SOURCES SOUGHT
84 -- MIL-C-44313 (GL), Cover, Chemical Protective, Patient Wrap
- Notice Date
- 3/28/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- DAAD16-02-X-XXXX
- Response Due
- 4/26/2002
- Archive Date
- 5/26/2002
- Point of Contact
- Kimberly Chamberlain, 508-233-5922
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center
(Kimberly.Chamberlain@natick.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA CHEMICAL PATIENT WRAP SOURCES SOUGHT ANNOUNCEMENT Classification Code: 84 ? Clothing and Individual Equipment Subject: MIL-C-44313 (GL), Cover, Chemical Protective, Patient Wrap The USA Robert Morris Acquisition Center-Natick Contracting Division, Natick, MA, in support of the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Natick Soldier Center is conducting a market investigation to identify alternate materials for the patien t wrap. Design of the patient wrap will remain essentially the same as the current patient wrap with only minor modifications to update port areas and closures. The program will leverage mature fabric technologies suitable for the three components of the patient wrap system. The Chemical Protective, Patient Wrap describes a chemical agent protective system to protect uncontaminated/decontaminated litter patients from chemical agent exposure during movement through a contaminated area from a treatment sta tion to more definitive care. Three main material components make up the current patient wrap system. The ground cloth is a three layer laminate described by MIL-C-44304 (Cloth, Coated: Cloth, Laminated, Chemical Protective). The top layer of materia l is a breathable laminate described by MIL-C-44303 (Cloth, Porous, Laminated System) and the window material is described by MIL-C-44305 (Plastic Film, Flexible, Polyamide and Polyethylene). Material Qualification Requirements: Each type of candidate material (ground cloth, window, or permeable top sheet) will be tested by the methods below and must pass the requirements in tables below. All candidate materials must pass a skin toxicity ev aluation by the Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (CHPPM). GROUND SHEET: Material must be totally impervious to moisture of any kind including liquid chemical agents and must meet the requirements in the table below. For use in the patient wrap the color on both sides of the material will be required to approxim ate Camouflage Green 483 (color chip #34094 of FED-STD-595). Characteristic Test Method Minimum Requirement Maximum Requirement Skin Toxicity CHPPM evaluation No toxicity hazard Weight, oz/yd2 ASTM D3776 6.5 8.0 Breaking strength, pounds: ASTM D5034 Grab Initial: Warp 135 Filling 135 After oven aging: Warp ASTM 5850 130 1/ Filling ASTM D5034Grab 130 1/ Tearing strength, ASTM D 1424 grams: Warp 30000 Filling 30000 Resistance to leakage: ASTM D751 3/ No leakage Initial After cold crack ASTM 4/ No leakage Resistance to blocking, rating ASTM D751 --- No. 2 Resistance to toxicological agents HD Thickened GD DTC TOP 8-2-501* No penetration after 6 hours 1/ Temperature at 180?F + 2?F for seven days. 2/ Except as follows: a. Five specimens from each of warp and filling directions shall be tested b. The back side of the finished coated and laminated cloth shall be abraded. c. The specimens shall be abraded for 300 continuous cycles under a tension of 5 pounds and a load of 3 pounds. The abradant shall be 3M Company, 240 grit, V weight, aluminum oxide abrasive cloth or equal. d. The change in breaking strength shall be determined using ASTM D5035 (Specimen 1C). 3/ The face side of the finished coated/laminated cloth shall contact the water. 4/ Conditioned for 4 hours at minus 40?F + 5?F prior to testing. * Developmental Test Command Test Operation Procedure PERMEABLE TOP LAYER: A laminated fabric system is preferred for this layer of the patient wrap but fabric systems consisting of separate shell and liner will also be considered. Upper surface material of wrap must be water repellent so that the protectiv e characteristics will not be degraded by exposure to moisture such as mist, rain, snow, or saltwater spray. It is preferred that the shell of the fabric system shall conform to Class 2 of MIL-C-44031. Color shall be Woodland Camouflage pattern. If submitting a laminate whose upper surface material is n ot the Woodland camouflage 50/50 nylon/cotton twill fabric of MIL-C-44031, manufacturer must supply all information for the submitted fabric and a comparison of its