Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 16111 Plummer St., Sepulveda, CA 91343

65 -- POLYSOMNOGRAPH POC Rita Delgado, 818/895-9357, Contracting Officer The VA Medical Ctr., 16111 Plummer St., Sepulveda, CA 91343 intends to negotiate solely with Astro-Med, Inc. West Warwick, RI to purchase a Grass Model 78-16P-35 Polysomnograph; Model 811G oscillographs 20mm spacing; Model 7P511 AC Preamp/driver combinations; Model 78ES36-16 pushbutton electrode selector panel, with 16 channels, and numeric input system. This purchase meets government's minimum need of 16 channel polygraph, 12 AC amplifiers, 2 DC amplifiers. To be used in sleep and epilepsy research. Allows for multiple DC channel recording capabilities. The input/output configuration allows for integration to Grass Stimulator (Model S-88) and Grass Audio Monitor (Model AM-8). No solicitation document is available and requests for such will be considered non-responsive. This is not a request for competitive proposals, however, all concerns able to meet the above requirement shall demonstrate their capability in writing to this office by 8/30/96. Determination not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. (0228)

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