VISN 1, Department of Veterans Affairs, is releasing a solicitation for the purchase of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Analyzers for deployment to our Medical Centers located in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, and Vermont. Anticipated date of release is on or about August 2, 2007. Responses will be due on or about August 17, 2007. Potential contractors must provide an FDA approved, fully-integrated and automated analysis instrument for the rapid detection of MRSA from patient specimens. Acceptable solutions will allow flexibility for future expansion of testing, using the same instrumentation footprint to include, but not be limited to, Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus, Clostridium difficile, and Enterovirus. Acceptable systems should be able to conduct the test and give results rapidly (measured in hours including preparatory time). There should be no requirement for a molecular trained technologist to operate the analyzer or to perform the test.

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