Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking potential sources capable of providing 20 new portable sleep monitoring systems for monitoring patient sleep patterns to determine the severity of sleep apnea for diagnosis and treatment. The systems must meet or exceed the minimum requirements specified in the statement of need, including the ability to monitor apnea/hypopnea per hour, sleep stages, and oxygen and heart rate. The systems must also be able to automatically calculate AHI and RDI using the patient's true sleep time and integrate with the VA Somnoware Sleep System.
Some key features and requirements of the portable sleep monitoring systems include:
• Ability to monitor apnea/hypopnea per hour (AHI) and central AHI
• Ability to monitor sleep stages, snoring, and body position
• Ability to detect REM-related sleep apnea with REM and non-REM apnea-hypopnea index (AHI)
• Ability to provide multi-night study feature and built-in self-diagnostic procedure
• Must be small enough to be worn on the wrist and able to be cleaned with 70% ethyl alcohol or isopropyl alcohol (IPA)
The contractor shall provide 20 reusable portable sleep monitoring units, and the instruments must be the newest and most current model, with no refurbishments accepted. The vendor/distributor and/or manufacturer must provide all necessary procedure manuals, maintenance manuals, troubleshooting manuals, and operator manuals.