The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma seeks a firm-fixed price contract for one Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) instrument for bloodstream infections, including maintenance, on an all-or-nothing basis. The contract includes a base year plus four option years, with performance expected from late September 2026 through late September 2031. Delivery and acceptance will occur at the Jack C. Montgomery VAMC in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This acquisition is unrestricted and falls under NAICS 334516, Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing, with a 1,000-employee size standard. Offerors must submit technical capability and pricing volumes, and awards will be based on technical acceptability and price.

The VA is soliciting one rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) instrument with maintenance for bloodstream infections, to be delivered and serviced at the Jack C.

This solicitation seeks one Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) instrument for bloodstream infections, including maintenance, on a firm-fixed-price contract with a base year and four one-year option periods (base performance 9/30/2026–9/29/2027, with options through 9/28/2031). The contract will be awarded on an all-or-nothing basis, with evaluation based on technical capability and price. Delivery and acceptance are F.O.B. destination at the Jack C. Montgomery VAMC in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The procurement is unrestricted under NAICS 334516 (Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing). This is a combined synopsis/solicitation, and no separate written solicitation will be issued.