R Series Defibrillators - Kansas City VAMC
Closed Solicitation Posted
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- Solicitation number
- 36C25525Q0134
- Agency
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Veterans Integrated Service Network 15
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing
- Place of performance
- Kansas City, Missouri 64128, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration, specifically Veterans Integrated Service Network 15, is seeking to procure 46 R Series Plus Defibrillators for the Kansas City VA Medical Center. The solicitation (36C25525Q0134) requires comprehensive medical equipment including defibrillators, rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs, and WiFi cards with specific technical capabilities. Key requirements include compatibility with adult, pediatric, and neonatal patients, 2020 AED guidelines compliance, and features such as Nellcor Pulse Oximetry, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring, and Real CPR Help functionality. The contract will be awarded on a best value basis, considering factors including technical capability, vendor certification, delivery timeline, past performance, and pricing. Potential vendors must submit their responses by March 10, 2025, at 11:00 AM CST, with questions regarding the solicitation due by a preceding date.
The solicitation is exclusively set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB) under NAICS code 334510, with a size standard of 1,250 employees. The equipment will be delivered to the Kansas City VA Medical Center's Biomedical Engineering department, with a comprehensive 5-year hospital warranty that includes all parts, labor, and manufacturer-recommended preventive maintenance. The contractor must provide installation, testing, and project management support, with a required 8-hour response time for technical calls and 48-hour parts replacement. The total procurement involves 46 defibrillator units, each with specific requirements including maximum dimensions of 10"x12"x13" and a weight under 15 pounds. All work will be performed during normal business hours (Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM CST), with the potential for after-hours scheduling if necessary and approved by the Contracting Officer's Representative.
Notice text
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Update #2 · Latest ·
Statement of Work: Defibrillator
Kansas City VA Medical Center
Objective
- The Kansas City VA Medical Center intends to procure replacement defibrillators for units that have reached end of life. This document highlights the technical specifications and services being requested by the facility for consideration towards purchase of the units. Vendors under this proposal shall provide all equipment and accessories, installation services, and project management support.
Scope
- The Contractor shall furnish all equipment detailed in Table 1. All products must meet all salient characteristics and functions defined in Section 3.
Description
Quantity
Defibrillator
(includes expansion pack if applicable)
46
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- The Contractor shall provide all components required to implement all listed hardware and software so the system (including all items in Table 1) is fully operational.
- The Contractor shall provide any missing parts, features, software, and/or components not included to fully complete the installation at no additional cost to the Government.
- The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, and any other resources required to deliver, assemble/install, and test all listed equipment.
- All hardware, software, and services must meet the manufacturers and Veterans Affairs specifications.
- The Contractor shall provide all components required to implement all listed hardware and software so the system (including all items in Table 1) is fully operational.
Salient Characteristics
- Defibrillators
Specification/Salient Characteristics:
- Maximum dimensions: Height 10 in; Width 12 in; Depth 13 in
- Maximum weight: 15 pounds
- Must be operational with alternating and direct current (AC and DC)
- Includes alternating current (AC) power cord for use in the United States
- Guidelines 2020 of American Heart Association- compatible
- Automated external defibrillator (AED) mode with manual override
- 5-year minimum hospital warranty
- Must have the following accessories, capabilities, and ability to operate in the following modes:
Physical features
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- Nellcor Pulse Oximetry Compatibility
- Order Sensor Separately
- Non-Invasive Blood Pressure
23-33cm reusable cuff with minimum 3-meter air hose
For use with adult, pediatric and neonatal patients
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- Mainstream End tidal CO2
- Adult and Pediatric automated external defibrillator (AED) and electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis with appropriate leads and connections
- cable management system
- Color Liquid-crystal or light emitting diode display screen
Batteries
- Rechargeable Lithium lon Battery
- Run-Time and/or power level indicator
- Automatic calibration ready Stores history of use and maintenance
Operators’ manual
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- 1 per defibrillator
- Language: English
- Provided by manufacturer and includes manufacturer’s instructions
Defibrillation
- Biphasic defibrillation
- Provides automatic life support defibrillation when powered on.
