Salient Characteristics.docx

This is a Brand Name or Equal Worksheet ("Salient Characteristics") document for a 3D Prostate Cartography and Biopsy System procurement by the Department of Veterans Affairs San Francisco Health Care System. The brand name item specified is the Koelis Trinity Prostate Biopsy system, with the model designation KURO-3000-3-FULL TRINITY in full configuration. The salient characteristics essential to the Government's requirements include MRI/US fusion prostate biopsy, PET/US fusion prostate biopsy, ultrasound-guided prostate biopsy, rectal spacer placement, fiducial marker insertion, ablative therapy planning and guidance for prostate cancer, and diagnostic transrectal, abdominal, and small parts ultrasound capabilities.

The specific equipment and components listed for acquisition include the Trinity V4 3D Prostate Cartography and Biopsy system, KSP Arm Steady Pro Arm, Steady Pro TP Probe Holders (5 units), TP and TR Probes, ProMap Lite Software Module for one workstation, TP Single Use FULL Grid 18G needles (25 units), TP Single Use MINI Grid needles (25 units), ProMap-GR software, and two days of on-site training. The procurement certifies under VAAR 811.104 and 811.105 that the listed salient characteristics are essential to Government requirements and that the restrictions will not limit acquisition to items peculiar to a single manufacturer, thereby allowing consideration of equal or substitute products from other qualified vendors.