Combined Synopsis/Solicitation - Reagents/Consumables for the Abbott PRISM

The Naval Medical Logistics Command (NMLC) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis (IAW FAR Part 13.501(a) (1)). The proposed source is Abbott Laboratories, 100 Abbott Park Road Department 943 Bldg Ap6c-3, North Chicago, IL 60064-3502. United States Pacific Command Armed Services Blood Bank Center (U.S. PACOM ASBBC) Okinawa, Japan has a requirement for six (6) direct drop shipments for the delivery of blood testing reagents and related consumable supplies for use on the Abbott PRISM instrument to test for evidence of exposure to viruses that might cause disease before a blood donation can enter the blood supply. Abbott PRISM instrument is a fully automated, high-volume blood screening instrument designed to enhance the safety of the blood supply. Abbott PRISM offers fully automated screening of hepatitis, HIV and other retroviruses; such as HTLV-I/HTLV-II blood screening test to screen individual donations of blood and plasma for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus Type I and/or human T-lymphotropic virus Type II (anti-HTLV-I/HTLV-II). It also offers a core hepatitis B test, two hepatitis B surface antigen tests, and a hepatitis C test. The PRISM system consolidates numerous assays, multiple test instruments and many manual steps into a single system, reducing errors and tampering by automating the manual testing procedures and steps currently used to screen blood. Safety features built into the system help track and monitor each sample throughout the testing process providing documentation and quality control for testing facilities. The PRISM system can run 160 samples per hour, making it possible to test more than 1,200 samples per eight-hour shift.