Chief, A&MM Service (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904-6285

65 -- REAGENTS FOR USE WITH ACS 180 SOL RFP 509-18-98 DUE 092397 POC Mary T. Crace, Contracting Officer, phone (706) 731-7173 VA Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia, contemplates negotiation of a sole source procurement with Chiron Diagnostics Corporation, 115 Norwood Park South, Norwood, Massachusetts 02062-4694, for reagents and supplies used with the ACS 180, for the period October 1, 1997 through September 30, 1998, with two (2) one (1) year options to extend. Negotiations to begin on or about September 23, 1997. This procurement is subject to the availability of FY 98 funds. See Note 22. (0231)

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