70--TeleMicroscopy System - Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Telemedicine Directorate

The Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service intends to make a firm-fixed price, sole source award to Trestle Corporation. GovWorks/Doi intends to issue a Purchase Order in accordance with FAR 13.5, Test Program for Certain Commercial Items. This non-competitive action is being issued by GovWorks under the authority of the Department of Interior Franchise Fund of behalf of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Telemedicine Directorate. Walter Reed Army Medical Center has an requirement for a TeleMicroscopy System that is compatible with seventeen (17) other systems to integrate compression, image processing, instrument manipulation, full motion to a multi-dimensional dataset and data storage. The Contractor's system is Army accredited and certified as a minimal interim authority to operate on the DoD restricted network. The system provides an approved Class 1 medical device that provides on-demand transmission, Internet-based, live/real time, easily manipulated, diagnostic quality images from a remote microscope, integrated grossing station, or stored data set using Trestle's streaming technology with a standard desktop or laptop personal computer with as little as 64 MB RAM. Trestle's system consists of a Med Microscopy server and client software, and requires a microscope, robotic components, video camera, and PC's running the Windows 2000 Professional operating system. The software operates from 56 Kbps to OC3 144 Mbps, which will accommodate all MTF's easily and cheaply, and is designed for Internet compatibility and ease of use. The MedMicroscopy system's high resolution slide overview provides the pathologist an easy way to quickly identify specific areas on the slide requiring detailed attention. The automatic focus controls provide a quick clear view when accessing the image or changing locations on the slide, and the manual controls allow the pathologist to adjust the scope for additional fine focusing if desired. The built-in image contrast and brightness controls allow the pathologist to manually increase or decrease teh contrast and brightness. Users accessing the MedMicroscopy system have free access to the viewer software through the Internet, allowing authorized users easy access from anywhere in the world. The MedMicroscopy system's real time whiteboard feature allows multiple users to view and comment simultaneously an the same slide and to save that slide image to an archive file. The Trestle Corporation provides 24-hour, 7-day a week technical support through its 1-800 number. This is not a request for competitive quotes. However, all information received within five (5) days of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this action is based on this notice is solely within the discretion of the Governement. POC: Department of the Interior; Attention: Rhonda Fernandez, 381 Elden Street-MS2510, Herndon, VA 20170. All questions should be emailed to contact@example.gov. TELEPHONIC QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS WILL NOT BE ACKNOWLEDGED OR ACCEPTED