6515--Pyxis Equipment for Bay Pines and Lee County Name Brand or Equal

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 8, is seeking to procure BD Pyxis ES Refrigerators, conversion services to upgrade non-PROFILE to PROFILE Pyxis medication stations, and Medication Label Module (MLM) printers for the C.W. Bill Young Veterans Medical Center in Bay Pines, Florida and the Lee County VA Healthcare Clinic. These medical-grade automated dispensing equipment and related components will be procured on a name brand or equal basis, allowing vendors to offer equivalent products meeting the same specifications and functionality as the specified brand. The solicitation requires vendors to demonstrate capability in providing equipment that integrates with the existing Pyxis system infrastructure and supports the facilities' current practices and policies for medication maintenance and dispensing. The evaluation will assess proposals on a name brand or equal basis, ensuring that alternative products meet the technical requirements for refrigeration, medication station upgrades, and patient-specific labeling capabilities. The response deadline is March 23, 2026, at 2:00 PM Eastern Time, with the formal solicitation scheduled to be posted on or about March 13, 2026.

This procurement is set aside exclusively for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB), limiting competition to qualified businesses meeting this designation. The current system utilizes Pyxis automated dispensing equipment, and the proposed MLM printers will provide direct integration with existing medication stations to enable patient-specific labeling for injectable medications such as insulin. While the pre-solicitation notice does not specify overall contract value or award amounts, the scope encompasses replacing end-of-life medical-grade refrigerators, upgrading multiple medication stations to PROFILE technology, and installing printer systems across both the Bay Pines Medical Center and Lee County Healthcare Clinic facilities. Michael A. Shook serves as the Point of Contact and Contracting Officer for this procurement, with the contracting office located in Bay Pines, Florida. The product service code is 6515 (Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies), and the applicable NAICS code is 333415 (Air-Conditioning and Warm Air Heating Equipment and Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing).