National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 45 Center Drive, Natcher Building, Room 6AN32, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6600

A -- ANCILLARY PROJECT FOR SEROLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR TESTING FOR HEPATITIS VIRUSES Contact Point, Shirley A. Shores, Contracting Officer, 301/594-7727. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to negotiate a sole source add-on project to the Liver Transplantation Database Study to perform serological and molecular testing for hepatitis B and C viruses using stored serum from patients entered in the study. This project will be performed by one of the current clinical sites. The statutory authority applicable to this action is 41 U.S.C. 253 (c)(1) as set forth in FAR 6.203-1. See Numbered Note 22. (079)

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