Acquisition Management Department, Building 54, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600

65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR REAGENTS SOL N0016898RC0L155 POC Sharon Steiner, Contracting Officer (301)295-1304 The National Naval Medical Center, (NNMC)Bethesda, MD intends to award a sole-source standing order to BioMerieux Vitek for reagents. Vitek IMS system is an automated instrument that performs bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing on patient specimens. Vitek is the only source of products for the automated bacterial and susceptibility testing. Period: 20 SEP 98 thru 31 AUG 99. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Telephone calls will not be honored. Posted 08/27/98 (W-SN242925). (0239)

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