65 -- The Scanditronix 3D RFA-300 Waterphantom Scanning System

BUH1156-6 is issued as a notification of intent to award a sole source purchase order to Scanditronix-Wellhofer North America for the following system. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Federal Correctional Complex (FCC Butner), located on Old NC Hwy 75, Butner, North Carolina is seeking to procure the Scanditronix 3D RFA-300 Waterphatom Scanning System which consist of the following: CLIN 001: Qty: 1EA #997-150: RFA-300 Plus 3D System with OmniPro-Accept acquistion and analysis software; CLIN 002: Qty: 1EA # 997-052: RTPS interface for Varian Eclipse/Cadplan and AcQPlan; CLIN 003: Qty: 2 EA: #DS06-200: CC13-S Ionization Chamber; CLIN 004: Qty: 1 EA: #999-SET: Scanditronix Diode Detector Set (electron, photon and reference); CLIN 005: QTY: 1EA: HA01-000: Waterphantom lift carriage with integrated 3 point leveling frame; CLIN 006: QTY: 1 EA: #997-015: Absolute Dosimetry Plus; CLIN 007: QTY: 1 EA: # HA05-010: Water reservoir carriage with bi-directional pump; CLIN 008: QTY 1 EA: #HA10-300: Drain assy. for bi-directional reservoir with RFA 300. The system required to meet FCC Butner's need is a system that is fully compatible with the Varian Eclipse system utilized at the Federal Medical Center. The Scanditronix System is the only known windows based system on the market today. The Scanditronix System allows the operator full control of the data compiled and easy manipulation of data for file naming, cutting and pasting data from one document to another, and exporting to a wide variety of other report generating programs and spreadsheets. Utilizing this system will aid in maintaining and improving overall patient care by enabling more proficiency in performing the equipment quality insurance inspections. This also in turn helps improve patient care by enabling the physicists to develop more effective reports for data trending and analysis and reducing the possibility of errors. This is also the only known system compatible with all standard personnel computers which eliminates the need for more expensive computers and operating systems. This compatibility helps to reduce costly down time associated with the need to repair specialized computers and equipment.