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70 -- INHERIT DATABASE SEARCH SYSTEM SOL DADA15-96-R-0044 DUE 081596 POC Contract Specialist D. FREEMAN (202) 782-1283 (Site Code DADA15) Walter Reed Army Medical Center intends to enter sole source negotiations with Perkin Elmer Applied Biosystems Division, Foster City, California for an Inherit 670 Database Search System Mdl#670-11. The sole source solication is in accordance with FAR Part 6. The Inherit Database Search System was specifically designed for the matching and searching of DNA sequences and other functions. The software is proprietary to Perkin Elmer, and the technology, the Fast Data Finder System (TRW Electronics and defense Sector) is licensed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for this purpose only. Justification for other than full and open competition is based on 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), whereby supplies or services required are available from only one source and other type of supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Anticipated release date is 11 July 96. Interested and responsible sources may request a copy of the solicitation by submitting a written request to the address indicated above. No telephone requests will be accepted.(0159)

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