SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT VA Medical Center (VAMC), Tucson, Arizona intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302 for a commercial item, a Leica TCS SP Confocal Microscope. Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals. All proposals received within fifteen days after the date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. VAMC intends to negotiate with Leica Microsystems, Inc., Imaging Systems Division, 410 Eagleview Blvd., Exton, PA 19341. The Contracting Officer, James B. Waterman, may be contacted by FAX at 520-629-4614, c/o John Clarno, Contract Specialist, for any additional information. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist by e-mail., clarno@forum.va.gov. Posted 07/31/98 (W-SN231329).

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