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

65 -- AORTIC AND MITRAL VALVE CONSIGNMENT SOL 558-24-99 DUE 091198 POC Amelia S. Evans, 919-286-6917 This is a Notice of Intent to negotiate sole source with CarboMedics, Inc., 1300 East Anderson Lane, Austin, TX 78752-1793 for a consignment agreement to provide rotating aortic and mitral valves to the VA Medical Center, 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC for the period October 1, 1998 through September 30, 1999 with two (2) option year renewals. This notice may represent the only official notice of such solicitation. See Note 22. Posted 08/25/98 (W-SN241787). (0237)

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