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

B -- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TREATMENT OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE (CHF) ( SOL 558-45-00 DUE 031500 POC Ms. Pamela Evans, Contract Specialist (919) 286-6921 The VA Medical Center intends to issue a sole source contract to Duke University Health System, and the Clinical Research Institute, Center for Clinical Genetic Economics, Durham, North Carolina for research and development study under Cooperative Studies Research Project (CSP #442: Economic Analysis to Evaluate the Economic Impact of Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) with Warfarin, Aspirin and Clopidogrel). The study will be for a period of 6 years. Award will be made pursuant to 38 U.S.C. 8151-8153. This notice may represent the only official notice of such solicitation. Posted 02/29/00 (W-SN429688). (0060)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0020 20000302\B-0007.SOL)