Hologic Brand name only - Fluent Fluid Pro System

This solicitation, identified as 36C25226Q0465, is a Total Small Business Set-Aside under FAR 19.5 for the brand-name-only procurement of Hologic Fluent Fluid Pro Systems, including all associated parts and accessories, as new equipment intended for use by the Gynecology/Surgical Service at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain, Michigan. The requirement specifies delivery FOB Destination to the facility’s warehouse at 325 East H Street, Iron Mountain, MI 49801, with the equipment designed for clinical applications including diagnostic hysteroscopy, polypectomy, myomectomy, IUD removal, and myosure sampling, operating under defined pressure, flow, and deficit parameters. Only small businesses qualifying under NAICS 334510, with a size standard of 1,250 employees, may respond, and nonmanufacturers must comply with the Nonmanufacturer Rule. The solicitation mandates complete submission of Standard Form 1449 with specific blocks filled out, representation of small business status, and disclosure of joint venture participants, all submitted exclusively via email to arneil.genus@va.gov no later than 3:00 PM CST on June 15, 2026. The award will be made on a Lowest Price Technically Acceptable basis, evaluating total price including options, with unbalanced option pricing resulting in rejection. The Hologic Fluent Pro System is required in a quantity of one unit, along with two Omni Hysteroscopy Light Sets or Instrument Trays. Contractors must comply with multiple FAR and VAAR clauses including Buy American, Commercial Advertising, Gray Market and Counterfeit Items, Rejected Goods, Packing for Domestic Shipment, and Electronic Funds Transfer for payment. Payment must be submitted electronically through the Tungsten Network portal after item acceptance, with fax, email, or scanned invoices explicitly prohibited. Compliance with SAM registration and UEI verification is required, and the contract incorporates mandatory clauses on whistleblower rights, trafficking in persons, equal opportunity for workers with disabilities, child labor, and prohibition on contracting with inverted domestic corporations. No security accreditation package is required, and the VA Information Security Program governs any incidental handling of sensitive data.