NOTICE OF INTENT TO NEGOTIATE A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH ANSAR, INC. Notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract utilizing Simplified Acquisition procedures under the authority of FAR Part 13 with ANSAR Inc., 242 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 for 25 Medic Monitor ANS-R1000 units, 5-year maintenance and support technicians. The Medic Monitor ANS-R1000 provides a digital ECG for system setup, displaying multiple signal bands analysis. The system sets baseline triggers allowing clinicians to observe respiration and two heart rate frequency bands, combining the respiratory and ECG components to display the signal as a power spectrum (Power Spectral Heart Rate Analysis). The system provides quick computations and non-invasive, real-time display. The highly optimized program utilizes Fast Fourier Transforms to compute data (with an epoch of 612/128 second, update every 32 seconds). The proposed action is for supplies and services for which the government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. The government believes that only one responsible source can provide the supplies/services that will satisfy the agency requirements. The contractor holds the proprietary hardware, engineering and software data. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes but responses received on or before December 21, 1998, 12:00 pm PST will be evaluated. A determination by the Contracting Officer not to compete this proposed action based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Contracting Officer. Information received will be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Please email comments/responses via email to the Contracting Officer at joe.pechinko@gsa.gov. and to the GSA Information Technology Manager Art Duggan at art.duggan@gsa.gov. "See Note 22". WEB: joe.pechinko@gsa.gov, joe.pechinko@gsa.gov. E-MAIL: joe.pechinko@gsa.gov, joe.pechinko@gsa.gov. Posted 12/10/98 (W-SN279386).

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