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Q -- HLA TESTS DUE 010697 POC John Friedhoff, Contract Specialist or Contracting Officer, 301/496- 3704. The contractor shall provide HLA A, B, CW, DR, and DQ typings using standard serological techniques. These typing services shall be available five (5) days a week (Monday - Friday) and shall be performed, and then reported on the NIH Report Form, and sent by facsimile within two (2) working days, with a signed hard copy sent by mail that shall be received at NIH within seven (7) working days after receipt of the test sample. The contractor shall provide HLA typing at the high (allele) level. The estimated additional tests are HLA - Class I Typing: Standard serological typing of HLA A, B, CW loci 40 EA, HLA Class I & II typing: Standard serological typing of HLA, A, B, CW and DR loci 600 EA. It is anticipated that the award will be made as a modification to an existing contract N02-CL-40007 with the Regents of the U. of CA. Contract and Grant Administration, 405 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024. For consistency of ongoing tests UCLA, (Regents of the U. of CA.) is the intended source for award of these proposed tests. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0325)

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