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R -- MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHETIC PEPTIDES SOL NIAID-DIR-98-56 POC Ivan Hernandez, (301) 496-3878 17. The Government has decided not to make an award and has canceled this acquisition. Proposals received in response to this solicitation did not offer the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) the hoped technical quality and/or pricing advantage to warrant making a contract award. Moreover, a test of the market place reveals that peptide products available to the NIAID via the open market and through vendors with established NIH Blanket Purchase Agreements may offer the Government significant technical and pricing advantages when compared with offers received for this solicitation. ***** Posted 06/28/00 (W-SN469470). (0180)

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