Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is seeking sources that can provide hematology testing on a cost per test basis for the Washington DC VA Medical Center. The contractor shall provide full instrumentation, installation, correlation studies, reagents, maintenance, and a quality control program to provide routine and stat hematology assays. The desired instrumentation should have the capability of performing or reporting clinical parameters as defined in the statement of work. The contractor shall also provide training for government personnel and ensure that the equipment meets the test volume and turnaround time requirements of the facility.
Some key features of the required instrumentation include:
* Random access capability
* Ability to perform complete blood count and white blood cell automated differential
* Ability to detect out of range quality control and flag patient results
* Ability to accept various types of sample containers
* Minimal daily, monthly, and periodic maintenance
* Ability to store and retransmit records in case of interface outage
* On-board reagent stability sufficient to accommodate both high and low volume use
The contractor shall also provide a continuously stocked inventory of reagents, standards, controls, supplies, disposables, and any other materials required to properly perform and report tests on the equipment.