Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705-3875

65 -- AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVE-CONSIGNMENT SOL 558-21-97 DUE 082996 POC Amelia J. Sharpe, (919) 286-6914, ext. 6445 This is a Notice of Intent to negotiate sole source with CarboMedics, Inc., 1300-A East Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78752-1793 for a consignment agreement to provide rotating aortic and mitral valves to the VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC for the period October 1, 1996 through September 30, 1997 with one option year renewal. This notice may represent the only official notice of such solicitation. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. See Note(s): 22. (0201)

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