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 091599 POC Marietta Hance, Contract Specialist (217-431-6536) This is a modification to Original Submission 351774 dated 7-8-99 and Modification Submission 355553 dated 7-16-99. Additional time is needed to prepare the technical documents for disbursement to potential contractors. Sources are hereby sought that can provide chemistry/immunochestry cost-per-test or cost-per-reportable tests 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 inent of VISN 11 to negotiate blanket purchase agreement(s) (BPA) under Federal Supply Schedule Group 66, III, Cost-Per-Test (may soon be Cost-Per-Reportable Test) schedule which is negotiated by the National Acquisition Center in Hines, Illinois. All current 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 SEPTEMBER 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 conractor 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 #217-431-6553. Posted 08/13/99 (W-SN367750). (0225)

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