Contracting Officer (90C), VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27705

A -- BLOOD SAMPLE TESTING SOL 558-68-99 POC Pamela Evans (919) 286-6921 NOTICE OF INTENT: The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, North Carolina intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, California to test 48 blood samples for Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Mutations. The applicable authority for this intent is 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. This is not a competitive request for proposal (RFP). This notice represent the only official notice of such solicitation. Posted 04/26/99 (W-SN324307). (0116)

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