Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Procurement & Grants Office, Contracts & Purchases Branch, 255 East Paces Ferry Rd, N.E, Rm 419, Atlanta, GA 30305

66 -- AUTOMATED DNA SEQUENCER COMPONENTS SOL 103DASVR97 DUE 081297 POC Bill Bancroft, Contract Specialist, (404)842-6553 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to purchase on a sole source basis a Model 373XL DNA Sequencer Upgrade from the Perkin-Elmer Corporation (850 Lincoln Center Drive, Foster City, CA 94404). The upgrade includes: (1) p/n 402854 Combkit -- .4mm, (2) p/n 402855 Comb kit -- .3mm, (3) p/n 401635 Stretch Accessory Kit, (4) p/n 700027 Stretch upgrade, (5) p/n 401617 Notched 48cm.plate, (6) p/n 401618 Plain 48cm.plate, and (7) p/n 401619 48cm. Spacers. All interested parties may identify their interests, but must provide provide proof of capability, in writing, to provide an acceptable product by submitting pricing data, an accurate description of the equipment offered, and make and model numbers of the equipment. Since no solicitation package exists, requests for such documents without accompanying information to establish the vendor s capability of meeting the Government s needs will be considered non-responsive to this synopsis. Only responses containing this data will be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Award will not be made on the basis of responses to this synopsis. If no feasible responses are received by the close of business 15 days from the date this notice appears in the CBD, a procurement will be named with the above-named source. This notice may represent the Government s only official notice of procurement. (0206)

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