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66 -- IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL STAINER SOL 528-41-96 DUE 052396 POC Contact Point, ROSEANNE RACZKOWSKI, (716)862-3677 Sources sought for Immunohistochemical Stainer with the following requirements: 1) Use the technique of surface application of antibodies and other reagents. 2) Have 510K FDA clearance. 3) Allow random access to accommodate at least 18 different antibodies at a time. 4) Allow use of multiple vendors antibodies. 5) Stain both frozen and paraffin embedded tissues, utilizing the same detection kit. 6) Allow the quality of the specimen be equal to or better than the current manual method. 7) Process single slides up to batch sizes of at least 40 slides. 8) Be adaptable to staining methods including but not limited to peroxidase and alkaline phosphatase. 9) Have a turn around time for completed slides of no more than 2 hours. 10) Be upgradeable as new technology becomes available. 11) Be independent enough of operator attention so constant attention by technologist is not required, i.e. operation must be ''walk away''. 12) Be provided with all line conditioners required to eliminate voltage variations which could lead to unacceptable instrument performance. 13) Be self-contained with no special plumbing and electrical requirements. 14) Have telephone maintenance service available during normal business hours (8am-5pm EST) Monday through Friday via company telephone hotline. Additional service from vendor must be available from vendor to limit downtime to less than 24 hours. 15) Have training provided for a minimum of one operator, with the possibility of two operators, including all support and operational facets of the system. Cost of training, meals and accommodations must be covered by the vendor. 16) Utilize Kinetic mode (heat and air mixing) processing. 17) Provide a method for the elimination of evaporation of reagents and tissues. 18) Bar-Code driven 19) Have a full Year Warranty for all parts and labor for at least one year. Concerns having the ability to furnish the above must provide written data proving capabilities to the VA Western New York Healthcare System. Please mail to the procuring office listed above within 15 calendar days from publication of this notice. No telephone inquiries will be honored. This is not a formal solicitation. (0127)

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