65--Synthes Zero P Set

Zero-P Synthes Spine Upgrade with Instruments The Ortho-Spine Surgery Service has a requirement for Synthes Zero-P sets. There are only two known authorized distributors who can supply the requirement. Presently the VA owns two complete sets of the Zero-P Synthes Spine sets that are needed to be upgraded. It is required the upgrades must work with and are engineered to work with the Zero-P Synthes Spine sets which the Denver VA hospital already owns. The requested Zero-P Synthes Spine sets are proprietary products from Synthes which the Ortho-Spine Surgery Service needs. The requested set will contain upgraded implants and instruments used during anterior/posterior cervical spinal surgery to place plates, screws and cages to fuse a cervical spine. The products required through this procurement will accommodate equipment malfunction during surgery and unexpected problems involved with the sterilization processes to accommodate a quick turnover in reprocessing the sets. The vendor sterilization parameters must meet the guidelines of Synthes Zero-P manufacturer recommendations for sterilization. This request is urgent as the Denver VA Operating Room currently does not have an upgraded set that will fulfill this need. The products required through this procurement will also accommodate patients of unusual size and alleviate unexpected problems involved with the sterilization processes. Obtaining the needed implants and sets from the Synthes reps over a weekend can be difficult. Sometimes the sets are not available and sometimes having the sets available to meet the deadline by SPS to have them sterilized before surgery becomes problematic. This request will upgrade the present sets to the levels they should be with the auxiliary set. This is a proprietary set of instruments that have been designed and engineered to be used only with Zero-P Synthes Spine sets.