Contracting Officer (90C), Department of Veterans Affairs, North Texas Health Care System, 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216

66 -- MEDICATION & SPECIMEN BARCODE SYSTEM SOL 549-17-99 DUE 113098 POC Marilyn Clayburn, Contracting Officer, 214-857-0030 The VA North Texas Health Care System, 4500 S. Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216 has a requirement for a medication and specimen barcode system to be used with a Roche Diagnostics Boehringer Mannheim Div. CLAS automated laboratory system. The only known source is Becton Dickinson, 8805 Governor's Hill Road, Suite 165, Cincinnati, OH 45249. Therefore, the VANTHCS intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Becton Dickinson for this barcode system. Solicitation 549-17-99 will be issued as a Request for Proposal in commercial item format in accordance with FAR Part 12. SIC code is 5047, size standard is 500 employees. Issue date will be on or about 11/17/98. Due date for proposal will be on or about 11/30/98. THIS WILL BE THE ONLY NOTICE OF THIS SOLICITATION. Interested parties capable of providing this system must submit a written request to the attention of the Contracting Officer listed in this announcement. Telephone requests will not be honored. Fax number is 214-857-0027. See Note 22. Posted 11/05/98 (W-SN269139). (0309)

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