SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- This market survey seeks to gather current, off-the-shelf, and future biological technologies for tactical and sensitive site exploitation for biological warfare agents (BWA) by the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Notice Date
- 3/12/2015
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541711
— Research and Development in Biotechnology
- Contracting Office
- ACC-APG - Edgewood, ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5424
- ZIP Code
- 21010-5424
- Solicitation Number
- W911SR-15-ESSRFI
- Response Due
- 4/10/2015
- Archive Date
- 5/11/2015
- Point of Contact
- Suzanne M. Drake, 410-436-8417
- E-Mail Address
-
ACC-APG - Edgewood
(suzanne.m.drake2.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This is a sources sought announcement. There is no solicitation available at this time. Request for copies of solicitation will not receive a response. OBJECTIVE This market survey seeks to gather current, off-the-shelf, and future biological technologies for tactical and sensitive site exploitation for biological warfare agents (BWA) by the U.S. Armed Forces. The purpose of this RFI is to conduct a market survey of tactical lightweight biological environmental sampling technologies from private industry. The Joint Product Manager for Biological Detection Systems' (JPdM-BDS) intent is to explore environmental surface sampling technologies with an identification capability that minimizes human interface. DESCRIPTION (JBTDS) The Joint Biological Tactical Detection System (JBTDS) will be employed as a modular set of capabilities (detector, collector, and identifier) that function independently or as a set of components that provide biological aerosol detection, collection, identification and reporting. JBTDS will also provide a separate environmental collection capability able to support environmental surface sampling tasks for tactical and sensitive site exploitation. REQUIREMENTS Collected samples must be compatible with follow-on confirmatory identification using the following technologies and methods: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), immunoassay, gene sequencing, culturing, etc... There must be enough collected sample remaining after identification to be used for further confirmative identification, which is approximately 6 ml of phosphate buffer saline (pbs). The time from point of collection to identification should be less than 20 minutes. The device should be operable by one person in Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) IV with minimal training. The device should support tactical carry with a weight of no more than 2 lbs. The identifier sensitivity should be equal to immunoassay identification levels. The environmental sampler must collect liquid and dry samples. The identifier must have the capability to identify up to 10 Biological Warfare Agents (BWAs). Sampling Capability: oSurface (Threshold): The device must support all types of surface sampling to include but not limited to: tile, concrete, wood, glass, stone, plastic, etc.. oVegetation and Soil (Objective): The device may support samples collected from vegetation and or soil. PERFORMANCE DATA 1. Provide a brief description of the technology of your hardware broken out as a collector and identifier (if applicable). 2. State the size in length, width and height (cubic inches). 3. State the operational total weight with all components in pounds (lbs). 4. If battery power is required, how many hours can the hardware operate before battery change or charge is required. Describe the power source of the item. 5. State the various types of environmental sampling (e.g. soil, vegetative, multi surface, etc.) that is compatible with the collector / identifier. If there are multiple devices or adapters for collection of different types of environmental sampling, please list those as well. 6. State the various types of tests performed and corresponding results for identification of biological agents. Describe the state of the biological agent (liquid, solid) and the environment it was sampled from (soil, vegetation, solid surface, porous surface). Provide trial numbers, dates, and locations of testing. 7. State whether the device is single use (consumable) or multi use. 8. Identify what identifications technologies are potentially compatible with the collected sample from the collector (e.g. PCR, immunoassay, Lateral Flow Immunoassay (LFI). 9. Identify any consumables (e.g. buffers, filters, etc.) and any ancillary equipment (e.g. laptop, remote controller, etc.) that is needed to operate the detection and/or collection equipment. 10. State the length of time it takes for the collected sample to be identified. 11. For each device, state the size of the area that samples can be collected from. 12. State the amount of sample able to be collected with one device. 13. State the amount of sample that is needed for identification with the integrated identifier. 14. State the number of BWAs the identifier is able to successfully identify. All responses and correspondence should be submitted electronically to Suzanne Drake, suzanne.m.drake2.civ@mail.mil NLT COB 10 April 2015.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: ACC-APG - Edgewood ATTN: AMSSB-ACC-E, 5183 Blackhawk Road Aberdeen Proving Ground MD
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Zip Code: 21010-5424
- Record
- SN03666527-W 20150314/150312235619-fa6c09ed771e8fbfa8fe9f8e7ef865d1 (fbodaily.com)
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