SOURCES SOUGHT
65 -- MRSA Testing - VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
- Notice Date
- 6/19/2019
- Notice Type
- Synopsis
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Veterans Affairs;Network Contracting Office 4;100 S. Independence Mall West;5th Floor;Philadelphia, PA 19106
- ZIP Code
- 19106
- Solicitation Number
- 36C24419R0108
- Response Due
- 7/2/2019
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2019
- Point of Contact
- Maureen Jordan - Maureen.Jordan@va.gov
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Page 2 of 2 This is a Sources Sought notice and is for informational and planning purposes only; it is neither a solicitation announcement nor a request for proposals or quotes and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The purpose of this Sources Sought notice is to determine, in particular, the interest/capability of firms to provide a Laboratory instrument that can automate the VA Medical Center in Pittsburgh s Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) surveillance polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Here is a DRAFT of the SOW: 1. Contract Title. MRSA Testing 2. Background. The VAMC Pittsburgh Laboratory is seeking a Laboratory instrument that can automate our Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus (MRSA) surveillance polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. We also desire an open system that would permit the ability to add user defined methodologies in an effort to utilize one platform for multiple tests. This instrument must be compact with a maximum foot print of 94cm (W) x75cm (D) x72cm (H) so that it can reside on a bench top. The system must include a monitor key board and bar code scanner. The system must integrate and automate the sample extraction, amplification and reading functions of MRSA and Clostridium difficle (Cdiff) test in a simple sample in result out workflow. The system must have the capacity to load 24 samples on at one time. The system must be capable of yielding high quality nucleic acid extractions from a variety of sample types to include but not limited to urine, plasma, whole blood, sputum and samples in transport media. 3. Scope. This contract includes all of the costs associated with performing automated molecular MRSA screening testing. In addition, the contract includes pricing for performing lysis and the required capillaries. The contract will include pricing for any disposables, maintenance items, etc. to properly maintain and operate the analyzer on a daily basis. These items will be permitted to be ordered as needed by the Pittsburgh VA. Salient Characteristics Must be Moderately Complex to allow use by non-Molecular Technologist, allowing 7 day per week testing. Ability to run assays of future interest, specifically Enteric Stool testing and Parasite testing. The selected vendor must not be susceptible to Staphylococcus aureus that contain an staphylococcal cassette chromosome (SCC) element lacking the mecA gene. The selected vendor shall employ a methodology that casts the widest net to identify newly emerging Mec Right Extremity Junction (MREJ) subtypes. The system must not require external Quality Control with every run. This is a key factor for consideration. The system must have the ability to integrate into our laboratory information system (LIS) system. The system must be an open platform to allow for User Defined Protocols with customizable cycling parameters (time and temperature). The system must be capable of accepting user developed lyophilized reagents as well as wet reagents to maximize ease of use, protocol standardization and minimize waste.. The system must be able to assure proper test set-up with ability to scan in a sample tube bare code ID, match to specific test protocol, flag any error in set-up prior to initiating run and perform all steps to complete sample processing, nucleic acid extraction and PCR set-up and data analysis with walk away automation. The system must be capable of using multiple real time PCR methodologies such as scorpion primer/probes, molecular beacons and TaqMan probes to give flexibility to designing superior performing assays to meet our User Defined Protocol needs. The system must be designed for efficiency across a range of test volumes and minimize waste by allowing for individual sample reagent setup. The reagent test kits must be able to be stored at room temperature. The reagent and consumable set-up must contain all the necessary pipette tips, reagents, processing and reaction tubes for the nucleic acid extraction, PCR set-up and amplification. This design should standardize set-up, reduce and simplify user interactions and minimize waste and disposables. The system must be capable of performing small sample volume PCR reactions facilitating rapid thermocycling and rapid turnaround time. The system must seal the PCR reaction chamber before target application to reduce the risk of amplicon contamination and cross reactivity. Each PCR reaction must be individually controlled and read by the optical detection system, enabling multiplex detection in real time reactions. This enables mixed assay processing and will dramatically reduce development time as we experiment to establish the parameters that yield the best results. The system must be capable of accepting up to 24 samples at one time but as few as one sample at a time. This provides workflow flexibility and overall efficiency to processing daily workloads. The system must be equipped with at least 5 optical channels and support fluoresce detection of: Color (Spec) Typical Dye (Assay) Wavelength Name Excitation Range Emission Range Green FAM 470/510 470 ± 12 510 ± 6 Yellow TET, VIC 530/555 530 ± 6 555 ± 6 Orange Texas Red, ROX 585/610 585 ± 6 610 ± 6 Red Cy5 625/660 625 ± 6 660 ± 6 Crimson Cy5.5 680/715 680 ± 6 NOTE: THIS NOTICE WAS NOT POSTED TO FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (19-JUN-2019); HOWEVER, IT DID APPEAR IN THE FEDBIZOPPS FTP FEED ON THIS DATE. PLEASE CONTACT 877-472-3779 or fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System;University Drive Campus;University Drive;Pittsburgh, PA
- Zip Code: 15240
- Country: USA
- Zip Code: 15240
- Record
- SN05345764-F 20190621/190619230025 (fbodaily.com)
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