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66 -- INSTRUMENTS & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL RFQ-NCI-90199 DUE 091599 POC Cynthia Brown, Purchasing Agent, 301-402-4509, Todd Cole, Contracting Officer The National Cancer Institute (NCI), on behalf of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), intends to procure on a sole-source basis, an upgrade from General Electric Medical Systems for their Magnetic Resonance Imager(MRI). The NINDS investigator believes that the aforementioned upgrade and organization is the only known source that can satisfy their requirement. The upgrade shall provide the following performance enhancement features: Cine-three times faster than existing hardware; 3D- five times faster than existing hardware; reformat -- six times faster than existing hardware; default display protocols -- for customized image review; worklist filters to allow quick accss by specifiying the patient name, patient ID, exam description, referring physician, site name, date or modality, and compatibility to do advanced applications. The upgrade shall be for an existing, Government-owned, General Electric MRI, instrument number 301496NRM. Shall be compatible and work with the existing MRI. Shall be the Advantage Workstation Upgrade for Advantage Windows version 1.2 /2.0: CT/MR Analysis Software Upgrade; and, 3D Analysis Software Upgrade. Shall also include an 8Gb Hard Disk Option, additional 256Mb of RAM U10, Network Cable Interface Kit (providing network interfaces from the computer to the network) and a DICOM MOD Archive (5.25 inch Maxoptix -2.3 Gb Read and Write of DICOM CT and MR images only). The Contractor shall provide a Year 2000 Warranty for each hardware, software, and firmware product delivered. The award will be in the aggregate for all items listed herein. This is not a request for competitive quotation, however, if any interested party believes it can meet the above requirement, they may submit a statement of capabilities. Information furnished must be in writing and must contain sufficient detail, to allow NCI to determine if the party can meet the requirement. Capability statements must be received in the contracts Office by 2:00 PM EST on September 15, 1999.If you have any questions, please contact Cynthia Brown, Purchasing Agent on (301) 402-4509. A determiniatin by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is soley within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Posted 08/24/99 (W-SN371732). (0236)

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