Acquisition & Materiel Management (90C), VA Medical Center, 1900 E Main St, Danville, IL 61832-5198

66 -- CHEMISTRY/IMMUNOCHEMISTRY COST-PER-TEST OR COST-PER-REPORTABLE TEST SOL 550-22-99 DUE 081599 POC Marietta Hance, Contract Specialist, (217-431-6536 This is a modification to Original Submission No. 351774 dated 7-8-99. Sources are hereby sought that can provide chemistry/immunochemistry cost-per-test or cost-per-reportable test for Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11 and/or for any other VISN that wishes to participate. VISN 11 includes eight VA medical centers and their satellite outpatient clinics. The eight medical centers are located in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Only chemistry/ immunochemistry tests are required. It is the intent of VISN 11 to negotiate blanket purchase agreements (BPA) under Federal Supply Schedule Group 66, Part III, Cost-Per-Test (may soon be Cost-Per-Reportable-Test) schedule which is negotiated by the National Acquisition Center in Hines, Illinois. All curent and potential FSS contractors are hereby invited to submit a request to the contracting officer listed in this announcement to be allowed consideration to submit a technical proposal and to demonstrate their chemistry/immunochemistry equipment to the VISN 11 Technical Evaluation Panel. Tests required and the technical evaluation criteria to be utilized by the TEP members will be provided to the requesters on or before August 15, 1999. Price negotiations will be conducted only with contractors who can provide evidence of a contract award under Federal Supply Schedule 66, Part III, Special Item No. 605-1, Clinical Chemistry Analyzers, evidence of successful past performance of the contractor and his/her equipment, and whose equipment can provide technically-acceptable cost-per-test or cost-per-reportable test results. If your firm does not presently have an established FSS 66,III contract, you are encouraged to contact Mr. Paul Skalman or Cheryl Ward-Roberts, Medical Equipment Division, National Acquisition Center, at 708-786-5259 to find out how your firm can become a GSA contractor under this schedule and ultimately, be considered for a BPA under this procurement. Requests to be allowed consideration to submit a technical proposal and demonstrate your chemistry/immunochemistry equipment to the VISN 11 Technical Evaluation Panel may be faxed to: Marietta Hance, Contracting Officer, VAMC/Danville, Illinois, at FAX No. 217-431-6553. Posted 07/16/99 (W-SN355553). (0197)

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