Specifications include, but are not limited to: A Bidder to collaborate, standardize and provide high quality spine hardware implants, hardware systems and hardware accessories for the surgical treatment of UW Medicine spine patients. As the pre-eminent academic medical center in our region and as a national leader in biomedical research, we place special emphasis on educating and training physicians, scientists, and allied health professionals dedicated to two distinct goals: 1. Meeting the health care needs of our region, especially by recognizing the importance of primary care and providing service to underserved populations; 2. Advancing knowledge; assuming leadership in the biomedical sciences and in academic medicine.