Salient Characteristics Aspen Surgical Micropak - Stockton.doc

This is a Brand Name or Equal Worksheet documenting salient characteristics for Micropak Cassettes (STN) dental instrument containers required for the Department of Veterans Affairs Northern California Health Care System locations. The brand name item is Micropak Cassettes manufactured by Aspen Surgical/Riley, with model numbers 2025 (dimensions 10 x 15 x 1.5 inches) and 0103 (dimensions 2.9 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches). These reusable, sterilizable, and latex-free cassettes are designed to hold dental operative and dental hygiene instrument sets, allowing for efficient sterilization and storage while maintaining industry standards that require kits to be kept together. The cassettes are HIPAA compliant with patented patient database capabilities including merge and sync functions across systems.

The procurement is being conducted as a Sources Sought notice (Solicitation Number 36C26126Q0828) under NAICS code 339113 with a small business size standard of 800 employees. Interested vendors, regardless of business size, must submit capability statements and company information including SAM UEI number, socioeconomic status, authorized distributor letters if applicable, and estimated pricing to david.alvarez4@va.gov by June 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM Pacific Standard Time. The warranty includes one-year parts and labor with ongoing support. This is market research only with no current solicitation document, and the government reserves the right to cancel the requirement at its discretion without compensation to respondents.