66--AVIAN INFLUENZA TESTING KITS

The U. S. Geological Survey, BRD, National Wildlife Health Center, Madison, WI is a participant in an Interagency Avian Influenza Survellance Program. Those in the program have been mandated to use the Qiagen OneStep RT-PCR kits by the US Department of Argiculture. Failure to use USDA NAHLN approved reagents would exclude the Department of Interior from participation in the program. There is no written solicitiation for this requirement. This award will be made on or about August 20, 2007 in accordance with FAR 13.5. The NAICS code for this acquisition is 541710. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. No additional synopsis will be published.