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B -- ISBRA/WHO INTERNATIONAL JOINT PROJECT ON STATE AND TRAIT MARKERS OF HEAVY ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION AND ALCOHOLISM SOL AA 99-01 DUE 121798 POC Edward J. Kostolansky, Contract Specialist, 301-443-1191 WEB: NIAAA Home Page, http://www.niaaa.nih.gov. E-MAIL: Sandra Reichard, sreichar@willco.niaaa.nih.gov. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism intends to negotiate a four month contract with Lohocla Research Corporation for a project entitled "ISBRA/WHO International Joint Project on State and Trait Markers of Heavy Alcohol Consumption and Alcoholism." The proposed contract will support the conduct of assay techniques on blood samples that have been collected on ISBRA/WHO study subjects. This will aid NIAAA in its goal of beginning to develop diagnostic "trait" markers which provide biological information on genetically determined predisposing and protective factors in the development of alcoholism. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Lohocla Research Corporation is the only responsible source since the blood samples are unique to this collaborative international project and are under the proprietary possession of the proposed contractor. Inquiries must be made in writing, telephone inquiries are unacceptable. All responsible sources may submit a proposal which, if timely, will be considered by the Government. See Numbered Note 26 in the Commerce Business Daily. The Proposal will be due on or about December 17, 1998.***** Posted 11/17/98 (W-SN272018). (0321)

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