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65 -- REAGENTS, ABBOTT IMX AND AXSYM CHEMISTRY ANALYZERS DUE 082097 POC Steve Roehr or Michel Zangerle (808) 566-1446 WEB: VA Business Opportunities, http://www.va.gov/oa&;mm/busopp.htm. E-MAIL: Contracting Officer E-mail address, steve.roehr@mailexcite.com. The VA Medical and Regional Office Center, Honolulu, Hawaii intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Abbott Diagnostics for the provision of reagents for use with Abbott IMS and AxSYM Chemistry Analyzers under the test program for commercial items authorities at 10 U.S.C. 2304 and/or 41 U.S.C. 253. Interested parties may identify their iterest and capability to respond to the requirement by providing such information to the Contracting Officer no later than 3:00 PM local Hawaiian time on August 20, 1997. If a solicitation is issued, no additional synopsis wil be published. (0218)

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