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

65 -- SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SOL 558-70-00 DUE 092700 POC Helen B. Warren 919-286-6920 This is a notice of intent to negotiate sole source with Olympus America, Inc., Two Corporate Center Drive, Melville, NY 11747 for the purchase of an Olympus OME 8011A Surgical Microscope to include the following: OME8-RB2A Microscope, motor driven zoom 1:6, adjustable zooming rate -- 5 speeds, automatic focusing rate compensation according to magnification, multifocal objective adjustable working distance, adjustable focusing range; 4 settings including _+20_+30_+40, main binocular tube, inclination range 150 degrees front rear 360 degree left right, interpupillar distance adjustment range 55-75mm, assistant binocular, true stereoscopic image (3D) in any position, variable positioning (360 degree range), interpupillar distance adjustment range 55-75mm, coaxial illumination light guide system, wide-field eyepiece -- 10x/21, with height adjustments, built in Olympus 3-CCD video camera (Model OTV-SX2), OME8 BAC-X Floor stand (base), electronic field movement system -- 8 directions, remote controlled, adjustable field movement rate 5 settings, control panel to customize micrescope settings (zoom, focus, field movement rates, objective focus distance, focus range, footswitch control directions, full counterbalance system, electromagnetic braking system, OME8-SLX Xenon Light Source -- 300 W Xenon lamp, emergency lamp halogen, continuous intensity adjustment,heat-shieldfilters, power cord (MD-734), microscope dust cover. This notice may represent the only official notice of such solicitation. See Note 22. Posted 08/23/00 (W-SN489159). (0236)

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