New Mexico VA Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108-5138

65 -- ROBOTIC DRUG DISTRIBUTIONSYSTEM DUE 031700 POC Deborah Heckman, Chief Acquisition Management Section, 505-256-2712 The New Mexico VA Health Care System is seeking potential sources that can provide a Robot-Rx and AccuDose cabinets or their equals. Robot-Rx from McKesson Automated Healthcare is a centralized, robotic drug distribution system that automates the storage, dispensing, returning, restocking and crediting of bar coded unit dose inpatient medications. AccuDose from McKesson Automated Healthcare is an electronic medication dispensing cabinet that interfaces and is compatible with the Robot-Rx software. This Connect-Rx software which resides in the Robot-Rx will enable the Robot-Rx to automatically receive orders from the AccuDose cabinets and dispense drugs necessary to restock them. This IS NOT, REPEAT, IS NOT a request for proposal. No solicitation package shall be issued. The Government will not respond to ANY request for a solicitation package in response to this request of identifying potential sources. This announcement is for the sole purpose of identifying potential sources. This announcement does not commit the Government to make an award. Please forward all commercial descriptive literature and commercial price lists to: Deborah Heckman (90C), New Mexico VA Health Care System, 1501 San Pedro Drive SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108. Posted 03/03/00 (W-SN430912). (0063)

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