DHHS
SSC, Bldg #5 Receiving Dock
Perry Point, MD 21902
offers this Specail Notice as an Intent to Award 300 each of Life Technologies part# 10966083 Platinum Taq DNA Polymerase 5000 Reaction kits.
The authority to make this purchase is that no other validated, acceptable or equivalent alternatives exist. DoD MITS-CRP evaluated available Platinum Taq Polyymerase from Life Technologies and other manufacturers. Life Technologies' Platinum Taq Polymerase was selected after rigorous evaluation. The DoD MITS-CRP assays were optimized and vaildated using Life Technologies' Platinum Taq Polymerase, and the efforts of the DHHS use the same equipment, assays and protocls for consistency across DoD, civilian agencies, and state and local governments.