Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a vendor to provide three ice and water countertop dispensers and three bacterial-retentive filter systems for the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) at the Lake City VA Medical Center in Lake City, Florida. The ice machines must meet specific requirements, including having a removable ice machine, Agion silver-silver based antimicrobial protection, and a 25-pound ice storage capacity. The filter system must be bacterial-retentive with a 0.2-micron double layer sterilizing-grade disposable filter capsule.
Key features and requirements of the ice and water countertop dispensers include:
• Removable ice machine for easy repair and maintenance
• Agion silver-silver based antimicrobial to provide protection of key ice and water contact components
• 25-pound ice storage capacity
• Automatic self-flushing of ice machine to remove impurities
• Sleep mode that turns off the machine when idle
• Machine shall be freestanding with 6” adjustable legs and have lever operation to dispense ice
• Drain cup system that consolidates all drain lines, improves drain line pitch, may be removed easily for cleaning and sanitizing, and provides an air break to prevent drain water from coming into contact with key ice and water dispenser components in the event of a drain clog
• Machine footprint shall be no larger than 22.75” w x 24.75” d x 66.88” h
Key features and requirements of the bacterial-retentive filter system include:
• 0.2-micron double layer sterilizing-grade disposable filter capsule
• Shall be validated by an independent laboratory according to ASTM F838-15a determining bacterial infection of membrane filters utilized for liquid filtration with complete retention of the challenge organism