Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to issue a sole-source purchase order for a GAIT Analysis Machine, which is a commercial, integrated gait analysis platform required for a traumatic brain injury research project. The machine provides simultaneous ventral and lateral high-resolution imaging, automated AI-driven gait detection, and artifact correction. The contract is expected to be a firm-fixed-price commercial item purchase with one-time delivery to the William S. Middleton Memorial VA Medical Center in Madison, WI.
Key features of the opportunity include:
• The GAIT Analysis Machine is a specialized system with specific technical requirements.
• The contract is expected to be awarded to Stoelting Co., the exclusive authorized U.S. distributor of the Ugo Basile G.A.I.T. system.
• The project is funded by a MERIT-funded traumatic brain injury research project.
• The machine will be used for post-TBI locomotion analysis in mice.
• The contract type is firm-fixed-price, and the delivery location is the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, WI.