THIS IS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE. This is not a request for proposals. A solicitation will not be issued at this time. The Department of Veterans Affairs, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) has a requirement for Ventana. The intent of the procurement is to award a firm-fixed price contract. The Statement of Work (SOW) defines the effort required for the purchase and delivery of the system to the Tucson VA. Unique Features: This project encompasses patient care across the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) continuum. The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS) Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service requires reagents and supplies for three stainers which are used in the SAVAHCS Histology Laboratory. These stainers are used daily for Routine H&E Staining, Special Staining, Immunohistochemical Staining, In-Situ Hybridization, and Direct Immunofluorescent Staining of patient tissue which had been placed onto glass microscope slides. All tissue specimens removed from SAVAHCS patients are processed by the Histology Laboratory and very thin sections of tissue are placed on glass microscope slides. These sections of patient tissue are subjected to various automated staining methods, after which the cells of the stained tissue are microscopically analyzed by the Anatomic Pathologist for patient diagnosis.

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