VAMC Medical Center, ATTN: Contracting Officer (90C), 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161

J -- PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR GE SIGNA 4.X MRI SYSTEM SOL RFP 664-26-96:LD DUE 060596 POC Contracting Officer, Lori J. Duran, (619)552-7514 The VA Medical Center - San Diego intends to contract for, on a sole source basis, the preventive maintenance and repair of its GE SIGNA Advantage 4.X MRI System, including all peripheral equipment, supporting software, interfaces, and cabling. The intended Contractor is General Electric... This sole source acquisition is justified under 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) since it has been determined that only one responsible source will satisfy government requirements due to the fact that this MRI system is used for research purposes and requires the continued use of GE proprietary PPL (Pulse Programming Language) to perform this essential research work. (0107)

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