6525--Konica Minolta Cesium Cassettes - CI

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 is procuring two Konica Minolta Premium Wireless 14x17 Cesium (CSI) Cassette Size TFT Panels for the Central Iowa VA Health Care System. These medical imaging cassettes will serve as additional equipment for existing x-ray systems to accommodate foot x-rays for Veterans with larger, swollen, or casted/booted anatomy. This is a brand name only acquisition conducted under simplified acquisition procedures using solicitation number 36C26325Q1134, with full and open competition under NAICS code 334517 (Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing) and a size standard of 1,200 employees. The government will evaluate quotes using a lowest price technically acceptable process, requiring offerors to submit both technical and pricing volumes. Technical questions must be submitted via email to Contract Specialist Robert Bennett by 4:00 PM on September 11, 2025, while quotes are due by 4:00 PM on September 17, 2025.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and operates as full and open competition. The contract will be a firm fixed price award with a base period of performance from September 26, 2025, through December 31, 2025. All offerors must be registered and current in the System for Award Management (SAM) database at the time of offer submission. The place of performance is the Central Iowa VA Health Care System located at 3600 30th Street, Des Moines, Iowa 50310. The solicitation specifically requires two cesium cassette units to enhance the facility's medical imaging capabilities for Veterans requiring specialized foot x-ray accommodations. The VA anticipates making a single award to a responsible contractor who can deliver these specialized medical imaging supplies within the specified timeframe.