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65 -- BLOOD CELL SEPARATER SOL N00244-95-R-5493 DUE 081895 POC C. Fletcher, Bid Officer, (619) 532-2690/2692 or Tim Robertson, Contract Negotiator, (619) 532-2588. The Government intends to place a sole source contract to Baxter Healthcare Corporation for (2) Closed System Apheresis Blood Cell Separator, Model CS-3000, including Access Management System & Platelet collection chambers. System to be compatible with existing Government-owned equipment. Delivery shall be F.O.B. Destination, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties who contend that they are capable of providing the supplies should submit within 45 days from the publication of this notice, specific factual data and other pertinent information as so desired, to be used as an evaluation basis to determine competence to successfully meet the requirement. All proposals received within the 45 days notice period will be considered by the Government. The Government reserved the right not to open this requirement to competition based upon responses to this notice. Technical responses and requests received as a result of this Notice of Intent will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0171)

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