- Ability to function as an Automated external defibrillator (AED), and starts in that mode when initially turned on
- Manual defibrillator to support pediatrics to adults to include automatic safety feature to eliminate the risk of delivering an adult energy level to a pediatric patient
- Less than 7 seconds of ready charge time for a new fully charged battery
- Evaluates electrocardiogram (ECG) rhythm to determine if shock delivery is required
Configurations
- Configurable for either cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or shock-first driven protocols
- Energy sequences can be configured for single or multiple shocks with fixed or escalating energy levels
- The cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) interval length is configurable in 1-minute increments for up to 4 minutes
Wi-Fi connectivity
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- Allows the wireless communication of clinical and test data (no patient health data (PHI))
- Synchronizes the time to that of the network to negate “clock drift” and ensures time accuracy of code data.
- Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) compliant
Real Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Help
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- Numeric display of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) depth and rate for adult and pediatric patients
- Visual and audio prompts to coach cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) depth for Adult patients
- Release bar to ensure adequate release off the chest
- Metronome to coach rate for Adult and Pediatric patients.
- Indicates elapsed time since last detected chest compression
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- Contractor shall deliver all equipment to:
Kansas City VA Medical Center
4801 E. Linwood Blvd
KANSAS CITY, MO 64128
ATTN: Biomedical Engineering
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- Ensure that equipment is sent to the Attention of Biomedical Engineering
- Include the purchase order (PO) Number on the shipping label.
- Deliver materials to the facility in manufacturer's original sealed boxes or containers with brand name marked thereon. Refurbished products will not be accepted.
- Package to prevent damage or deterioration during shipment, handling, and storage.
- Maintain protective covering in place and in good repair until delivery is necessary.
- Any government requested delayed delivery up to 90 days shall be at no additional cost to the Government.
- Contractor shall conduct a pre-delivery meeting at least 3 days prior to initial award delivery date for verification of delivery and installation dates.
- Delivery of oversized, palletized orders, or orders that contain a large number of components will be coordinated with the contracting officer’s representative (COR) who will communicate internally with Warehouse Staff.
- Contractor shall adhere to all equipment delivery deadlines outlined in Table 2.
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ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION, AND TESTING
- Contractor responsible for assembly and installation of systems after notification from contracting officer’s representative (COR)(or designee) that it has been delivered to station.
- Install shall include unboxing and transportation of equipment to final use location.
- Installation shall include implementation and testing of all purchased interfaces to VA electronic systems in coordination with Clinical Staff, Biomedical Engineering staff, office of information and technology (O&IT) staff, and others identified as needed.
- Vendor shall provide all necessary accessories, cables, adaptors, et cetera to deliver a fully functional clinical device/system.
1. Any other day designated by Executive Order.
2. Any other day designated by the President’s Proclamation; and
3. Any other day designated by Federal Statute.
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- All services shall be performed during normal hours unless otherwise scheduled with the contracting officer’s representative (COR).
- Hardware/software update/upgrade installations, where applicable, may be scheduled and performed outside normal hours at no additional charge to the Government (unless it would be detrimental to equipment up-time; to be determined by the contracting officer’s representative (COR) or designee).
- All agreed-upon work scheduled outside normal business hours shall be at no additional cost to the Government.
- All services shall be performed during normal hours unless otherwise scheduled with the contracting officer’s representative (COR).
- SITE CONDITIONS & PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
- Vendor representatives must check in with Dole VA Biomedical Engineering when they arrive on-site and check out upon completion of work each day.
- Vendor on-site visits shall be coordinated with the contracting officer’s representative (COR) (or designee) before being scheduled or conducted.
- There shall be no smoking on Kansas City VA premises at any time.
- Eating and drinking are not allowed inside the hospital, except for in the Canteen Dining area.
- Vendor staff shall always be professional and shall take all necessary precautions to maintain a safe environment for the occupants. This includes, as necessary, coordinating access and closures for sensitive areas of the Medical Center.
- Vendor shall be responsible for cleaning all work areas after completion of tasks. This includes, but is not limited to, removal of packaging and a clean sweep/mop of the area as required by work type.
- Contractor shall protect all items from damage. The Contractor shall take precaution against damage to the building(s), grounds, and furnishings. The Contractor shall repair or replace any items related to building(s) or grounds damaged accidentally or on purpose due to actions by the Contractor.
- The Contractor shall perform an inspection of the building(s) and grounds with the contracting officer’s representative (COR) prior to commencing work to ensure that the Contractor shall be able to repair or replace any items, components, building(s) or grounds damaged due to negligence and/or actions taken by the Contractor. The source of all repairs beyond simple surface cleaning is the facility construction contractor (or appropriate subcontractor), so that building warranty is maintained. Concurrence from the VA Facilities Management point of contact (POC) and contracting officer’s representative (COR) is required before the Contractor may perform any significant repair work. In all cases, repairs shall utilize materials of the same quality, size, texture, grade, and color to match adjacent existing work.
