Chief, A&MM Service (90C), Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285

65 -- BLOOD AND BLOOD COMPONENTS SOL RFP 509-37-95 DUE 041795 POC Contracting Officer, Minnie L. Smith, (706)731-7174 VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, contemplates negotiation of a sole source procurement with American Red Cross Blood Services, South Carolina Region, P.O. Box 3217, Columbia, SC 29230, for estimated quantities of whole blood; red blood cells; fresh frozen plasma; platelet concentrate; plateletpheresis; cryoprecipitate; HLA typing; antigen typing; anti HIV antibody testing; HBs Ag; ALT; RPR; anti HTLV-I/II; anti HCV; and autologous, for the period July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996. Negotiations to begin on or about April 17, 1995. (0060)

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