65--NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE FOR DATASCOPE AORTIC BALLOON PUMP CONVERSION KIT.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD SOLE SOURCE: The VISN 17 Contracting Office, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, intends to award sole source to Datascope Corporation to provide four Conversion Kits which will convert the Datascope systems CS100 and 98XT to the CS300 system. This purchase will be made under commercial Simplified Acquisition Procedures and Other Than Full and Open Competition as authorized by FAR 6.302-1. The anticipated award date is 15 December 2008. This notice is neither a request for competitive proposals nor a solicitation of offers. A determination by the government not to compete this requirement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The closing date for this synopsis is 12 December 2008 at 3pm CST.