantitate levels in patient specimen using the PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) method. The following items will be procured: Category #83088, HIV-1 Monitor Test Kit. The performance period will be for one (1) base year and four (4) one-year options. A justification and Approval for Other Than Full and Open Competition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1 has been prepared. All interested persons have 20 days in which to submit an offer. (0205)

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