6640--Osmometer - James H. Quillen VAMC

The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Veterans Integrated Service Network 9 seeks to procure one Advanced Instruments (Nova Biomedical) Osmo1 Single-Sample Micro-Osmometer for James H. Quillen VA Medical Center by June 24, with a single-source justification approved June 2, 2026.

Place of performance is Mountain Home, Tennessee. The acquisition is firm-fixed-price at $28,981.00, classified as a supply purchase over the micro-purchase threshold but not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold under Acquisition Plan Action ID 36C249-26-AP-2397.

Advanced Instruments, LLC is identified as the sole manufacturer in North America capable of meeting the medical center's technical, regulatory, and usability requirements. The Osmo1 measures osmolality in serum, urine, plasma, and other body fluids to support patient care and meet Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and College of American Pathologists requirements. The equipment's freezing-point accuracy method is the clinical gold standard, capable of detecting volatile substances that vapor-pressure osmometers cannot. The Osmo1 offers touchscreen user interface, direct sampling, barcode scanning, and secure laboratory information system integration—features absent in identified alternatives including the ELITech FreezePoint 6000, Precision Systems Micro-Osmette, and ELITech Vapro 5600. The current osmometer has reached end-of-life. Authorized distributors include Fisher Scientific/Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cardinal Health, Tecil, and Instrument Service Co, Inc. NAICS 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing; PSC 6640, Laboratory Equipment and Supplies.