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65 -- ACQUISITION OF "HMG COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS "STATINS" SOL SPO200-98-R-2503 POC William Di Lauro, telephone # 1-215-737-8748 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, wdilauro@dscp.dla.mil. The Response Date will be 30 days from the date of issuance of the solicitation. Estimated date of issuance is currently 1 september 1998. The objective of the solicitation is to issue a minimum of one, maximum of two long-term National Contract(s) for "HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor" product group(s), commonly known as "Statins". The product group must be FDA approved and have been on the commercial market for at least one year as of the issuance date of the solicitation. At the time of issuance of this notice, the Defense Supply Center Philadelphia (DSCP) is aware of only the following HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor product groups which meet the preceding requirements: atorvastatin, cerivastatin, fluvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin and simvastatin. The eventual awardee(s) will be required to furnsh its product group to prime vendor distributors for use under DSCP's Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor and National Mail Order Pharmacy programs. Posted 08/05/98 (W-SN233032). (0217)

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