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This document is a special notice from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office East regarding a sole source contract opportunity. The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center intends to negotiate solely with Inspirata for a GT-450 whole slide scanner. The scanner must be able to scan glass slides and tissue mounts at 40x magnification, output in open formats for computational analysis, and have or be pursuing FDA certification. Additionally, it requires a 400 slide capacity, continuous loading, and automatic focus checking. Interested and capable sources may submit capability statements by March 9, 2020 to the contracting officer to be considered, but the decision to compete the requirement is at the government's discretion.
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Contract Opportunity Special Notice
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* = Required Field Contract Opportunity Special Notice Inspirata- Slide Scanner Cleveland VA 15212-5319 36C24E20Q0076 N 511210 US Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Regional Procurement Office (RPO) East 323 North Shore Drive, Suite 500 Pittsburgh PA 15212-5319 Elaine F DiBucci Contracting Officer
(412) 822-3432 elaine.dibucci@va.gov elaine.dibucci@va.gov The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center (LSCVAMC) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Inspirata GT-450 whole slide scanner. LSCVAMC has a large volume of slides obtained from patients with lung tumors who underwent a biopsy or resection. Digitization of these slides will provide an important opportunity to expand the efforts by LSCVAMC researchers to develop computational approaches that will result in greater predictive strength and thus improved care of Veterans here and elsewhere. The scanner must be able to 1. Scan at a minimum magnification of 40x bright field glass and whole mount tissue slides. 2. Output in open source formats which can be used for computational analysis and not proprietary formats. 3. Must also have obtained FDA certification or is in the process of obtaining FDA certification. In addition, the scanner must have a >400 slide capacity, continuous loading capabilities and automatic out of focus checking. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals; however, any responsible source who believes it is capable of meeting the requirement and who is the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), authorized dealer, authorized distributor or authorized reseller of all the items listed above, may submit a capability statement to the contracting office to the contracting office no later Monday, March 9, 2020, 11AM EST. Interest/capability statements may be sent to Elaine DiBucci at elaine.dibucci@va.gov. No telephone responses will be accepted. A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
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