The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) intends to procure a requirement to purchase aVC-201-0384: Goldengate Genotyping Kit for Veracode, 384 Plex and VC-400-1001, BEADXPRESS SYSTEM READ BUFFER (10X), 500ML from Illumina, Inc 9885 Town Center Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1975. Currently NIDDK is Genotyping SNPs in order to do association studies to find the causative genes (locus) involved in Type II Diabetes and Obesity in the Pima Indian community. The easiest way to do this is to genotype SNPs and the purchase of these items will allow this to be done much faster and more efficiently. Illumina is the only source for these items which will be used in conjunction with the Bead Express made by Illumina to genotype SNPs in large scale. All responsible businesses that are capable of providing the Government the items listed above may request a copy of the Request for Quote (RFQ) in writing or by FAX to 301-480-8501 to the Contracting Office prior to the closing date of this notice. It is anticipated that RFQ NIHDK2009197 will be available fifteen (15) days after the publication date of this synopsis. Receipt of quotations will be due ten (10) days after the release of the RFQ. Request for copies of the RFQ must be submitted to the National Library of Medicine, 6707 Democracy Boulevard, Two Democracy Plaza, Room 773, Bethesda, MD 20817 or via email: [email protected] to the Attention: V. Lynn Griffin. FAX quotations must contain offerors name, address, telephone number and fax number. FAX quotations will be accepted if dated and signed by an authorized company representative. All requests for quotations must have a valid email address.

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