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66 -- PROCUREMENT ON OTHER THAN FULL & OPEN COMPETITION FOR A PIXCELL SYSTEM DUE 092098 POC Ed Bustamante (P4CONT), 503-273-5190 The Portland, Oregon VA Medical Center intends to purchase a Pixcell System on a sole source basis from Arcturus Engineering, Inc. The instrument will be used in a Cancer Research Laboratory and must perform laser capture microdissection (LCM). This technique allows one to use a laser to dissect away a few cells from tissue specimen and collect them for further study. Parties having instrumentation with the above capability should contact the office listed above. Posted 09/01/98 (W-SN244212). (0244)

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