Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Northern Indiana Health Care System (NIHCS) is seeking information from qualified businesses for water testing and reagents for the sterile processing system (SPS) at the Marion, Fort Wayne, and Jackie Walorski VA sites. The contractor will be required to provide all labor, materials, equipment, transportation, lodging, and supervision necessary to collect appropriate samples and deliver to a lab meeting the requirements for processing of AAMI ST108. The contractor will also be required to calibrate the conductivity/resistivity meter monthly and provide a water analysis report. The contractor will be part of the multidisciplinary team that assists the water working group with resolving out-of-range water testing.
Some key responsibilities include:
• Providing complete written instructions, supplemented by oral instructions and demonstrations, to SPS personnel for their performance of routine water tests
• Providing one training session within one week of the start of the contract and one training session annually after the new contract has been awarded
• Providing a handheld resistivity meter and pH hardness colorimetric dipsticks to the VA
• Calibrating the resistivity meter on a monthly basis during their testing visit and providing a calibration certification
• Completing monthly, quarterly, and yearly testing per ST108:2023 and per the VHA water contract/SOW
• Completing performance qualification testing per ST108:2023 and per the VHA contract/SOW
• Completing follow-up testing as ordered by engineering for out-of-range water parameters per ST108:2023 and VHA water contract/SOW.