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66 -- LAB EQUIPMENT SOL 942652-00-99 DUE 022399 POC Trudy Dartouzos, Contract Specialist, ph: 301/827-7165, fax: 301/827-7103 See note #1. The Food and Drug Administration [FDA], Center for Food Safety and Applied Nurition [CFSAN] intends to award a purchase order for a Biolog Microstation, equivalent to the Biolog, Model 62461. The microstation shall be a yeast identification automated system and shall be able to perform the following: 1] facilitate accurate and rapid identification [ID within 48 hours] of a high number of yeasts found in consumer products such as foods, drugs and cosmetics, 2] use a high number of biochemical tests [approximately 95 tests -- virtually all tests utilized by the conventional methods], and 3] eliminate the subjectiveness of conventional methods. Written quotes are due by 2:00 p.m. on 2/23/99. Posted 02/05/99 (W-SN295355). (0036)

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