- Vendor staff shall minimize noise as much as possible while working in all buildings.
- Vendor is responsible for providing all personal protective equipment (PPE) necessary for their work.
- The Contractor shall be responsible for security of the areas in which the work is being performed prior to completion.
Security Requirements
- Network Security
- The vendor is required to complete and submit the two attached VA Security Forms, if their equipment can be connected to the VA network. If these forms are not completed and submitted with the bid package, the vendor can be disqualified from the bidding process.
- The certification and accreditation (C&A) requirements do not apply, and that a Security Accreditation Package is not required.
- Network Security
Warranty & service
- The contractor shall provide all manufacturers’ warranty with products upon delivery.
- Warranty – The system, all accessories, and all software shall be covered under the manufacturer’s warranty and shall include all parts and labor for at least 5 years following acceptance by the VA Medical Center.
- A manufacturer’s factory-trained Field Service Engineer shall perform installation and maintenance during the warranty period.
- The warranty period shall not begin until after the contracting officer’s representative (COR) (or designee) has accepted the products delivery, installation, and functionality.
- The warranty shall include all manufacturer recommended Preventive Maintenance procedures for its duration.
- All available software updates and security patches will be made available to the Kansas City VA during the warranty period.
- Vendor shall provide response to applications and technical calls within 8 hours.
- Vendor shall ship replacement parts within 48 hours of identifying necessity by Kansas City VA Biomedical Engineering staff.
INVOICING
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The Financial Services Center (FSC) uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, Vendor Electronic Invoice Submission Methods. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable forms of submission for payment requests. Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods below:
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The Financial Services Center (FSC) uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, to transition vendors from paper to electronic invoice submission. Please go to this website: http://www.tungstennetwork.com/US/en/veterans-affairs/ to begin submitting electronic invoices, free of charge.
- A system that conforms to the X12 electronic data interchange (EDI) formats established by the Accredited Standards Center (ASC) chartered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The X12 EDI Web site (http://www.x12.org).
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The Financial Services Center (FSC) uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, Vendor Electronic Invoice Submission Methods. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable forms of submission for payment requests. Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods below:
Update #1 ·
Statement of Work: R Series Defibrillator
Kansas City VA Medical Center
- Objective
- The Kansas City VA Medical Center intends to procure a replacement fleet of defibrillators. This document highlights the technical specifications and services being requested by the facility for consideration towards purchase of the units. Vendors under this proposal shall provide all equipment and accessories, installation services, and project management support.
- Scope
- The Contractor shall furnish all equipment detailed in Table 1. All products must meet all salient characteristics and functions defined in Section 3.
Table 1
Description
Quantity
30520007201310013
R Series ® Plus Defibrillator includes expansion pack
40
SurePower Rechargeable Lithium lon Battery
Pack
5.8 Ah Capacity
High density lithium ion chemistry
RunTime Indicator
Automatic calibration ready
Stores history of use and maintenance
40
R WiFi Card with Clock Sync and FIPS
40
5-year hospital warranty
n/a
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- The Contractor shall provide all components required to implement all listed hardware and software so the system (including all items in Table 1) is fully operational.
- The Contractor shall provide any missing parts, features, software, and/or components not included to fully complete the installation at no additional cost to the Government.
- The Contractor shall provide all labor, supervision, and any other resources required to deliver, assemble/install, and test all listed equipment.
- All hardware, software, and services must meet the manufacturers and VA specifications.
- The Contractor shall provide all components required to implement all listed hardware and software so the system (including all items in Table 1) is fully operational.
- Salient Characteristics[PMC(1]
-
- R Series Defibrillators
Specification/Salient Characteristics:
- Maximum dimensions: Height 10 in; Width 12 in; Depth 13 in
- Maximum weight: 15 lb
- Must be operational with AC or DC
- Includes AC Power Cord
- Guidelines 2020- compatible
- AED w/ manual override 5-year minimum hospital warranty
- Must have the following accessories, capabilities, and ability to operate in the following modes:
Physical features
-
- Nellcor Pulse Oximetry Compatibility
- Order Sensor Separately
- NIBP
23-33cm reusable cuff 3-meter air hose
RMT motion tolerance
For use with adult, pedi and neonatal patients
-
- Mainstream EtCO2
- Color LCD screen
Batteries
SurePower Rechargeable Lithium lon Battery
Pack 5.8 Ah Capacity High density lithium-ion chemistry Run-Time Indicator
Automatic calibration ready Stores history of use and maintenance
Operators’ manual
-
- 1 per defibrillator
- Language: English
- Provided by manufacturer and includes manufacturer’s instructions
Defibrillation
- Biphasic defibrillation
- Provides automatic life support defibrillation when powered on.
