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99 -- MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL SERVICES SOL NOI-0016 DUE 091100 POC Roger W. Remsburg Jr., Purchasing Agent, (301) 402-2282, Carolyn B. Sentz, Contracting Officer (301) 402-2282 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, intends to procure a sole source simplified acquisition with the University of Miami, Division of Veterinary Research Perrine Primate Center. The University of Miami is a certified Center for Disease Control quarantine station for import of non human primate shipments. This CDC quarantine is a mandatory requirement for the care, housing and handling for these fifty Mystax Tamarins. Pan American Health Organization along with CDC will only allow University of Miami to hous, quarantine and care for these Mystax Tamarins due to the certification and strict requirements that give guidelines for the non human primates care. The animals (qty. 50) are a specific breed of Sauginus Mystax Monkeys. The moustached Tamarin is a neotropical species of non-human primate that is available exclusively through the Pan American Health Orgainzation, Peruvian Primatology Project, Iquitos, Peru to support the ongoing hepatitis studies. Peru, through the Auspices ofthe Pan American Health Organization is the sole source for this New World non-human primate species in conjunction with the University of Miami via a memorandum of understanding with the National Institutes of Health Office of Animal Care and Use. See numbered note 22. Posted 07/28/00 (W-SN479935). (0210)

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