BLOOD GAS ANALYZER
This is a Sources Sought (SS) Notice only; it is not a Solicitation (i.e. Request for Proposal, Request for Quotation, or Invitation for Bids.), not a solicitation announcement and should not be considered as such. This SS is part of a Government market research effort to determine the scope of industry capabilities and interest and will be treated as information only. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responses to this SS are strictly voluntary and the Government will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this SS. Responses to this SS will not be returned and respondents will not be notified of the result of the review. Although responses to the questions posed by the Government would be most beneficial to this market research effort.
The purpose of this SS is to conduct Market Research to determine an acquisition strategy for the establishment of a blood gas analyzer at the Cleveland Louis Stokes Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (CLE VAMC).
The Medical service has a requirement for a blood gas analyzer. The instrumentation shall perform all analyses for the required tests with precision as defined by the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) and the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI, formerly NCCLS).
Operational Features
The instrumentation shall have the following basic capabilities (required):
Demonstrated work-station consolidation.
Reagent barcode capability and inventory control.
Shall have Auto-ID Barcode
Automated Blood Gas Analyzers
Shall performed the following Blood Gas Analytes/Parameters/Derived(calculated):
Analytes
pH
pCO2
pO2
Hct
Na
K
Cl
iCa
Lactate
Glucose
tHb(c)
O2Hb
COHb
MetHb
HHb
tBili
CO-ox
Parameters
sO2
sO2(c)
HCO3-std
HCO3-(c)
A-aDO2
paO2/PAO2
RI
CcO2
a-vDO2
Qsp/Qt(est)
Qsp/Qt
Hct(c)
Derived (Calculated)
TCO2
BE(B)
BE(ecf)
tHb(c)
Ca++(7.4)
Anion Gap
P/F Ratio
pAO2
CaO2
CvO2
p50
O2cap
Shall have onboard CO-Oximetry
Shall utilized various sample types:
Whole Blood
Capillary
Mixed venous
Arterial
Venous
Shall utilize minimal sample size,
