Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chief, Acquisition and Materiel Management (90C), One Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55417

65 -- HITACHI-911 REAGENTS AND SUPPLIES SOL RFQ-618-45-01-LK DUE 091500 POC Linda Kelly (612) 725-2183 65 The Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, One Veterans Drive (90C), Minneapolis, MN, 55417 has a requirement for reagents and expendable supplies for use with the VA owned Boehringer Mannheim Hitachi-911 Random Access Chemistry Analyzer. All reagents must be compatible for use on the Hitachi 911 instrumentation and must provide the highest level of precision available for testing in order to meet certification requirements of the laboratory. A firm-fixed price contract will be awarded to the offeror providing the best value to the government. It is anticipated that a Base Year with two Option Years not to exceed a three year contract will be awarded. RFQ-618-45-01-LK has been assigned to this solicitation and bid documents will be available on or about August 23, 2000. Solicitation and award procedures under Federal Acquisition Regulations FAR 12 and FAR 13 will be followed. FSC Code 65 applies and the small business size standard is NAICS code 325413 (formerly SIC 2835) "In-Vitro Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing" with a small business size standard of 500 employees or less. Interested parties may request bid documents in writing at the address above or by FAX (612) 725-2072. Response to solicitation will be due by September 15, 2000. Posted 08/19/00 (W-SN488052). (0232)

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