Department of Veterans Affairs, Great Lakes Healthcare Systems, Great Lakes Acquisition Center, Bldg. 5, 5000 West National Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53295

D -- TRANSMISSION AND ARCHIVING OF DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL IMAGES SOL RFQ 69D-200-00 DUE 030700 POC Michael Cunningham, 414-902-5407 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, michael.cunningham@med.va.gov.. The Milwaukee WI VA Medical Center has a requirement for a vendor to provide DICOM interconnectivity to support high bandwidth transportation and archival of diagnostic medical images. The service must support all DICOM connections and archive functionality within a multi-vendor environment. The DICOM archive of the images must be maintained and managed to provide access of the images 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Contractor must be able to verify all files sent, have been received, and stored in the archive. Contractor must also maintain and verify that the data files sent, received and stored have not been altered from the original state. All hardware, software, and high bandwidth communications network lines are to be provided by the contractor. This service must be provided between the transmitting location near Los Fresnos TX to the receiving location in Milwaukee WI. The service shall begin on approximately April 1, 2000 and continue for one year, and include four, one-year options to renew.It is estimated that an average of approximately 80 images per business day will need to be archived and that images will average about 9 MB each. The only known source for this service is WAM!NET Medical of Eagan MN. However, other firms who believe they can meet the needs of the VA are encouraged to provide information concerning their capabilities by the closing date of March 7, 2000. Information may be mailed or it may be faxed to 414-902-5440. Posted 02/23/00 (W-SN427871). (0054)

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