Description
The Indian Health Service (IHS) is seeking a contractor to provide automated chemistry and immunochemistry instrumentation for five IHS hospitals and seven IHS clinics in the Great Plains Area. The contractor will be required to provide new equipment and parts, as well as comprehensive maintenance and support services. The contract will be a firm-fixed-price, non-personal service, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a base year and four one-year option periods. The contractor must provide instrumentation that meets specific requirements, including FDA approval, sufficient capacity and throughput, and the ability to perform analysis on 100% of the tests listed in the functional requirements. The contractor must also provide a data management system that meets specific requirements, including the ability to store and retransmit patient records, provide patient status display, and support remote connectivity for troubleshooting.
• The contract requires the contractor to provide instrumentation for multiple facilities, including Cheyenne River, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Standing Rock, Turtle Mountain, FT. Thompson, Kyle, McLaughlin, WWKMHCC, Wanblee, and Wagner.
• The contractor must provide a printer that can print patient reports with demographic information.
• The contractor must provide an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) with line conditioner for each instrument.
• The contractor must provide a heat mitigation solution to exhaust excess heat outside the laboratory.