Steam Sterilizers

The Central Iowa Health Care System requires the purchase and installation of 2 steam sterilizers with the salient characteristics listed below.

This is a SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE only looking for American manufactured equipment as listed below for market research purposes. No proposals are being requested or accepted with this notice. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR PRICING AND NO CONTRACT SHALL BE AWARDED FROM THIS NOTICE. This notice shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Buy American Act, FAR 52.225-1, applies. Interested vendors shall include the place of manufacture in their responses.

Responses to this notice will be treated only as information for the Government to consider as part of their market research efforts. The information provided will be used by the Government in developing its acquisition strategy regarding possible set aside for Veteran Owned and other socio-economic categories of small business. Interested parties are responsible for adequately marking proprietary, restricted or competition sensitive information contained in their response. The Government does not intend to pay for the information submitted in response to this notice and parties responding will not be entitled to payment for direct or indirect costs incurred in responding to this notice.

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing with an SBA Small Business Size Standard of 800 employees.

The deadline for this information is 4:00 PM Central Time on Monday, August 11, 2025.

• Medium Steam Sterilizer features a high-capacity chamber.


• Control lockout switch - prevents cycle from starting until limit switch signal is received. If signal is lost during cycle, alarm activates, cycle aborts and chamber safely vents controlled exhaust.


• Chamber float switch - activates alarm, aborts cycle and safely vents chamber if detecting excessive condensate.


• Pressure relief valve - releases pressure buildup in chamber if approaching or reaching rated pressure.


• Vacuum pump effectively pulls chamber to specified vacuum levels and reduces water consumption.


• Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD) are installed for sterilizer temperature control. Dual element chamber drain line RTD senses and controls temperature variations within sterilizer chamber. Dedicated RTD provides jacket-space temperature control.


• Electronic water saving control includes an RTD to control water quantity used in condensing chamber steam exhaust.


• Automatic utilities start-up/shutdown permits utilities conservation. Shutdown may be programmed to activate at a specific time of day. When used, utilities control automatically shuts off utility valves, conserving steam and water. Sterilizer utilities can be restarted automatically or manually. Different daily shutdown and restart times can be programmed


• Steam activated gasket requires no lubrication and is warranted for 2 years.


• Enhanced display is located at ergonomic height and features large cycle countdown visible from 15 feet away. Ink on paper impact printer provides permanent cycle record.


• Utilities usage is minimized with multiple temperature sensors.


• System operation can be continuously monitored with remote service monitoring.


• Must have the following approximate dimensions 20" x 20" x 38"


• Pre-vacuum


• Single Door


• External Supplied Steam (Facility Steam/Stand-Alone Generator)


• meet the applicable requirements of the following listings and standards, and carries the appropriate symbols:


• Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Standard 61010-1 as certified by ETL Testing Laboratories, Inc. CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 61010-1.


• ASME Code, Section VIII, Division 1 for unfired pressure vessels. The pressure vessel is so stamped; ASME FormU- 1 is provided with shipment. Shell and door are constructed to withstand working pressure of 45 psig