Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking information from qualified contractors to provide laboratory refrigerators and freezers for the Iowa City VA Health Care System. The required items include high-performance pharmacy refrigerators, plasma freezers, blood bank refrigerators, and lab refrigerators. The products must be Brand Name or Equal to Thermo Fisher Scientific Refrigerators and Freezers as specified in the attached Salient Characteristics. Interested firms must have an FSS Contract to supply the required items. The purpose of this sources sought notice is to gain knowledge of qualified potential contractors and their socio-economic size classification in accordance with NAICS codes 333415.
Some key features of the required items include:
• Capacity ranges from 11.5 cu ft to 51.1 cu ft
• Temperature operating ranges from 2 C to 8 C and -35 C to -15 C
• R290 (natural refrigerant) with water-blown foam, compliant with EPA SNAP
• Various dimensions and electrical requirements
• Specific features such as automatic defrost, microprocessor control, and interior lighting