Acquisition Management Department, Building 54, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600

66 -- SCANARRAY (TM) 3000 BIOCHIP ANALYSIS SYSTEM SOL N6422398RCA7069 DUE 082598 POC Sandra A. Musgrove, Contracting Officer, (301)295-6491 The National Naval Medical Center has a requirement for the Malaria Program, IDD Annex, Naval Medical Research Institute, 12300 Washington Avenue, Rockville, MD. NNMC intends to award a sole-sourced purchase order to General Scanning Inc., Watertown, MA for the following: CLIN 0001: One (1) each ScanArray (Trademark) 3000 Biochip Analysis System to include ScanArray 3000 scanner, interface cables, Pentium computer workstation, 233Mhz, 6.4 Gb hard drive, 128 Mb RAM, 17" color monitor, acquisition software, one (1) year warranty, Part# 000-302-3021002; CLIN 0002: One (1) each PC Microarray Analysis Software, Part# 903-3014001; CLIN 0003: One (1) year Post-Warranty Service Contract, Part# 903-3014003. All responsible sources may submit an offer which shall be considered. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competititve procurement. This acquisition is being conducted under the guidelines as set forth in the Simplified Acquisition Procedures (SAP). Posted 08/07/98 (W-SN234221). (0219)

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