65 -- ID-MTS BLOOD REAGENT PRODUCTS

This is a notice of intent to award a Purchase Order, utilizing simplified acquisition procedures to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics,Inc, a sole source distributor of ID-Micro Typing Systems (ID-MTS) equipment and products. Requirement description: One contract period of monthly shipments of ID-MTS Blood Reagents required for confirmation of blood type and antibody formation. Interested parties may identify qualifications and capability to meet this requirement description. This is a notice of intent and not a request for competitive proposals. If no response is received by 17 Feb 03, rendering evidence of a comparable source that is more advantageous than the intended source, a sole source award will be made to Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. Note 22.