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

66 -- REP CHOLESTEROL PROFILE SYSTEM POC Rita Delgado, 818/895-9357, Contracting Officer The VA Medical Ctr., 16111 Plummer St., Sepulveda, CA 91343 intends to negotiate solely with Helena Laboratories, Beaumont, TX to purchase an RFP Cholesterol Profile System that meets the government's minimum requirement of testing and measuring all four lipoprotein fractions simultaneously in one analysis; allows the measurement of HDL, LDL, VLDL and VLDL remnant together in one electrophoresis plate. 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 9/27/96. Determination not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. (0250)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0328 19960909\66-0021.SOL)