SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Assessment of Burn Injuries to the fingers, based on PyroHand instrumented manikin. Development of improved sensors for PyroHand, and incorporate data into PyroHand algorithm and software
- Notice Date
- 11/24/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541380
— Testing Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC), ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street, Natick, MA 01760-5011
- ZIP Code
- 01760-5011
- Solicitation Number
- W91A2K-9322-9020
- Response Due
- 12/3/2009
- Archive Date
- 2/1/2010
- Point of Contact
- Robert Huke, 508-233-4538
- E-Mail Address
-
RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC)
(rob.huke@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The US Army Research, Development and Engineering (RDEC) Acquisition Center, Natick Contracting Division (NDC), Kansas Street, Natick, MA on behalf of the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, Natick, MA is seeking sources to develop sensors and software to integrate into the PyroHand instrumented Thermal manikin. Responses to this sources sought will be used by the Government to make appropriate determinations about potential sources only. No solicitation is currently available at this time. After review of the responses to this sources sought announcement a synopsis and/or solicitation announcement may be published at a later time. Responses to this notice shall include company name, address, point of contact, size of business pursuant to North American Industrial Classification Code (NAICS) and must provide a capability statement addressing your organizations ability to perform as a prime contractor the work described in the draft PWS. Please provide sufficient detail to demonstrate the ability to comply with the requirements, yet must be limited to Two pages. All responses received will be evaluated, however, a determination to compete the proposed procurement based on the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. This is market research information only. This is not request for proposal and in no way obligates the Government to award any contract. Please provide responses to this notice to: rob.huke@us.army.mil, Telephone responses will not be accepted. Please provide responses in writing no later than December 4, 2009. This synopsis expires December 6th, 2009 at 12 Noon. DRAFT PWS Contractor shall test the feasibility of assessing burn injury in the finger area similar to that incurred by soldiers wearing gloves in the field. a. General Requirements. This research will build upon the PyroHand instrument development project conducted at North Carolina State University. The focus will be on burn injury to the fingers, and the development of improved sensors which accurately, realistically, and reproducibly assesses burn injuries to the fingers. b.Specific Requirements: The Contractor shall conduct research on and a background Study of the Finger, determine if the current sensor is sufficiently insulated to achieve an accurate heat flux measurement. The one goal of this task is to validate the current sensor, or, develop alternate designs and/or materials for a sensor. Evaluate heat flux measuring devices that focus on cylindrical heat flows. Determine how the human finger reacts in flash fire exposures. The current PyroHand burn algorithm makes assumptions about human skin properties that may not be valid when reduced to an individual organ like the finger. Determine the effect of core heating of the human finger when exposed to a heat flux. Implement design changes and fabricate eight (8) new sensors for the middle finger of the PyroHand. Implement changes to the Burn Algorithm reflecting research on human skin properties and behavior associated with the finger, specifically the finger differs from the hand in being smaller and cylindrical. Heat data collected from testing with appropriate sensors will be used to develop an accurate and effective burn model for fingers. Implement changes to the finger burn algorithm into the software code for the PyroHand instrumentation. Finger burn damage to be included in the total burn values calculated when testing gloves. A deliverable under this task is a standalone executable of the hand and finger burn algorithm and burn injury prediction plot. This software will allow the government to input data containing time and heat flux variables and obtain the same graphical data available when using the PyroHand sensors. Validation and Testing: Following development of the finger sensors and burn model, the system will be validated, and proofed with a series of tests on a variety of gloves provided by the government, with various weights and materials. Testing will measure whether the new sensor and model can accurately discriminate between different glove compositions. The behavior of the various gloves analyzed will be studied to determine how specific glove types might protect hands in realistic fire scenarios. Responses to this sources sought announcement will not be considered as a response to any solicitation, a request to be added to a prospective offerors list, or to receive a copy of any solicitation. No solicitation is currently available at this time.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: RDECOM Contracting Center - Natick R&D (RDECOM-CC) ATTN: AMSRD-ACC-N, Natick Contracting Division (R and BaseOPS), Building 1, Kansas Street Natick MA
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
- Zip Code: 01760-5011
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