Steris 250 Steam Sterilizer

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) intends to negotiate solely with the Steris Corporation, 5960 Heisley Road, Mentor, Ohio 44060 to obtain the following supplies for the USDA FSIS Mid-Western Lab:

Steris Century Lab 250 Steam Sterilizer, 20" x 20" x 38" (508 x 508 x 965 mm)

The purchase of a Steris Century Lab 250 steam sterilizer located at the Midwestern Lab (ML) in St. Louis, Missouri is required to replace a 25-year-old problematic unit for the sterilization of contaminated lab samples, test items, and supplies. 

The lab is accredited to ISO 17025, and a requirement to maintain the ISO accreditation is procurement, installation, and calibration of sterilization equipment by an ISO certified company.  The sterilizers require the placement of hardware and software that is proprietary to the company.  It will require calibration and programming that can only be provided by company representatives. Steris Corporation is the only known source which can provide the required services to the current requirements. This procurement will be conducted under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 - Only One Responsible Source and no Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements Citation: 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1).

The approximate dollar value under consideration is $43,288.44.

  The contractor shall provide the following deliverables:

-The sterilizer must have three sterilizer configurations: gravity, vacuum, and liquid.  It must be a freestanding unit with stainless steel sides, rear and front access panel.

-Unit must be capable of at least the following cycles: gravity at 100°C to 141°C; vacuum at 100°C to 141°C; and liquid at 100°C to 135°C.

-A 20 x 20 x 38” (508 x 508 x 965 mm) chamber size.  Interior chamber design shall be rounded to allow for enhanced heat distribution and condensation roll-off to the drain instead of load.

-Construction shall be of 316L stainless steel, including sterilizer shell, steam baffles and chamber door. 

-Door: single, vertical sliding, constructed of single piece 316L stainless steel.  Standard Piping: Brass and Copper Threaded

-Integrated (non-external) Electric Steam Generator - Carbon Steel, automatic flush at start-up

-Electronic water savings control to monitor and meter the amount of cooling water used to condense exhaust chamber and jacket steam.

-120 V, 1Ph; 208V, 3 Phase (for vacuum pump &/or steam generator)

-Touch sensitive color control panel

-Automatic paper printer to document cycle runs

-English Language

-Manufactured in ISO 9001 (or equivalent) facility

-Sterilizer shall be compatible with Midwestern Lab’s existing autoclave carts and carriages such that the chamber’s interior rails will lock to carts and accept carriage onto interior rails.  Unit also must have the ability to be incorporated in the laboratory Steris Maintenance Agreement.  Current carts and carriages compatible to Steris Amsco Lab 250, such as serial # 0318314-21.

-Pick-up or arrange for pick-up and disposal or recycling of the Midwestern Lab’s older unit (Steris Amsco Lab 250 serial # 0318314-21).

This is not a request for quotations or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation. Request for copies of this solicitation will not be honored or acknowledged. The Government does not intend to pay for information received. All interested parties must respond within five (5) calendar days from the date of this notice. Written responses must provide clear and concise documentation indicating your firm's capability to provide the proprietary services. Verbal responses are not acceptable and will not be considered. When responding to this announcement, respondents should refer to announcement #123A9421Q0010. If no viable responses have been received in response after Monday, March 1, 2021, 5:00 pm E.S.T. to this announcement, USDA/FSIS shall negotiate solely with the Steris Corporation.