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

66 -- LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL N0016898RC0L073 DUE 101097 POC Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer (301) 295-6491 The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Hematology Branch, Laboratory Medicine Department. NNMC intends to award a delivery order as well as the sole sourced open market portion to Coulter Corporation for equipment to support and be compatible with the GEN*S hematology analyzer. The following items will be procured based on a sixty (60) month cost-per-test program: CLIN 0001: One (1) each GEN*S Slide Maker; CLIN 0002: One (1) each Lexmark Printer Optra LX Model. CLIN 0003: Trade-in of one (1) STKS, Serial# Z05061 analyzer. Award will be made in the form of a delivery order for the period from date of award through 30 September 1998. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed 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. (0252)

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