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The tender seeks proposals for the provision of coagulation reagents, instruments, equipment, maintenance, training, and support for a Roche **** Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) system at Madigan Army Medical Center. The contractor will be responsible for furnishing maintenance, services, repairs, and parts to maintain the systems in optimal operating condition. The contract includes detailed specifications for the analyzers, reagents, maintenance, training, and data management system. Method validation will be conducted in accordance with established protocols. The contractor must provide a qualified technical service representative with specific experience and knowledge of method validation. The contractor will also provide initial onsite operator training to all technicians assigned to the government site. The analyzer system must be capable of interfacing with the military hospital computer system (MHS Genesis). The contractor must have an established driver compatible for interfacing the analyzer with the IM. The interface between IM and the analyzer shall be bidirectional. The data management system shall have a comprehensive, fully integrated quality control (QC) software module that stores and evaluates quality control results. The application shall validate QC results by checking them against user-selected rules and automatically alert the operator when a rule violation has occurred. The software shall provide a single operator interface for workload management, data management, and instrument operational status monitoring. The software controls the operations of the analyzer, monitors the lot number expiration date of onboard reagents and control materials. The results management application shall manage patient data, sample and QC results by offering archiving, status, calculation of results and long-term results storage. The data management system must use Microsoft Windows 10 that includes the most current version with all the security updates. All contractor systems that communicate with Department of Defense (DOD) systems shall interconnect through established virtual private network (VPN) business-to-business (B2B) gateway. The contractor shall assume all responsibility for establishing and maintaining their connectivity to the B2B gateway. The contractor shall comply with DOD guidance regarding allowable ports, protocols and risk mitigation strategies and will provide, maintain and configure VPN concentrator that complies with DOD security standards. All costs for VPN hardware and software shall be incurred by the contractor. The contractor shall initiate, maintain, and document personnel security investigations appropriate to the business associate representatives responsibilities and required access to MEDCOM sensitive information (SI) as determined by the site chief information officer. The contractor shall validate that systems authenticate users through the use of the common access card (CAC) or CAC alternative as a part of a two-factor authentication mechanism on the business partner side of the VPN. The contractor shall also identify the exact location from which remote operational control will take place from, the encryption that will be used, and how the vendors technical users will maintain secure logon. The contractor shall provide an up-to-date operating system that includes all software patches and updates for all programs installed on the operating system. The operating system and all the programs on the operating system must stay up to date with all software patches and updates throughout its lifecycle. The contractor shall include all costs to achieve the initial authority to operate (ATO) and maintain it during the lifecycle. The contractor shall pass prevalidation technical screening vulnerability scans utilizing Nessus, security content automation protocol (SCAP) scans, and security technical implementation guides (STIGs) checklists within 6 months of the contract award. Appendix 1 provide

The tender seeks a contractor to provide coagulation reagents, instruments, equipment, maintenance, training, tools, materials, and support for a Roche **** Total Laboratory Automation (TLA) system at Madigan Army Medical Center. The contractor will be responsible for maintenance, services, repairs, and parts to maintain the systems in optimal operating condition. The contractor must provide 24/7 direct customer service and support, including a hotline and remote diagnostic capability. The contractor is not allowed to remove any equipment from the government work site without prior approval. The government may upgrade instrumentation and add reagents throughout the contract's life. Method validation will be conducted in accordance with established protocols. The contractor must provide a qualified technical service representative with experience in method validation and statistical evaluation software. All reagents, calibrators, and linearity materials used in the method validation study will be provided by the contractor at no additional cost to the government. The contractor will be responsible for the collection and transportation of equipment upon expiration or termination of the contract. The analyzers must have specific throughput capabilities and be compatible with the Roche TLA. The analyzers must be FDA approved and new. The electrical requirement is 220V/50Hz. Reagents must have a minimum shelf life of three months. The contractor will be responsible for maintenance, services, repairs, and parts to maintain the systems in optimal operating condition. The contractor must provide all personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision, parts, transportation, and other items and services necessary to perform all required repairs and scheduled preventive maintenance, safety inspections, and calibrations of equipment. The contractor must provide initial onsite operator training to all technicians assigned to the government site. The analyzer system must be capable of interfacing with the military hospital computer system (MHS Genesis). The interface must be bidirectional. The data management system must include a comprehensive quality control module. The contractor must comply with DOD guidance regarding allowable ports, protocols, and risk mitigation strategies. The contractor must provide an up-to-date operating system with all software patches and updates. The contractor must pass prevalidation technical screening, vulnerability scans, and security scans within 6 months of contract award. Estimated annual workload for tests is provided in Appendix 1.

This is a sources sought (SS) notice for a requirement to continue using iStat CPT bedside handheld analyzers and reagents. The government intends to make this a sole-source award if potential vendors cannot be identified. The anticipated period of performance is May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2030, with possible four one-year option periods. Interested parties must submit information including company name and address, primary contact, Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) if available, socioeconomic categories, experience, and business size. Responses are due no later than April 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. This is for planning purposes only and does not constitute an obligation to procure the items.

This is a sources sought notice for laboratory equipment and supplies. The government is seeking information from potential vendors regarding their availability and capability to provide i-stat cpt bedside handheld analyzers, reagents, and related supplies. Responses are due April 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. The government may use the responses for market research and planning purposes, and may potentially award a sole-source contract. Interested parties must include company information, contact details, Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) information, socioeconomic categories, experience, business size, and product/service code (****). A draft statement of work is available.

Intent to sole source for laboratory equipment and supplies. Interested parties can dispute the sole source approach. Responses are due April 18, 2025, at 3:00 PM Eastern Time. Responses must include company name and address, contact information, Federal Supply Schedule (if available), socioeconomic categories, experience, business size, and product/service code 6640. The anticipated period of performance is from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2030, with possible four one-year option periods.