Acquisition Management Department, Building 54, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600

65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR REAGENTS SOL N0016898RC0L046 DUE 092597 POC Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer (301) 295-6491 The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Microbiology Branch, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a sole sourced standing order to BioMerieux Vitek for reagents. BioMerieux Vitek manufactures the only products that are compatible for parallel testing with the Vitek instrumentation. The following items will be procured: CLIN 0001: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7055 Alpha-Naphthylamine, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0002: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7050 Kovacs reagent, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0003: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7053 Forty percent (40%) Potassium Hydroxide, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0004: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7052 Ferric Chloride, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0005: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7054 Alpha-Naphthol, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0006: Eight (8) packages Cat# V7056 Kovacs reagent, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0007: Eight (8) packages Cat# 70480 Zym B, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0008: Eight (8) packages Cat# 70590 PYZ, two (2) packages every three (3) months; CLIN 0009: Eight (8) packages Cat# 70590 Zym A, two (2) packages every three months; CLIN 0010: One hundred eight (108) packages Cat# V1417 GNS UA, twenty-seven (27) packages every four (4) months; CLIN 0011: Six (6) packages Cat# V7000 Quad Ferm system, three (3) packages every six (6) months; CLIN 0012: Four (4) kits Cat# 20240 API QC kit, two (2) kits every six (6) months; CLIN 0013: Eight (8) kits Cat# 20109 API Test kit, two (2) kits every four (4) months; CLIN 0014: Four (4) kits Cat# 20909 API Coryne Test kit, two (2) kits every six (6) months; CLIN 0015: Twenty-four (24) kits Cat# 30298 Lyme Test kit, six (6) kits every four (4) months; CLIN 0016: Twelve (12) kits Cat# 30201 CMV (Ig) Test kit, three (3) kits every four (4) months; CLIN 0017: Twelve (12) kits Cat# 30205 CMV (Im) Test kit, three (3) kits every four (4) months; CLIN 0018: Twelve (12) kits Cat# 30211 Tox C Test kit, three (3) kits every four (4) months; CLIN 0019: Thirty-six (36) kits Cat# 30103 C-Diff Test kit, nine (9) kits every four (4) months. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for a base year period of one (1) year effective 1 October 1997 through 30 September 1998 with two (2) option years. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Award will be contingent upon availability of FY98 funding. (0238)

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