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W -- LEASE WITH OPTION TO PURCHASE A "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 Conveyed by this synopsis is additional information regarding the company Sequenom with whom the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis for the lease with option to purchase a "DNA MassArray Basic System Plus. Sequenom is located at 11555 Sorrento Valley Road, San Diego, CA 92121-1331. It is anticipated that this will be a three-year lease with option to purchase (to be possible at the end of each one-year interval) the "DNA MassArray Basic System Plus". No other details as advertised previously in CBD synopsis #W-218 SN364747 on August 6, 1999, for this requirement have changed***** Posted 09/08/99 (W-SN377990). (0251)

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