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66 -- SKYVISION GFS CYTOGENETICS WORKSTATION SOL 53SBNB067014 DUE 021400 POC Carolyn Wilder (301) 975-8332/ Joan Smith (301) 975-6458 WEB: NIST Contracts Homepage, http://www.nist.gov/admin/od/contract/contract.htm. E-MAIL: NIST Contracts Office, Contract@nist.gov. The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has a requirement for an Applied Spectral Imaging, SkyVision GSF Cytogenetics Workstation. It is the Government's intent to negotiate with Applied Spectral Imaging, 2120 Las Palmas Drive, Suite D, Carlsbad, CA, the only responsible source that can satisfy the agency's requirements. Applied Spectral Imaging has the key patents on the application of spectral imaging to chromosome analysis as part of their workstation products. Delivery and installation is required sixty (60) days after receipt of order. -- The Government anticipates the award of a fixed price purchase order. The proposed requirement is for equipment for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under authority of FAR 6.301-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotation. However, the government will consider all proposals received within fifteen (15) days after date of publication of this synopsis. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A Request for Quotation (RFQ) package is not available. Posted 01/28/00 (W-SN419877). (0028)

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