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70 -- GENERAL PURPOSE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT SOL NHLBI-PS-99-498 DUE 092599 POC Tabitha K. Davol, Purchasing Agent, (301) 435-0370, Fax: (301)480-3345 It is the intent of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to purchase the brand name or equivalent of Item#1 Low Noise Peltier Cooled Photo Multiplier tubes and Mounting Hardware for PMT 1 & PMT 2 on LSM 410 Microscope System. (Includes electronic modifications to system and machining, and on-site installation and integration.) The quantity two (2); Item#2 LSM Image Processing System, Including Matrox imaging boards and processing software, Intel Pentium III -- 550 MHz or faster, 512k cache, AGP graphics card, 512 MB of RAM(simms), 3.5" floppy, 18 Gbyte SCSI ultawide hard drive, 40x SCSI CD-Rom, PCI network interface, 19" Windows monitor, 19" Imaging monitor, Keyboard and Microsoft mouse, the quantity one (1), catalog number LMS-410-sys2000-TNT; Item#3 Digital I/O, Digitizer, interface boards to LSM 410, the quantity of one (1), catalog number LSM-410-DIO-TNT; Item#4 Dichronic Filters, Beamsplitters, and labor to refurbish and critical alignment of LSM 410, quantity one (1), catalog number LSM-410-OPT-TNT; Item#5 LSM 410 WinNT version Operating System Software upgrade, quantify one (1), catalog number LSM-410-SW-TNTV1.2. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code is 5045, size and standard is 100 employees. This is a total Small Business Set-Aside requirement. Quotations are due 15 calendar days from the publication or date of this notice 9/25/99 whichever is later at 1:00 P.M. eastern time. Quotations must include an itemized price for items 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5 listed above, delivery, handling & freight charges, delivery time after receipt of a purchase order, prompt payment discount terms, Sic Code, Business size, Duns number, product literature and detailed specifications describing the product offered. Quotations will be evaluated on conformance to the government's specifications, quality, price and delivery time. Quotations submitted in Response to this announcement, referencing synopsis number NHLBI-PS-99-498 may be submitted to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute,Contract Operations Branch, Procurement Section, Building RKL2, Room 6145, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-7902, Attention Tabitha Davol, Purchasing Agent. All responsible sources may submit a quotation, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. Posted 09/08/99 (W-SN377268). (0251)

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