VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 40 Industry Dr., West Haven, CT 06516

V -- COURIER SERVICES SOL 689-52-98 DUE 011398 POC Michele Pompane, Contracting Officer, (203) 937-3079 The Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System is seeking to procure courier services for the West Haven Campus. Services involve picking up and delivering samples from the VA Primary Care Center, Stamford Hospital, Stamford, Connecticut and from the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut and then picking them up and delivering them to the West Haven Campus. Services are needed five days per week. Period of contract is one year with two one-year options to renew. This is a small business set-aside in accordance with SIC Code 4215. Estimated issue date is December 29, 1997. Interested parties should submit their written requests to the Contracting Officer at 40 Industry Dr., West Haven, CT 06516 or via facsimile at (203) 937-3089. (0350)

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