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65 -- ORAL POLIO VACCINE EMERGENCY STOCKPILE SOL 1999N00128 DUE 072099 POC Rex Ellington, Contract Specialist, (770) 488-2615 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention wishes to purchase a stockpile consisting of 4 million doses of trivalent oral polio vaccine, or arrange to have access to such a supply. This vaccine will be available for use in the event of an outbreak of polio in the United States. The duration of the contract base period will be one year with options to extend the contract for nine additional one year periods. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccine is preferred. However, in the event that such an FDA approved oral polio vaccine is not available, or is cost prohibitive, vaccine which is able to be administered under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application will be considered. The stockpile or alternative arrangement must provide for at least 100,000 doses of vaccine to be available within 3 days from order placement. This portion of the vaccine shall be available in appropriate filled and labeled vials with a minimum shelf life of at least 2 months. An additional 400,000 doses of vaccine must be available for shipment within 15 days from order placement. The remaining 3.5 million doses must be available for shipment within 30-45 days of order placement. Solicitation Number 1999N00128 will be issued o/a 5/18/99. Only written requests for the solicitation directly from the requestor will be acceptable. Written requests may be sent by facsimile to (770) 488-2670 and must reference the solicitation number. No telephone requests. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. Posted 04/16/99 (I-SN321210). (0106)

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