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Q -- LABORATORY TESTS POC John Friedhoff, Contract Specialist, 301/496-3704. The contractor shall be able to test all 182 tests, each with an estimated quantity of 1 each, as well as 14 other tests with quantities ranging from 2-70 each. This results in a grand total of 192 tests. All tests shall occur from July 27, 1997 through July 26, 1998. All of the tests have a 3 day TAT. TAT = Turn around time as the interval between the time the specimen is picked up on site at NIH every working day, and the time a final result is entered into the NIH computer. It is anticipated that the award will be made as a modification to an existing contract N02-CL-40004 with Mayo Medical Laboratories, 200 First Street, S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. For consistency of ongoing studies Mayo Medical Laboratories is the intended source for award of these proposed tests. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0104)

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