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

65 -- VENTILATOR SOL 69D-359-00 DUE 082800 POC Michael Cunningham, 414-902-5407 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the solicitation., http://www.va.gov/oa&mm/busopp/sols.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, michael.cunningham@med.va.gov. The US Dept of Veterans Affairs, Great Lakes Acquisition Center (GLAC), is planning to negotiate a sole source contract with Drager to purchase, for the Milwaukee WI VA Medical Center, 2 each Evita 2 Dura USA Color Ventilator with monitoring plus. This is considered to be sole source because, of the 4 makes and models evaluated, only the Drager equipment has: automatic tube compensation which alters the air flow going into the patient depending on the airway size which makes breathing easier for the patient; automatic leak compensation which helps ventilate a patient with cuff link or chest tube leak without constant manual adjustments. Also, this is the only ventilator on which the patient can breathe spontaneously in all modes of ventilation. All these features will reduce the number of hours that patients are on ventilators and in the Intensive Care Unit. Other sources that believe they can meet VA needs must furnish information about their products, including references, to this office by no later than 4:30 PM on August 28, 2000. Information may be mailed or it may be faxed to: 414-902-5440. Posted 08/18/00 (W-SN487945). (0231)

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