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65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR REAGENTS SOL N0016800RC0L114 POC Sharon Steiner, Contracting Officer 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: 17 NOV 99 thru 30 SEP 00. Award will be made using Simplified Acquisition Procedures. Telephone calls will not be honored. See Note 22 Posted 11/16/99 (W-SN401145). (0320)

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