The North Texas VA Medical Center is conducting market research to obtain Blood Gas Analyzers Gem Premier 7000 rental for base plus four option years described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below.
This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for businesses to provide the services listed in the Preliminary Statement of Work below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned, Veteran-Owned, and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice.
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 334516 Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of 1000 Employees.
If you are a vendor capable of providing the requested information and required services described below with competitive pricing, send your information with a description of proof of capability and answers to all questions to: Susan.flores2@va.gov on or before Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM Central Time.
Please provide answers as appropriate to the following questions in the table below with your response to this Sources Sought. Failure to respond accurately to the following questions may affect the acquisition strategy. Failure to respond to the questions at all, or not respond to select individual questions, will result in your response being determined as non-responsive.
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Please provide all socio-economic categories of your firm (e.g., SDVOSB, VOSB, WOSB, Large Business, 8a, etc.) as well as your firm s SAM Unique Entity ID number (replaces DUNS number) and Government Contract POC.
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State whether the requested services may be ordered against a government contract awarded to your organization (e.g Federal Supply Schedule (FSS), General Services Administration (GSA), etc.).
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State if subcontracting is contemplated for this requirement, what percentage of the work will be subcontracted, and for what tasks.
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Provide estimated lead time to deliver a fully functioning solution as described in the Preliminary Statement of Work below. Vendors responding to this notice must show they can complete every task in the Preliminary Statement of Work within the period of performance listed in the ITEM INFORMATION below. This procurement is time-sensitive.
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Complete the yellow highlighted areas in the ITEM INFORMATION directly below this section for market research pricing for the services described in the Preliminary Statement of Work.
PRICE/COST SCHEDULE
ITEM INFORMATION
ITEM NUMBER
DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES/SERVICES
QUANTITY
UNIT
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8.00
EA
Requesting a Reagent Rental Lease agreement for eight (8) new Werfen Gem Premier 7000 blood gas analyzers (part # 00000015279) (1-Anesthesia-OR Lab, 2-Core Lab, 5-Respiratory). Base + four 1-year option years. Base Period: 11/1/26-10/31/27. Possible parameters include: pH, pCO2, pO2, Hct, Cl-, Ca++, K+, Na+, Glucose, Lactate, tHb, sO2, O2Hb, COHb, MetHb. Items included: Instruments: 8-GEM PREMIER 7000 analyzers (Part# 00000015279) 8-GEM 7000 Start Up Kits (Part# 00000034346) Data Management: 1-Synapse Link (Part# 00025000735); 1-GEMWEB PLUS 500 System (Part# 00011100345) IT Solutions Support: 1-GEMweb Plus SW support 5 years-Silver (Part# 00099011640) Warranty/Service: 8-Analyzers-GEM Premier 7000, 1-year warranty Post-Warranty Service Pricing: 8-Analyzers, GEM Premier 7000, includes 4-years Thorough installation on premises, in-service and user training, technical support according to the terms and conditions, software upgrades and licensing renewals.
LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: GEM Premier 7000
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20.00
EA
GEM PAK 75-test count (7K BG/ISE/GL/COOX; 31 day)
LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 00077407510
0003
104.00
EA
GEM PAK 150-test count (7K BG/ISE/GL/COOX; 31 day)
LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 00077415010
0004
15.00
EA
IL PVP (Performance Verification Product)
LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 00024001515
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10.00
BX
Paper Printer 5/box GEM 5000/4000/3500)
LOCAL STOCK NUMBER: 00025000500
STATEMENT OF WORK
A. GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Introduction: VANTHCS P&LMS would like to obtain blood gas analyzers for testing CO-oximetry, electrolytes, and metabolites. The tests performed are: pH, pCO2, pO2, measured total Hemoglobin (tHb), Oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb), measured oxygen saturation (sO2), carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), methemoglobin (MetHb), actual bicarbonate (cHCO3-), actual base excess (ABE), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), chloride (Cl-), ionized calcium (Ca2+), glucose (Glu), lactate (Lac).
2. Scope of Work: The contractor will provide blood gas analyzers, analyzer warranty, service for repairs, data manager and supplies. The Contractor agrees to the following terms of this contract exclusively with VISN 17, VA North Texas Health Care System facilities. The contractor shall provide all resources necessary to accomplish the deliverables described in this statement of work (SOW), except as may otherwise be specified.
B. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
1. The contractor will provide eight blood gas analyzers, data management software, installation on premises, in-service and user training.
2. All labor and travel expenses are provided at No Charge during the first year. A service agreement will be obtained to cover the remaining option years.
3. A dedicated Implementation Team shall be assigned (Implementation Project Manager, Networking Specialist, and Interface Engineer).
4. The analyzers will be in the Anesthesia OR Stat Lab, Respiratory and P&LMS-Core Lab departments.
Location # of Analyzers
Anesthesia-OR Stat Lab 1
Core Lab 2
Respiratory-Emergency dept. 1
Respiratory-MICU/CCU 2
Respiratory-TICU/SICU 2
C. SERVICE EXPENSE
1. Contractor shall provide on-site service for the entire agreement period.
2. Contractor shall provide technical support according to the terms and conditions of the contract.
3. Equipment warranty is 12 months limited manufacturer warranty.
4. Software upgrades and licensing renewals will be included at no additional charge.
D. The COR and the Contractor will assure that:
1. No other information except what is in this contract will be shared with the contractor in any follow up communication.
2. None of the information in this contract includes Protected Health Information (PHI) or Individually Identifiable Information (III).
3. NO VA DATA OF ANY TYPE SHALL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE VA.
4. ALL DATA AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA WILL NOT LEAVE THE VA.
5. All hardrives will not leave the VA.
6. Vendor will have supervised access when onsite performing service/maintenance.
Must perform the following tests: pH, pCO2, pO2, measured total hemoglobin (tHb), measured oxygen saturation (sO2), oxyhemoglobin (O2Hb), carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), methemoglobin (MetHb), actual bicarbonate (cHCO3-), actual base excess (ABE), potassium (K+), sodium (Na+), ionized calcium (Ca2+), chloride (Cl-), glucose (Glu), lactate (Lac)
Reports all tests performed in less than a minute.
Provides detection of hemolysis.
Provides a measured Total Hemoglobin (tHb) and Oxygen Saturation (sO2) instead of calculated values. This provides a more accurate result minimizing the need for unnecessary, expensive, blood transfusions and possible injury to the patient.
The data manager must conform to the VistA Lab Point of Care HL7 specifications.
Does not require an Individual Quality Control Plan (IQCP) as prescribed by CMS guideline 493.1256.
Has three individual onboard internal aqueous quality control solutions (separate from calibration material) as well as external aqueous quality control solutions that follow the same sample pathway as actual patient samples including the inlet probe. This ensures the most accurate patient results repeatedly.
All-in-one, multi-use room temperature storage cartridge containing all components for analytical testing. This reduces inventory management and improves staff efficiency.
Consumables must have no less than 31-day onboard in-use life
Contains an integrated barcode scanner, automatic inlet, automatic blood clot detection, air detection and parameter lockout with failure of QC or calibrations.
Capable of utilizing safePICO syringes containing metal mixing balls which assist in mixing the sample and anticoagulant in the syringe. This help ensure samples are well mixed and helps to standardize the way staff mixes a sample resulting in improved patient results.
Capable of utilizing the safePICO syringes whose needle shield design maximizes operator safety. The self-sealing cap tip does not need to be removed from the syringe to run the sample therefore minimizing operator contact with patient blood. The self-sealing cap tip allows the operator to quickly remove air bubbles which can affect patient results.
