William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veterans' Medical Center, Chief, Acquisition & Facility Planning Svc (90C), 6439 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209-1639

65 -- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR RESEARCH SOL 544-072-98 DUE 090998 POC Brenda Tabor, Contract Specialist 803/695-6846 The WJBD Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), plans to negotiate on a sole source basis with Macro, Inc. 1730 Augusta Road, West Columbia, South Carolina, to provide and install a new system and image response software program to include: hardware, software, voice message system, 2nd A/D converter and software, and UPS backup system. This system will be used by Research in their Neuroscience Study. The proposed contract action is for supplies or services which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Interested persons may identify their interest and capabilities to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. A determination by the Government not to compete to this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely with the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 08/11/98 (I-SN235360). (0223)

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