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65 -- BIOSENSE CARTO EP NAVIGATIONAL MAPPING SYSTEM SOL 596-16-00 DUE 032000 POC Angie S. Napier, Contracting Officer, 606-281-3955 Intent to negotiate non-competitively with Biosense Webster, Inc., Warren, NJ for Biosense Carto EP Navigational Mapping System, including installation, and consisting of: CARTO System (#M-5385-37), Locator Pad with Foot Pedal; Silicon Graphics 02 Workstation (#M-5382-01) with 20" high resolution Repeater Monitor; Distribution Amplifier (#M-5383-01); two Anthro Carts (#M-5453-01); and Epsom Color Printer (#M-5389-04). Physician and staff training to be provided. Required features of this equipment include (1) a non-fluoroscopic magnetic location pad under the EP lab table which provides 3-D, real-time, true location and observance of the Navistar mapping catheter in the heart chamber; (2) Magnetic sensor and Navistar catheter approved for mapping all arrhythmias in any heart on left or right side (arterial-left, venous-right); (3) Accuracy of >7mm with fast ability for physician to return Navistar mapping catheter to a previous location in heart chamber; (4) Navistar catheter 7F with 6 curve styles for applications in smaller and larger hearts; and (5) Easy integration with the EP MedSystem electrophysiology recording system. If the same or equal item is available from another source, product information and descriptive literature with proposal must be furnished to this office no later than 2:00 p.m., local time, March 20, 2000. The determination to open competition, based on any information received, will be solely at the Government's discretion. As authorized by FAR 13.5, a written Request for Quotations will be issued approximately March 3, 2000 as a commercial items procurement. Posted 02/17/00 (W-SN426477). (0048)

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