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* = Required Field FedBizOpps Sources Sought Notice Rev. March 2010 580-18-3-167-0391 Spectra Optia Apheresis System

VA256-18-AP-8288

70112 36C25618Q9540 06-11-2018 N 339112 Department of Veterans Affairs Southeast Louisiana Veterans HCS 1555 Poydras Street New Orleans LA 70112 Winston Graber 504-507-4148 winston.graber@va.gov Michael E. DeBakey Medical Center 2002 Holcombe BLVD.

Houston , TX. 77030 U.S.A.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

VETERANS INTEGRATED SERVICE NETWORK (VISN) 16

MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER (VAMC), HOUSTON, TEXAS

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

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BACKGROUND:

The Houston VAMC has a requirement for the following brand name supplies:

PLEASE SEE SOW ATTACHED FOR A LIST OF ITEMS NEEDED.

REQUESTED RESPONSES:

The intent of this Request for Information is to establish sources in order to define the procurement strategy. Interested contractors are requested to respond in accordance with the following

1. Please respond to this RFI if you are capable of providing the brand name products listed in the table found in the background section above. In the response please cite business size status.

2. Please respond to this RFI if you are capable of providing supplies that can be determined EQUIVALENT to the products listed in the table found in the background section above. You MUST provide SPECIFICATIONS AND DETAILS on proposed EQUIVALENT products such as Manufacturer Name, Part Number, and Description. If applicable, include GSA contract information.

a. It is critical that you specify if you are providing brand name or an equivalent product. (Capability Statement)

CONTACT INFORMATION AND RESPONSE DUE DATE:

Please email all responses to0winston.graber@va.gov Please respond to this RFI no later than 10:00am Central on Mon. June 17, 2018.

DISCLAIMER: This RFI is issued solely for informational and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Department of Veterans Affairs to form a binding contract. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI.

STATEMENT OF WORK

1. SCOPE

Contractor shall furnish all materials, parts, equipment, tools, and training for an automated Spectra Optia Apheresis System at the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC), 2002 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030. All equipment shall be brand new, and all work shall be done in a first-class manner. The contract price shall be firm-fixed, be all inclusive not limited to specified products/equipment, installation, setup/configuration, and contain training on how to use the installed products/equipment.

1.1 Background

The Blood Bank at the MEDVAMC needs to replace its current Apheresis machines. The current machines are beyond economical repair and past their end of useful life. The new Apheresis System needs to separate whole blood into its cellular and plasma components, have an Intuitive Graphical User Interface, provide consistent results, reliable performance, low RBC content, low Platelet content, low Granulocyte content, must allow the operator to choose collected product volume to ensure maximum volume is not exceeded, contain low ECV (191 mL), be functionally closed, incorporate sample bulbs (allowing for samples to be taken while maintaining a functionally closed set), pre-attached diversion bag (diverts the skin plug from venipuncture), integrated tubing cassette (that is simple, fast and easy to load), compact packaging and have color-coded components.

2. REQUIREMENTS

Floor space required: 0.43 m2 (4.6 ft2