Acquisition Management Department, Building 54, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600

65 -- STANDING ORDER FOR HAEMONETICS CELL WASH KITS SOL N0016898RC0L022 DUE 092597 POC Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer (301) 295-6491 The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Blood Bank Division, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a sole sourced standing order to Haemonetics for the following item. CLIN 0001: Thirty-six (36) cases Cat# 7497 Wash Bowl kit, three (3) kits per month. Haemonetics manufactures the only product that is compatible with the laboratory's Haemonetics 115 Cell Washer. Award will be made in the form of a purchase order for a base year period of one (1) year effective 1 October 1997 through 30 September 1998 with two (2) year options. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Award will be contingent upon availability of FY98 funding. (0238)

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