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66 -- BIOMERIEUX VITEK ANALYTICAL SYSTEM SOL FSIS-24-W-98 DUE 070798 POC Anita Voiselle The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, intends to award a contract to BioMerieux, Hazelwood,MO for Vitek Analytical Systems as a follow-on to equipment currently used by the Agency. The system will include the following: (1) Vitek 60/CC system, Item Number W2101 capacity for 60 cards, includes 10-card filling Module/Sealer Unit, Reader/Incubator Module, Multi-copy printer, CC Computer module, bioLiason,Color Data Terminal and start-up Kit, includes training, installation and one year warranty. (2) V1306 GNI Test Cards (10) V1311 GNI+ Test Cards, (6) V1305 Test Cards. All interested concerns must identify their interest in writing and fully document their capability to meet the Agency's requirements by forwarding a detailed response within 15 days of publication of this notice. All responses must be in writing and may be faxed to 202-690-1814. All proposals from responsible sources will be considered by the Agency. If no affirmative written responses are received within 15 days of publication of this notice to determine that a comparable source is available and is more advantageous to the Government, negotiations will take place with BioMerieux. Posted 07/06/98. (0187)

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