Contracting Office (90C), VA Medical Center, 5901 East Seventh Street, Long Beach, CA 90822

65 -- BLOOD COMPONENTS AND RELATED SERVICES SOL RFP 600-032-95 DUE 060895 POC Contact Point, V. Glen Jones, (310)494-5534 It is the intent of this VA Medical Center, 5901 East Seventh Street, Long Beach, CA 90822 to negotiate Sole Source with The American Red Cross, Los Angeles, CA area for a blood components and related services contract for a period of one year consisting of the following, (1) Fresh Frozen Plasma, (2) Platelet Concentrate - 5 day, (3) Plateletpheris, (4) Cryoprecipitate, (5) Directed Donor RBC's, (6) Autologous RBC's, (7) Autologous RBC's with cryoprecipitate, (8) Screening for Antigen-Negative Units (per antigen), (9) Case Work-Up Complex, (10) HLA Matched Products, (11) Irradiation of Apherises and RBC's, (12) Irradiation of Platelet Concentrates, (13) CMV Testing, (14) RBC's Frozen, Thawed/Deglycerolized, (15) RBC's Frozen, NOT THAWED/NOT DEGLYCEROLIZED, (16) Leukopherisis, (17) STAT Delivery Charge. This is NOT a Request for Proposals. All businesses capable of providing products and services in accordance with FDA, CBER and AABB Standards must state capabilities in writing. RFP 600-032-95 issues o/a May 8, 1995 with Proposal due close of business 6/8/95. (0103)

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