Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Contracting Dept., 110 Yorktown Ave., Box 97, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, FL 32212-0097

65 -- REAGENTS (TEST KITS) FOR THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA SOL N68836-97-R-0005 DUE 012897 POC Contact Point, Victoria West, Code 210.86, (904) 779-3041, Fax (904) 779-3061 The Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Jacksonville, Florida intends to negotiate with only Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois, under the authority of FAR 6.302, for a six-month supply of various reagents in various quantities to be used with the Abbott Immuno Assay System currently in place at the Naval Hospital, Jacksonville, Florida. Proposed contract will include an option quantity for a one-year supply. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all proposals that clearly demonstrate the ability to meet the needs of the Government and which are received within thirty days after date of publication of this synopsis will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Numbered Note 22 applies. (0358)

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