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66 -- MAINTENANCE OF SCANDITRONIX BRAIN PET SCANNER SOL CC-97-08 POC John Friedhoff, Contract Specialist, 301/496-3704. The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD intends to negotiate with General Electric Medical Systems for a one year contract for maintenance and support of the Scanditronix PC2048-15B positron emission tomograph starting October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998 with four 4) consecutive one year option periods. The project includes preventive maintenance, transmission sources, emergency visits, spare parts, and hardware and software upgrades to the system. The proprietary nature of the hardware provided with the Scanditronix PC2048-15B scanner and the unique capability of General Electric Medical Systems to provide spare parts and maintenance/support to justify the lack of competition in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), as set forth in FAR 6.302-1. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0104)

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