Department of Veterans Affairs, Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, West Campus, 215 Perry Hill Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36109

65 -- REAGENTS DUE 090897 POC Harriet N. Manning, Contracting Officer, 334-260-4103, Additional Contact Judy Bledsoe, 334-260-4104 The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System, West Campus, Montgomery, Alabama, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Abbott Diagnostics to purchase reagents for use with the Abbott IMX and AxSYM Chemistry Analyzers under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement by providing such information by September 8, 1997. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis will be published. (0213)

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