- Ability to functions as an AED, but not when initially turned on.
- Manual defibrillator to support pediatrics to adults to include automatic safety feature to eliminate the risk of delivering an adult energy level to a pediatric patient
- Less than 7 seconds of charge time for a new fully charged battery
- Evaluates ECG rhythm to determine if shock delivery is required
Configurations
- Configurable for either CPR or shock-first driven protocols
- Energy sequences can be configured for single or multiple shocks with fixed or escalating energy levels
- The CPR interval length is configurable in 1-minute increments for up to 4 minutes
Wi-Fi connectivity
-
- Allows the wireless communication of clinical and test data (no PHI)
- Synchronizes the time to that of the network to negate “clock drift” and ensures time accuracy of code data.
- FIPS Compliant
Real CPR Help
-
- Numeric display of CPR depth and rate for adult and pediatric patients
- Visual and audio prompts to coach CPR depth for Adult patients
- Release bar to ensure adequate release off the chest
- Metronome to coach rate for Adult and Pediatric patients.
- Indicates elapsed time since last detected chest compression
CPR artifact filtering
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- Adult and Pediatric AED ECG analysis
See-Thru ® -CPR filter
• OneStep cable manager
Defib Mentor familiarization aid
OneStep Pacing includes:
• OneStep Pacing Cable (also supports CPR)
• ECG leads
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- Contractor shall deliver all equipment to:
Kansas City VA Medical Center
4801 E. Lynwood Blvd
KANSAS CITY, MO 64128
ATTN: Biomedical Engineering
-
-
- Ensure that equipment is sent to the Attention of Biomedical Engineering
- Include the PO Number on the shipping label.
- Deliver materials to the facility in manufacturer's original sealed boxes or containers with brand name marked thereon. Refurbished products will not be accepted.
- Package to prevent damage or deterioration during shipment, handling, and storage.
- Maintain protective covering in place and in good repair until delivery is necessary.
- Any government requested delayed delivery up to 90 days shall be at no additional cost to the Government.
- Contractor shall conduct a pre-delivery meeting at least 3 days prior to initial award delivery date for verification of delivery and installation dates.
- Delivery of oversized, palletized orders, or orders that contain a large number of components will be coordinated with the COR who will communicate internally with Warehouse Staff.
- Contractor shall adhere to all equipment delivery deadlines outlined in Table 2.
-
- ASSEMBLY, INSTALLATION, AND TESTING
- Contractor responsible for assembly and installation of systems after notification from COR (or designee) that it has been delivered to station.
- Install shall include unboxing and transportation of equipment to final use location.
- Installation shall include implementation and testing of all purchased interfaces to VA electronic systems in coordination with Clinical Staff, Biomedical Engineering staff, O&IT staff, and others identified as needed.
- Vendor shall provide all necessary accessories, cables, adaptors, etc. to deliver a fully functional clinical device/system.
- Contractor responsible for assembly and installation of systems after notification from COR (or designee) that it has been delivered to station.
- Hours of Operation
- Kansas City VA normal hours are Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central Standard Time, excluding Federal holidays.
- VA follows all Federal holidays that are set by law (USC Title 5 Section 6103).
The Government hereby provides notice and Contractor hereby acknowledges receipt that Government personnel observe the listed days as holidays:
New Year's Day January 1
Martin Luther King's Birthday Third Monday in January
President's Birthday Third Monday in February
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Juneteenth June 19
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day First Monday in September
Columbus Day Second Monday in October
Veterans Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
Christmas December 25
In addition to the days designated as holidays, the Government observes the following days:
1. Any other day designated by Executive Order.
2. Any other day designated by the President’s Proclamation; and
3. Any other day designated by Federal Statute.
-
- All services shall be performed during normal hours unless otherwise scheduled with the COR.
- Hardware/software update/upgrade installations, where applicable, may be scheduled and performed outside normal hours at no additional charge to the Government (unless it would be detrimental to equipment up-time; to be determined by the COR or designee).
- All agreed-upon work scheduled outside normal business hours shall be at no additional cost to the Government.
