Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216

J -- OPTIFILL PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM UPGRADE POC Warren L. Ector, Contracting Officer, (214) 302-7523 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center intends a sole-source contract with Baxter Health Care Corporation, One Baxter Parkway, Deerfield, IL 60015, for upgrading an OptiFill Pharmaceutical system, located at the Consolidated Mail Out Pharmacy, 2962 South Longhorn Drive, Lancaster, TX 75134. The upgrade involves replacing light pens with RF hand-held scanners and software programming to ensure proper performance. Due to the proprietary nature of this procurement, other than full and open competition is being used under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(d)(1)(B) and FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii)(A). (0242)

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