6515--Flashpad HD Detectors 14x17 for Buffalo VA Medical Center - Intent to Sole Source

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to pursue a sole source procurement with GE Healthcare for two GE 14x17 HD Flashpad Detectors and two Detector Grips for the Buffalo VA Medical Center. The Flashpad detector is an electrically powered, cassette-like device used as part of an x-ray system to detect x-ray images, and the Detector Grip allows medical staff to hold and maneuver the detector for optimal patient positioning. The Buffalo VAMC currently has a GE Healthcare brand digital radiography system that is unusable because it needs two replacement GE 14x17 HD Flashpad Detectors to restore its function. • The required GE Healthcare brand 14x17 HD Flashpad Detectors and Detector Grips are specific to the radiography system used at the Buffalo VAMC. • These parts are designed to be used with GE brand radiography systems, and the system the Buffalo VAMC uses is only compatible with GE brand parts. • GE Healthcare has confirmed they are the OEM of this equipment and have no authorized distributors for these products. • The radiography system is currently unusable until replacement Flashpad Detectors are obtained, and a delay in restoring the system to working order will result in delays in patients receiving diagnostic procedures.