- All services shall be performed during normal hours unless otherwise scheduled with the COR.
- SITE CONDITIONS & PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
- Vendor representatives must check in with Dole VA Biomedical Engineering when they arrive on-site and check out upon completion of work each day.
- Vendor on-site visits shall be coordinated with the COR (or designee) before being scheduled or conducted.
- There shall be no smoking on Kansas City VA premises at any time.
- Eating and drinking are not allowed inside the hospital, except for in the Canteen Dining area.
- Vendor staff shall always be professional and shall take all necessary precautions to maintain a safe environment for the occupants. This includes, as necessary, coordinating access and closures for sensitive areas of the Medical Center.
- Vendor shall be responsible for cleaning all work areas after completion of tasks. This includes, but is not limited to, removal of packaging and a clean sweep/mop of the area as required by work type.
- Contractor shall protect all items from damage. The Contractor shall take precaution against damage to the building(s), grounds, and furnishings. The Contractor shall repair or replace any items related to building(s) or grounds damaged accidentally or on purpose due to actions by the Contractor.
- The Contractor shall perform an inspection of the building(s) and grounds with the COR prior to commencing work to ensure that the Contractor shall be able to repair or replace any items, components, building(s) or grounds damaged due to negligence and/or actions taken by the Contractor. The source of all repairs beyond simple surface cleaning is the facility construction contractor (or appropriate subcontractor), so that building warranty is maintained. Concurrence from the VA Facilities Management POC and COR is required before the Contractor may perform any significant repair work. In all cases, repairs shall utilize materials of the same quality, size, texture, grade, and color to match adjacent existing work.
- Vendor staff shall minimize noise as much as possible while working in all buildings.
- Vendor is responsible for providing all PPE necessary for their work.
- The Contractor shall be responsible for security of the areas in which the work is being performed prior to completion.
- Security Requirements
- Network Security
- The vendor is required to complete and submit the two attached VA Security Forms, if their equipment can be connected to the VA network. If these forms are not completed and submitted with the bid package, the vendor can be disqualified from the bidding process.
- The C&A requirements do not apply, and that a Security Accreditation Package is not required.
- Network Security
- Warranty & service
- The contractor shall provide all manufacturers’ warranty with products upon delivery.
- Warranty – The system, all accessories, and all software shall be covered under the manufacturer’s warranty and shall include all parts and labor for at least 5 years following acceptance by the VAMC.
- A manufacturer’s factory-trained Field Service Engineer shall perform installation and maintenance during the warranty period.
- The warranty period shall not begin until after the Dole VA COR or designee has accepted the products delivery, installation, and functionality.
- The warranty shall include all manufacturer recommended Preventive Maintenance procedures for its duration.
- All available software updates and security patches will be made available to the Kansas City VA during the warranty period.
- Vendor shall provide response to applications and technical calls within 8 hours.
- Vendor shall ship replacement parts within 48 hours of identifying necessity by Kansas City VA Biomedical Engineering staff.
- INVOICING
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The FSC uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, Vendor Electronic Invoice Submission Methods. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable forms of submission for payment requests. Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods below:
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The FSC uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, to transition vendors from paper to electronic invoice submission. Please go to this website: http://www.tungstennetwork.com/US/en/veterans-affairs/ to begin submitting electronic invoices, free of charge.
- A system that conforms to the X12 electronic data interchange (EDI) formats established by the Accredited Standards Center (ASC) chartered by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The X12 EDI Web site (http://www.x12.org).
- VA’s Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment System – The FSC uses a third-party contractor, Tungsten, Vendor Electronic Invoice Submission Methods. Facsimile, e-mail, and scanned documents are not acceptable forms of submission for payment requests. Electronic form means an automated system transmitting information electronically according to the accepted electronic data transmission methods below:
[PMC(1]Mykaela-Need FIPS compliance, TRM approved, and approved ERA language
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| 36C25525Q0134 0002.pdf | ||
| NEW - SOW KCVA Defibrillators.docx | DOCX document | |
| 36C25525Q0134 -.pdf | ||
| 36C25525Q0134 0001 signed.pdf | ||
| 36C25525Q0134.pdf | ||
| Statement of Work Defibrillators R series AA.docx | DOCX document |
Notice history
| Notice | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| R Series Defibrillators - Kansas City VAMC | Award Notice | |
| This notice | Solicitation | |
| Defibrillators - Kansas City VAMC | Pre-Solicitation |
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