Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a vendor to provide an automated tissue processor capable of generating single cell suspensions for patient tissues and mouse tissues. The instrument must be able to keep samples at 37°C and 4°C, generate cell suspensions with high viability, and process a minimum of 12 samples at a time. The vendor must be an authorized reseller for STEMCELL Technologies products. The contract will be a firm fixed price contract, and the place of performance will be the VAPHS research laboratory.
Key features of the instrument include:
• Ability to keep samples at 37°C and 4°C
• Generation of cell suspensions with high viability
• Processing of a minimum of 12 samples at a time
• Expandability to at least 16 samples at a time
• Capability to process tissues including lung, brain, heart, colon, kidney, spleen, and liver