6640--Clinical Laboratory Microbiological System - Instruments, Reagents, & Supplies

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Integrated Service Network 21 (Southern Nevada Healthcare System) seeks quotes for a Clinical Laboratory Microbiological System including instruments, reagents, and supplies, with the final quotation deadline extended to September 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM MDT; questions were due August 26, 2026.

The procurement is unrestricted, with no set-aside applied. Place of performance is the VA Palo Alto Healthcare System. The requirement encompasses 45 line items: DxM WalkAway analyzers, MALDI Biotyper systems, LP Connect components, LabPro V5.0 and MBT software, workbenches, training, one-year warranty packages, and consumable supplies including assay caps, identification panels, susceptibility panels, inoculators, and reagents. All equipment must be new, state-of-the-art, and FDA-approved; remanufactured and discontinued models are not acceptable. The system must perform organism identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing on aerobic, facultative, fastidious, anaerobic organisms, and yeasts in compliance with CLIA, CLSI, CAP, and Joint Commission standards.

The base period runs September 15, 2026 through September 14, 2027. Pricing shall be submitted on a Cost Per Reportable Result (CPRR) basis, with all equipment usage, consumables, preventive and emergency maintenance, training, delivery, and installation included at no additional government cost. Invoices must be submitted electronically through the VA's Tungsten e-invoicing system. The NAICS code is 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; PSC code is 6640. The contracting officer is David J. Alvarez. Capital purchase acquisition proposals are accepted.