SAM #36C26027Q0104

VA market research for Seattle clinical microbiology laboratory media, reagents, test kits, and quality-control supplies

The Department of Veterans Affairs is conducting market research for a broad catalog of microbiology laboratory supplies for its Seattle Division clinical microbiology testing. - Government buyer: Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 20, supporting the Puget Sound VA Medical Center’s Seattle Division Microbiology Department. - Named manufacturers and product brands: ATCC, BD, Difco, BBL, Remel, PathoDx, Thermo Scientific, Oxoid, and Mitsubishi. The catalog also includes many products without an identified manufacturer. - Products requested: Culture media and agar plates; biochemical reagents, identification disks, and test kits; fungal and acid-fast staining supplies; ATCC quality-control organisms; anaerobic and microaerophilic gas-generation products and accessories; and related laboratory consumables. The attached catalog lists 170 line items with item numbers and estimated annual quantities where provided. Quantities of zero or not stated are retained as shown in the catalog. - Notable requirements: Annual quantities are estimates, not guaranteed purchases. Deliveries are requested weekly or as needed. Perishable products require next-day shipping and immediate refrigeration. Supplies support clinical organism identification and laboratory quality-control testing. - Opportunity status: The attachment describes market research, not a solicitation or request for quotations. - Performance period: One base year and four option years, for a potential five-year period. - Estimated value: No government estimate is provided; the range below is an analytical estimate for the catalog and potential five-year ordering period.

Description

FY27 request for microbiology testing media for Seattle Division Microbiology Department. These products are required for the identification of pathogenic organisms. This includes products formatted to maintain a long shelf-life, such as Oxidase, Indole and Acridine Orange that are used daily and are critical for organism identification, as well as perishable selective agar, biochemical test kits and other required products such as ATCC organisms, mandated by the College of American Pathologists (CAP), as part of our Quality Control for media.  Products are ordered for weekly delivery or as needed, and these supplies enable microbiologists to identify diseases in veteran patients.

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