Acquisition & Materiel Management (90C), VA Medical Center, 1900 E Main St, Danville, IL 61832-5198

66 -- CHEMISTRY COST-PER-TEST OR COST-PER-REPORTABLE-TEST SOL 550-22-99 DUE 073099 POC Marietta Hance, Contract Specialist, (217) 431-6536 Sources are hereby sought that can provide chemistry cost-per-test or cost-per-reportable-test for Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 11 and/or for any other VISN that wishes to participate. VISN 11 includes eight medical centers located in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. Only chemistry tests are required. It is the intent of VISN 11 to negotiate blanket purchase agreements (BPA) under the Federal Supply Schedule Group 66, Part III, Cost-Per-Test (may soon be Cost-Per-Reportable-Test)schedule. All current and potential FSS contractors are hereby invited to submit a request to the contracting officer listed in this announcement to be allowed consideration to submit a technical proposal and to demonstrate their chemistry equipment to the VISN 11 Technical Evaluation Panel. Tests required and the technical evaluation criteria to be utilized by the TEP members will be provided to the requesters on or before July 30, 1999. Price negotiations will be conducted only with contractors who can provide evidence of a contract award under Federal Supply Schedule 66, III, Special Item No. 605-1, Clinical Chemistry Analyzers, and whose equipment can provide technically-acceptable cost-per-test or cost-per-reportable-test results, including successful past performance of the contractor. If your firm does not presently have a FSS 66, III contract, you are encouraged to contact Mr. Paul Skalman or Cheryl Ward-Roberts, Medical Equipment Division, National Acquisition Center, at 708-786-5259 to be considered for an FSS contract. Requests to be allowed consideration to submit a technical proposal and demonstrate its equipment to the VISN 11 Technical Evaluation Panel may be faxed to: Marietta Hance, Contracting Officer, VAMC/Danville, Illinois, at FAX No. 217-431-6553. Posted 07/08/99 (W-SN351774). (0189)

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