Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office, 255 East Paces Ferry Road, NE, Room 500, Atlanta, Georgia 30305

66 -- OPEN GENE SYSTEM 1 SOL Requisition #MB02098 DUE 120597 POC Susan Lyle, Purchasing Agent, (404) 842-6781 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to purchase on a sole source basis a Model No. VG90005 Open Gene System 1, to include microgene blaster, automated DNA sequencer, gel toaster, photo-polymerization unit, including fill fixture and surfill gun and related support components. These items will be used to rapidly screen and sequence more than 8000 specimens in a DNA bank for multiple alleles. It is intended that these items will be purchased from Visible Genetics, Inc., 700 Bay St., Toronto, Ontario. All interested parties may identify their interests, but must provide provide proof of capability, in writing, to provide an acceptable, comparable product by submitting pricing data, and complete, accurate and detailed description of their like product. 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 negotiated with the above-named source. This notice may represent the Government's only official notice of procurement. (0322)

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