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65 -- PURCHASE EQUIPMENT FOR TAKING SYSTOLIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS FOR NHANES IV POC Carol A. Wood, Contract Specialist, (301)-443-8826; Mariann P. Mink, Contracting Officer (301)-443-8826 WEB: Program Support Center, Program Support Center. E-MAIL: Program Support Center, CWOOD@PSC.DHHS.GOV. The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Center for Disease Control (CDC) through the General Acquisitions Branch, PSC plans to award a sole source simplified acquisition to Parks Medical Electronics, Inc. The purpose of the acquisition is to purchase vascular testing instruments, bilateral cuff sets and automatic multi-port inflators for taking systolic pressure measurements for the Fourth National Health Nutritition and Examination Survey (NHANES IV). This equipment must be exactly the same as instruments currently in use in the Mobile Examination Center. Closing date is May 6, 1998. No solicitation package is available. Numbered Note 22 is applicable to this simplified acquisition. (0112)

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