SOLICITATION NOTICE
B -- HARNESS DESIGN AND SIZING EFFECTIVENESS
- Notice Date
- 5/24/2005
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Morgantown), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV, 26505
- ZIP Code
- 26505
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-000HCCB7-2005-21323
- Response Due
- 6/9/2005
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2005
- Description
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Safety Research (DSR), Protective Technology Branch (PTB) has a requirement for harness design and sizing effectiveness. The use of full-body fall-protection harnesses has been a critical work practice control for reducing the number of falls-from-elevation-related severe injuries and fatalities. To improve the efficacy of these devices, NIOSH DSR has proposed a series of studies on full-body harness sizing and design parameters. Elliptic Fourier (EF) method is one of the few techniques that have been developed to quantify human torso shape and size for potential harness design application. NIOSH proposes to use the EF method to extract shape information from the Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource (CAESAR) data, based on the EF equations and sizing scheme developed in a recent NIOSH study. The goal is to define the optimal adjustment range of each harness component for both vest type and over-the-head type harnesses. We intend to negotiate on a sole source basis with Anthrotech, Inc., Yellow Springs, Ohio to devise a series of analyses that determine the optimal adjustment range of each harness component, based on the Elliptic Fourier prediction equations and CAESAR data. The contract will include three phases. Phase 1 is to develop a sampling strategy for mining the CAESAR data; a sample in the proximity of 600 out of the 2340 CAESAR subjects is suggested. The second phase is to use the Elliptic Fourier (EF) procedure to determine the EF coefficients of torsos for the selected subjects. The best-fit harness size of each selected subject will be calculated. Phase 3 will classify the selected CAESAR subjects into different harness size groups, and use a weighted statistical approach to determine the optimal adjustment range for each harness component, for each harness-size category. A full set of the CAESAR database will be available to the awardee for the task. During phase 3 of the task, interactions with harness manufacturers are required to finalize the final harness-component adjustment range. This announcement is being issued for informational purposes only; request for quotations are not available. All responsible sources may submit a response, which shall be considered by the Agency. If any responses are submitted in response to this presolicitation notice and the agency determines to compete this requirement, a RFQ will be issued solely to the responders of this notice. A subsequent presolicitation notice will not be issued. This acquisition is being processed under FAR Part 13, Simplified Acquisition Procedures.
- Record
- SN00814276-W 20050526/050524211731 (fbodaily.com)
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