SOURCES SOUGHT
42 -- Personal Decontamination Kits
- Notice Date
- 11/30/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Center for Domestic Preparedness-AL, P.O. Box 5100 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL, 36205-3923, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-20061130
- Response Due
- 11/30/2006
- Archive Date
- 12/15/2006
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is not a request for proposals and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Office of Grants and Training (G&T) is conducting an end-user functionality and efficacy assessment of personal decontamination kits (PDKITS) to validate their employment and effectiveness when used by emergency responders in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other hazardous environments. G&Ts Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is inviting manufacturers to provide information on PDKITS used in emergency response situations for self or assisted-aid decontamination in the event emergency response personnel inadvertently become contaminated upon arrival at a WMD or other hazardous incident. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorized Equipment List (AEL) item number for this equipment is 8.1.1. The requested information will be included in the personal decontamination kit market research, will provide available product information, and will provide support information for the CDP PDKITS focus group and assessment. The intent of the user assessment program will be to provide the emergency response community with feedback on equipment based on utilization in scenarios that replicate, to the maximum extent possible, conditions that could be experienced in incident response. The results of the assessment will not yield a determination of what product is best, nor shall the CDP endorse any product or manufacturer. The assessment will be performed at the CDP by evaluators from the emergency response population, representative of responder disciplines in agencies and jurisdictions across the US. These evaluators will be actual users of the equipment in the field. The evaluators will be presented with specific scenarios and tasks to be carried out using the PDKITS. The scenarios will be tailored so that evaluated criteria can be objectively and subjectively assessed by each evaluator. Some of the criteria could include capability, usability, affordability, deployability, and maintainability. If you wish to provide information about your particular brand/product, please provide in electronic (MSWord) format your company name, whether you are a manufacturer or a distributor, address, point of contact, telephone number, fax number, web address, and email address. Additionally, please provide product literature along with any information available such as the adaptability of the equipment in hazardous environments, reliability, maintainability, durability, environmental limits, safety reports, latest research, and new developments. Also, please include cost information such as initial costs, replacement parts, accessory options, and available warranties. Do not send your piece of equipment. Selected equipment will be purchased from distributors/suppliers as the equipment is selected for the assessment. Respond by 4:00 p.m. CST, December15, 2006, by e-mail to Charlotte.Laughlin@dhs.gov or Ella.Chapman@dhs.gov; fax to (256) 847-2323; or mail to Charlotte Laughlin, Contract Specialist, Center for Domestic Preparedness, P. O. Box 5100, Anniston, AL 36205-0100.
- Place of Performance
- Address: Center for Domestic Preparedness, 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL
- Zip Code: 36205-0100
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 36205-0100
- Record
- SN01188532-W 20061202/061130220241 (fbodaily.com)
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