properties to the nylon/cotton twill. It must be Woodland camouflage printed and be water and oil repellent. This will also apply for the outer shell layer of a non-laminated fabric system. The fabric system shall meet all the requirements in the table below. Characteristic Test Method Minimum Requirement Maximum Requirement Skin Toxicity CHPPM evaluation No toxicity hazard Thickness (inches) ASTM D 1777 --- 0.065 Peel strength btwn shell and liner (pounds if a laminate system: ASTM D 2724 2.0 --- Air permeability (cubic feet per minute per square foot) D 737 6.0 --- Camouflage pattern and IR requirements See Note below See Note below See Note below Resistance to toxicological agents HD Thickened GD DTC TOP 8-2-501* No Penetration after 6 hours * U.S. Army Developmental Test Command Test Operation Procedures Note: Fabric shall conform to the U.S. Army Woodland Camouflage Pattern and the spectral reflectance requirements in the table below. . Spectral Reflectance Requirements (Woodland Camouflage Pattern)* Reflectance Values (percent) Wavelength Dark Green 355 and Nanometers Black 357 Light Green 354 Brown 356 (nm) Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. 600 - 10 8 18 3 10 620 - 10 8 18 3 10 640 - 10 8 18 3 9 660 - 10 8 18 3 12 680 - 10 10 22 3 14 700 - 10 18 33 5 18 720 - 10 22 45 7 20 740 - 10 30 55 12 28 760 - 10 35 65 18 36 780 - 10 40 75 26 44 800 - 10 45 80 34 52 820 - 10 50 86 42 60 840 - 10 55 88 50 68 860 - 10 60 90 56 74 * %R values listed are for Woodland Camouflage on a 50/50 nylon/cotton fabric WINDOW MATERIAL: Window material must be transparent to allow full visibility of patient. Characteristic Test Method Minimum Requirement Maximum Requirement Skin Toxicity CHPPM evaluation No toxicity hazard Thickness, inches ASTM D 882 0.0030 0.0033 Tensile strength at break, psi ASTM D 882 1/ Machine direction 2500 ------ Transverse direction 2000 ------ Elongation at break, percent ASTM D 882 1/ Machine direction 175 ------ Transverse direction 225 ------ Yield stress, psi ASTM D 882 1/ Machine direction 1900 ------ Transverse direction 1800 ------ Resistance to puncture propagation, kilograms: ASTM D 2582 4.8 ------ Machine direction Transverse direction 4.8 ------ Heat seal strength as ASTM D882 and percent of film strength Footnote 2/ Machine direction 60 ------ Transverse direction 60 ------ Toxicological agent AVLAG resistance, MIL-STD 282 HD Method T 209 No Penetration ------ Thickened GD Method T 208 after 6 hours ------ 1/ The width of the specim en shall be 1.0 inch 2/ Each specimen shall be tested in accordance with ASTM D882, except that the heat sealed seam shall be in the middle of the test length. Interested sources must respond within 30 days of the date of this notice and shall include information detailed in Note 25 regarding a firm's experience, personnel, facilities and relevant company background/experience. Product information should include product cost, technical information (e.g. technical literature, data and illustrations), performance capabilities, independent laboratory test results, and a small swatch of material for visual observation. Since all materials will be required to pass an evaluation for skin toxicity, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) for all substances used in the manufacture of the materials should also be submitted. Information on use of the submitted materials in similar applications would also be advantageous. Sour ces should also indicate which material requirement their product is expected to meet. Firms responding shall indicate whether or not they are a small business and the appropriate North American Industry Classification (NAIC) Code for the company. Any in formation/samples submitted will not be returned. If a firm chooses to submit samples, the Government will make no payment for those samples. Responses to this notice are to be sent to: Rita Devarakonda, U. S. Army Soldier Biological & Chemical Command, Natick Soldier Center, Chemical Technology Team, Room D311, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5019. (508)-233-5467. This notice is for market research only. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. No solicitation document exists.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Robert Morris Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSSB-ACN-S, Natick Contracting Division (R&D and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
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