6640--EQUIPMENT - SLIDEMATE AS ON-DEMAND SYSTEM AND PRINTMATE AS CASSETTE PRINTER
Contract Opportunity Analysis
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Network Contracting Office 02, is seeking sources to provide on-demand slide and cassette labeling systems for the Hudson Valley Healthcare System. The required deliverables include two on-demand slide-labeling printers and one on-demand cassette-labeling unit to help reduce manual labeling errors by printing barcodes directly onto laboratory media. Key technical requirements include a minimum 300 dpi print resolution, compatibility with standard histological processing, continuous unattended batch printing, and the provision of thermal transfer ribbon and hot foil transfer paper for five years. All equipment must be delivered to the Castle Point Campus in Wappingers Falls, New York, and any provided items must be brand-new rather than refurbished. Capability statements and market research responses must be submitted via email to Sanchez S. Reid at Sanchez.Reid@va.gov no later than August 3, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST.