ATTACHMENT B PRODUCT DESCRIPTION NX EQ Ultrasonic Aspirator System Tissue Ablation

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

For

NON-EXPENDABLE EQUIPMENT:

Cusa Clarity Ultrasonic Aspirator System or equal Ultrasonic Aspirator System: Tissue Ablation

Prepared By:
Equipment Program Office
Department of Veterans Affairs
5202 Presidents Court, Suite 103
Frederick, MD 21703

1.SCOPE OF WORK:

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Non-Expendable Equipment National Program has identified the Ultrasonic Aspirator System: Tissue Ablation product line as a candidate for a VA-wide (otherwise referred to as “national”) Requirements contract.

Ultrasonic Aspirators are surgical devices designed to fragment and remove soft tissue, bone, and tumors from various parts of the body. They are used during procedures in which surgical blades or blunt dissection instruments might damage surrounding healthy tissue or for cases in which a surgical laser would eradicate a lesion, leaving no specimen for pathological evaluation. Ultrasonic aspirators utilize mechanical vibration at ultrasonic frequencies for tissue removal while also providing suction and/or irrigation to the surgical site.

The Contractor must demonstrate the ability to meet all requirements for the solicitation. The objective is to provide Ultrasonic Aspirator System: Tissue Ablation to be used by clinicians throughout the VA medical centers and VHA facilities throughout the Continental United States (CONUS) and Outside of the Continental United States (OCONUS). OCONUS includes locations such as Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Philippines, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The period of performance is for a base of 12-months with four 12-month option periods.

2.REQUIREMENT

This requirement will be solicited and awarded as a “Brand Name or Equal” which requires the quoter indicate that each product being offered as an “equal” product to the Integra LifeSciences’ Cusa Clarity Ultrasonic Aspirator System. For each equal product, the offeror must include a description reflecting the salient characteristics (SC) and level of quality that will satisfy the salient physical, functional, or performance characteristics of the equal product(s) specified in the solicitation. The quoter must also clearly identify the item by brand name (if any) and make/model number. Finally, the quoter must include descriptive literature, such as illustrations, drawings, or a clear reference to previously furnished descriptive data or information available to the Contracting Officer and clearly describe any modifications it plans to make to a product to make it conform to the solicitation requirements.