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65 -- COST PER TEST SOL DADA10-98-Q-0032 DUE 121997 POC Contract Specialist M. Alicia Ortiz (210) 221-4563 Contracting Officer Thurmon D. Burton (210) 221-4897 (Site Code DADA10) The U.S. Army MEDCOM Contracting Center, Great Plains Contracting Branch, intends to negotiate sole source under the authority of FAR 6.302 for instrumentation and test kits for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea testing on a Cost Per test basis with Gen Probe Incorporated, 9880 Campus Point Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1589. Delivery is to be made to Darnall Army Community Hospital, Department of Pathology, Fort Hood, TX 76544, on an AS NEEDED basis. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) will be issued on or about 24 December 1997 and offers will be due within 10 days after RFQ is issued. All requests for the RFQ must be in writing to include your company name, address, telephone number, size of business, and the RFQ number. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit quotes. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all quotes received by the quote due date will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete the award 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 (0353)

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