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A -- SELECTION, PRODUCTION, CHARACTERIZATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GENETICALLY MARKED CELLS FOR RESEARCH ON AGING SOL NIH-AG-99-13 POC Contracting Officer, Silver C. Jones, (301) 496-4487 The National Institutes of Health has a requirement to provide for the continued operation of the Aging Cell Repository of human and animal cells which serves as a resource to facilitate gerontological research by providing high quality, uncontaminated, well-characterized, clinically documented cell lines to investigators. Offerors must have expertise in obtaining, establishing, growing, storing and distributing cell culture lines; ability to characterize cell lines as to growth requirements; and, the ability to distribute viable, uncontaminated cultures to investigators worldwide. It is anticipated that a new cost reimbursement contract will be awarded for a nine-year period of performance. The RFP will be available on or about August 16, 1999 and will close 45 days after issuance. Posted 07/29/99 (W-SN360924). (0210)

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