6515--Replacement Automated Medication Dispensing System Salt Lake City Health Care System (SLCHCS)

to describe the current needs of the facilities. It is the responsibility of each vendor to determine the best information and products to provide within their quotes based on the information given in the solicitation. In the interest of fair competition, the station team cannot and will not provide any preferences and will not be able to apply preferences during the evaluation stage. Vendors will only be considered if their quote package includes all specified documents and information by the quote deadline. Section Functional and Technical Specifications and Attachment A With the stated 25% expansion yearly over 5 years, please provide patient acuity types and numbers of beds or patients each ADC will support daily for all areas targeted for expansion to decentralized cartless model (cartless = 85%+ meds housed in ADCs on patient units vs current model of 40% or less; meds currently are Pharmacy delivered in patient specific carts daily). Please only reference the most recent information provided in the solicitation.� It is up to the vendor to determine what the quantity and configurations would be required to meet the requirements found within the Statement of Work (SOW) section of the solicitation.� � The only additional data we can provide is that the ADCs used within the inpatient wards at the main facility (2-East, 2-West, 2-N, 3-A, 3-West, IPU, Sarrdom Room A, Sarrdom Room C, and SICU) usually support 10-15 patients daily. With expansion to a decentralized cartless model in mind (increase of 25% capacity of meds on the units in ADCs yearly x 5 years), please provide the construction walkthrough information mentioned and gathered by Pharmacy and Facilities to accommodate for additional hardware if needed? Any construction to the facility would occur based on the equipment proposed by the vendor for that space. Logistics will be discussed during the post-award meeting with the selected vendor to determine timelines and any construction (if needed). Please confirm which locations will need ADCs that have no automation currently, and please include the patient acuity, bed numbers or number of patients and med orders supported by that net new ADC that is not already quoted/configured? Please only reference the most recent information provided in the solicitation.� Currently, no automation is found at all of the outpatient clinics and several departments within the facility listing found in the Statement of Work (SOW) section of the solicitation.� A minimum of 57 cabinets addresses both the areas with current ADCs and areas that do not have automation capability currently.� Please provide PROPOSED med lists for areas targeted to move to decentralized cartless model? If that med list is not available or accurate, please provide BCMA (Administration) doses and volumes for all Profiled areas for the last 6 months so that we may project a Finished Drug Count for all proposed ADCs moving to the Cartless model. All mediation lists were provided within the SOW section of the solicitation for both locations that currently have ADCs and for areas that do not have automation already.� Salient Characteristics Does VASLC prefer Patient Specific Medication storage to be in metal locked lidded tamper proof bins that are automatically assigned via the software to the specific PATIENT (NOT the bed numbers), and does VASLC prefer the software to manage and provide exact real time view of Patient Specific Bin inventory, dose and order updates, as well as Patient Transfers via automated prompts to Nurses and Technicians?� The minimum requirement is for locking lids with patient specific medication storage with a locking mechanism.� Other details such as metal locking bins are up to the discretion of the vendor to determine whether it meets the requirements found within the SOW section of the solicitation.� � In regard to inventory, please reference the SOW section of the solicitation for information regarding real time inventory tracking and other inventory requirements.� � Does VASLC prefer the patient specific med label printer to be included with the ADC, and internally integrated and supported by the software and not a third party? The minimum requirement for printers is listed in the SOW section of the solicitation.� Does VASLC prefer a 10-year life cycle for the equipment that will be quoted in this RFQ? There is no life cycle minimum requirement in this SOW section of the solicitation.� Does VASLC prefer Single Dose Dispensing in areas where there are high volumes of high-risk narcotics? (therefore, nurses do not need to count remaining doses in a bin after issuing a single dose). The minimum requirement within the SOW section of the solicitation is Provide secure dispensing of controlled substances with single unit dispensing restricting access to more than required dose. It is up to the vendor to determine if single dose dispensing meets this requirement and all others in the SOW section of the solicitation.� � � Does VASLC prefer guided light technology for Nursing and Pharmacy Technicians to guide them to the exact location for the medication sought? It is the vendor s determination on whether this functionality is required to meet the minimum requirements found within the SOW section of the solicitation.� � The carousel requirements state have a mechanism (e.g., display pointing to correct location of drug) to identify where drug is stored . Does VASLC prefer a single database and single server? (Context to the value provided): Ensures data integrity with meaningful use-compliant EHR systems Creating more efficient enterprise-wide inventory management New sites can easily be accommodated without additional infrastructure The versatility of the platform enables you to configure an optimal inventory distribution system across your enterprise Shared database reduces system and formulary maintenance and helps prevent errors Interoperability with EHRs streamlines clinical workflow Scales to large and growing health systems, providing enterprise-wide inventory management Analytics based on more comprehensive data provides greater inventory visibility and diversion monitoring insights The SOW section of the solicitation states The licenses must allow for the interconnection between all locations on a single platform. � � It is up to the vendor to determine if a single site/single database meets this requirement and all others in the SOW section of the solicitation.� � � Does VASLC prefer a real time closed loop reporting when they migrate to VISTA? (Issue to Administration data in a single real time report AND Administration data viewable in Diversion Monitoring software). It is up to the vendor to determine if a real time closed loop reporting meets all requirements related to diversion and all others in the SOW section of the solicitation. Does VASLC prefer remote queuing, wasting, overriding and med searching embedded in Cerner EHR (MPages) aka true VISTA Interoperability (not a link)? Currently VASLC is not scheduled to transition to the Federal EHR until 2029, however, it is a requirement that replacement equipment is able to communicate with Federal EHR via HL7 messaging to mitigate this transition.� Does the RFQ require all net new refrigerators? Would VASLC prefer automated fully CDC approved refrigerator locks with real time temperature and inventory reporting,