VA MEDICAL CENTER, 3495 BAILEY AVENUE, BUFFALO, NY 14215

J -- MAINTENANCE OF PICKER PQ2000 CT SCANNER DUE 053096 POC Contact Point, NANCY HOLDAWAY, (716)862-3444 The VA intends to negotiate with Picker International, Mayfield Village, Ohio for full service maintenance/repair of Government Owned PQ2000 CT Scanner, including additonal equipment options -- Hyperian data link, Optical disk, ZAP-16 spiral mode, Voxel Q 3D workstations with one input, and a Kodak 2180 laser camera. The Contractor shall be required to provide all parts and labor, Mon-Fri, no after hours overtime for tube replacement, with a 98% uptime. Contractor shall also support the Telapath Resource Hub remote CT system access and remote diagnostic capabilities. The Contract will be for one year with three renewal option years. Interested parties have 15 days from the publication date to submit their qualifications/capabilities (i.e. technical specs, brochures, price lists, and references) in the maintenance of the critical equipment listed above. Such qualifications/capabilities will be used solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct this procurement on a full and open competitive basis. Responses received without the required information may be considered non-responsive to this synopsis. Interested persons must send qualification in writing to the Contracting Officer (90C) as above, or by FAX 716-862-3398 (0134)

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