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66 -- AUTOMATED IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINING SYSTEM SOL FSIS-25-W-98 DUE 071598 POC Claudia Andrews The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to award a contract with DAKO Corporation, Carpinteria, California, for the purchase of one S3400 DAKO Autostainer Universal Staining System and one S3426 Optional Slide Labeling System. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT AVAILABLE. The system will be delivered to the USDA, FSIS, Eastern Laboratory in Athens, GA. This system is required for FSIS to carry out immunohistochemical procedures performed on human and laboratory animal tissues for use in domestic food producing animal tissues. The DAKO systems meets the Agency's minimum requirements. Only fully developed, commercially available systems shall be considered. At a minimum, the automated immunohistochemical staining systems shall: 1) allow the use of reagents from a wide variety of sources; 2) have the ability to turn off any heating unit incorporated into the system; 3) use standard microscopic glass slides; 4) have an auditory alarm system; 5) be PC based; 6) allow the separation of hazardous from nonhazardous waste; 7)be dependable enough to operate when no technical staff is on duty; 8) have a minimum slide capacity of 40-50 slides. All interested concerns must 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. 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 DAKO Corporation. There is no solicitation document available. Posted 06/30/98 (0181)

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