U.S. Army Materiel Command, Natick Contracting Division, Attn: AMSSB-ACN, Natick, MA 01760-5011

66 -- EMBLA SYSTEM SOL Embla System DUE 082500 POC Sandra Shoff 508-233-4126 WEB: Business Opportunities at AMC Acquisition Center, http://www3.natick.army.mil. E-MAIL: To contact Purchasing Agent, sandra.shoff@natick.army.mil. The U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command intends to conduct negotiations with and award a contract to ResMed Corp, 10121 Carroll Canyon Road, San Diego, Ca 92131-1109 on a basis of other than full and open competition, reference FAR 6.302-1(a) for Embla System (which is a digital recorder with 16 multipurpose channels, 1 event channel and 2 oximeter channels designed for both EEG and polysomnographic applications to measure polysomnography in a fully flexible configuration either on-line or in an ambulatory setting with the ability to record and analyze circadian rhythmicity, immediate access to upgrades in software and troubleshooting by engineers who are involved in the instrument and software design (Somnologica TM), Y2K-compliant, and ability to record ambulatory measurements for at least 48 hours. Embla TM is the only ambulatory polysomnographic recorder that uses Windows NT and makes engineering expertise available to the user and provides software upgrades over its website, suppliesresearch quality and flexibility in polysomnographic configuration and has the software to analyze circadian rhythmicity. Embla data formatting allows it to be exported easily to Excel, which we currently use for additional circadian rhythm analyses. Finally, the Embla TM recorder is capable of including both a core and several skin temperature channels so that measures of alertness and sleep can be measured simultaneously with core and skin temperature. No solicitation document is available. See Note 22. Posted 08/15/00 (W-SN485886). (0228)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0301 20000817\66-0001.SOL)

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