6630--Brand name or equal - Ion Torrent Genexus(TM) Integrated Sequencer

The Department of Veterans Affairs, through its Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 16, is soliciting offers for an Ion Torrent Genexus integrated sequencer and related services and supplies through solicitation number 36C25621Q1160. The requirement includes delivery, installation, operator training, and a one-year warranty for the sequencing system and reagents. Responses are due by June 30, 2021 and will be evaluated based on technical capability and price.

The acquisition is set aside for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses under NAICS code 334516. The place of performance will be the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, Arkansas. The solicitation seeks one Ion Torrent Genexus integrated sequencer, installation and training, instrument qualification and validation services, plates, sequencing kits, and a laptop computer over an unspecified period of performance as detailed in the attached line item spreadsheet. Award is expected within 30 days of the response due date.