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65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY FOR THE DETECTION OF GIARDIA SPECIFIC ANTIGEN Sol NOO16897RCOLO47. DUE 081296. POC Conracting Officer, Sandra A. Musgrove, 301/295-6754. The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Microbiology Branch, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a sole source standing order to Alexon Inc. for reagent assays. Alexon Inc. manufactures the only reagents that will test for the parasite Giardia lamblia using EIA (enzymatic immunoassay) method. The following item will be procured (1) Forty-Eight (48) packages Catalog # 580-96 ProSpect Giardia Microplate Assay, four (4) packages to be delivered every month. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for a base year period of one (1) year effective 1 Oct 1996 through 30 Sept 1997 with two (2) year options. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Award will be contingent upon availability of FY97 funding. (208)

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