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W -- DNA MASSARRAY BASIC SYSTEM PLUS" AND CONSUMABLES FOR THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH!! SOL 273-99-P-0025 POC Contact Mary W.McConnell, Contract Specialist (919)541-3813 The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with the Sequenom company to lease with option to buy a "DNA MassArray Basic System Plus" which includes a high-speed SpectroSCANTM array mass spectrometer for separation, detection and characterization of the analyte molecules from a miniaturized array; SpectroJET dispenser for nanoliter sample transfer; automated multipipettor; BioMASS Workstation for data management and interpretation; Sequenom magnetic lifters; and consumables (the Sequenom 96 D SpectroChip, which includes the reaction beads necessary for SNP analysis. It is to be installed in purchaser's laboratory at the NHGRI in Bethesda, Maryland. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note 22.***** Posted 08/06/99 (W-SN364747). (0218)

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