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A -- NEUROANATOMY AND REGENERATION RELATED TO SPINAL CORD INJURY SOL N01DA-7-9055 DUE 021900 POC Dale Weiss, Contracting Officer, 301-443-6677 The National Institute on Drug Abuse intends to negotiate with the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden for a 2 year continuation of Contract N01DA-7-9055 to provide for continued Nueroanatomy and Regeneration Related to Spinal Cord Injury Research. Authority: 41 U.S.C. 253 c (1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. Inherent duplication of cost to the Government and unacceptable delays in providing the requested research make competition unfeasible for the continuation period. See numbered Note 22. Posted 01/04/00 (W-SN413005). (0004)

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