National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Contracts Operations Branch, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6100, MSC 7902, Bethesda, MD 20892

65 -- VARIOUS DISPOSABLE SURGICAL SUPPLIES SOL NHLBI-RR-P-98-282 DUE 052998 POC Livie V. Spearman, Contract Specialist, (301) 435-0352!! E-MAIL: hawkinsd@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov, spearmal@gwgate.nhlbi.nih.gov. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute intends to purchase customized animal surgery packs and other disposable surgical supplies to support a centralized surgical facility at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Due to limited storage area in the Surgery Service, a readily available source of surgical supplies is critical to the objective of performing a wide variety of complex aseptic surgical and radiographic procedures. The Surgery Service is the main centralized experimental surgical facility on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, and supplies are needed for approximately 2,000 to 3,500 surgical and radiographic cases annually. The Surgery Service has carefully developed the specifications which precisely define the exact product to accommodate their use on a wide variety of research animals of varying sizes. The purpose of the specifications is to insure that their program continues to receive adequate quantities of various disposable surgical supplies with the level of durability, uniformity, consistency, and function that are needed and expected to conduct their program. The selected specific items have been modified to customize the present animal surgery pack and other disposable surgical supplies. The items in the pack are also limited to those items that are routinely used in order to cut down on unnecessary waste & cost of disposal. The receipt of inferior products cannot be tolerated. The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Code 3842, Size Standard 500 Employees will be used for this requirement. This is a Small Business Set-Aside. Interested parties should request a copy of the Solicitation Number NHLBI-RR-P-98-282, from the below address. Attention: Livie V. Spearman, III. U.S. Department Of Health & Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Division of Extramural Activities, Contracts Operation Branch, Procurement Section, Rockledge II Centre, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6143, Bethesda,MD 20817-7902. Requests for copies of the solicitation must be in writing & may be requested by FAX (301) 480-3345 and will only be accepted if dated & signed by an authorized company representative. The solicitation will be available fifteen (15) calendar days from the publication date of this synopsis. The solicitation will be released to all offerors who had requested copies. All responsible sources may submit a proposal, which if timely received, shall be considered by the agency. The proposed contract is 100% set aside for small business concerns. (0132)

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