Department of Veterans Affairs, Acquisition Operations Service (93A), 810 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington,, DC 20420

67 -- IDENTIFICATION CARD SYSTEMS SOL RFP 101-60-96 DUE 032296 POC Contracting Officer, Marilyn Martin, (202)565-8004 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is planning for the acquisition of new paitent identification card systems to replace order ''embossing'' equipment in at the medical centers. A draft copy (RFC) of the statement of work, and a framework of the instructions to offerors and the evaluation criteria for award shall be available through the VA Bulletin Board System (BBS) not later than February 26, 1996. No hardcopy will be available. VA indends to release the actual Request for Proposals under FAR regulations governing the acquisition of commercial items and components. The mailing address is 810 Vermont Avenue, 93A, Washington, D.C. To access the VA Vendor's Bulletin Board System within the Washington, DC area call (202) 565-6971, outside the Washington, DC area, the number is 1-(800) SELL-2-VA (1-800-735-5282). The command sequence is F (file library), 6 (rfp file area), VA (VA Central Officer), and D(Download). The file name is VIC. If there are any problems accessing the BBS, please call Jeremy Cohen at (202) 565-7088. All comments and questions on the RFC shall be returned to the VA through the BBS or on disk in Word 6.0 format not later than March 22, 1996. (0053)

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