SOURCES SOUGHT
66 -- Xtreme CT II Bone Scanner - RFI Instructions
- Notice Date
- 2/23/2017
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 334516
— Analytical Laboratory Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity, Attn: MCMR-AAA, 820 Chandler Street, Frederick, MD 21702-5014, Maryland, 21702-5014, United States
- ZIP Code
- 21702-5014
- Solicitation Number
- W81XWH-17-T-0137
- Archive Date
- 3/16/2017
- Point of Contact
- Christopher L. Cook, Phone: 3016192640
- E-Mail Address
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christopher.l.cook68.civ@mail.mil
(christopher.l.cook68.civ@mail.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- RFI Instructions Request for Information (RFI) Xtreme CT II Bone Scanner General Information: This is an RFI as defined in FAR 15.201(e) to ascertain whether a commercial item exists that provides the capabilities described herein. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expense associated with responding to this RFI. RFI Response and due date: 03/01/2017 Instructions to Responders: Responses from all capable and qualified sources are encourgaged to respond to this request. White papers should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions: 1. All submissions shall be made electronically and be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF. 2. Cover Page (1page) •Title •Organization •Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses) •Topic area(s) addressed 3.The response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requriements as specified below. Please note that responses are due no later than 10 AM on 03/01/2017. The preferred method of submission is via email. The point of contact for this action is Christopher Cook, Contract Specialist, christopher.l.cook68.civ@mail.mil. Only electronic responses are requested. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. It is the responsibility of any potential offeror to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Background/Overview: The XtremeCT II is the only scanner for human bones with the resolution to detect bone properties at the microarchitectural level the level at which whole bone strength is determined. Such analysis previously could only be done through invasive bone biopsies. Bone scanners produced by other companies are unable to measure human bone in vivo at the micrometer level whereas the XtremeCT II can image bone down to a resolution of 61 micrometers. the software permits viewing the bone in 3D to visualize changes in the bone and allows for color editing which provides a visual separation of cortical and trabecular bone. This software also provides the ability of exporting data to apply external forces and torques from biomechanical analyses, such as gait analyses, to the bone data. In order to perform this research on bone strength, a bone scanner with the following minimum essential characteristics is required: A.Computer to collect and analyze bone scans. B.The bone scanner software for both data collection and data processing must operate on Department of Defense computers in accordance with DoD approved security configuration guidelines and which have no access to the internet. If running Windows, then it must work on 64 bit Windows 7. If running another operating system, then it will need specific approval from the Information Management (IM) group after an evaluation of current DoD guidance documents. The use of the software will not require administrative privileges to run or write data files. It will run under a regular user account (no power users). These include that all hard disks will be retained by USARIEM and not returned to any company following completion of a lease or for any reason during the lease and/or ownership of the bone scanner. C.Mechanism(s) to secure a person's arm or leg in the machine to obtain tibial and radial scans. This mechanism must minimize movement artifact sufficiently that bone analyses can be conducted with confidence that the movement artifact does not confound the analyses. D.Mechanism(s) to secure a small rodent in the device to collect bone data, which USARIEM may purchase separately from this contract. E.Adjustable chair to properly position person's limb in scanner. F.The bone scanner software must include the following features: a.The scan location must be user selected based upon a preliminary (scout) scan of the approximate area of the tibial or radius distal end. The scan location options must include (1) user adjustable percent distance of the bone length proximal to the reference point/line and (2) user adjustable fixed distance away proximally from the reference point/line. b.Ability to select a region of interest on the tibia or radius ≥ 8 mm thick. Each of the bone scans (slices) to comprise that 8 mm region must be < 0.1 mm thick. c.Ability to save scan parameters for repeating scans, including the length of the region of interest, number of bone slices within the region of interest, distance options for scan location mentioned in Section Fa. G.The resolution of images (voxel size) must be less than or equal to 65 µm. H.Bone scan size must be at least 120 mm by 120 mm. I.The effective dose of a single set of scan slices (region of interest as defined in Section Fb) must be under 10 µSv. J.Scan time for each tibial or radial set of scan slices (region of interest as defined in Fb) must be under 5 minutes using the parameters mentioned in Section F. K.External shielding of machine not required to meet radiation safety requirements. L.The size of the gantry (entire bone scanner) must be under (W x D X H) 1.5 m X 1.5 m x 1.5 m. M.Bone scanner mass: under 700 kg. N.Electrical is one of the following combinations: a.110/127 volts, single phase, 60 Hz b.208/220 volts, three phase, 60 Hz c.480 volts, three phase, 60 Hz O.The x-ray source must be sealed, air-cooled, and maintenance free. P.Post-processing software that meets the following requirements: a.Able to assess bone density and structural parameters, including cortical and trabecular thickness and trabecular number and separation. b.Finite-element analysis software to determine strains and stress within the bone structure based upon the bone scan data. c.Capable of exporting files of the bone, with the same level of detail viewed within the bone scanner software, which can be input into a finite element analysis program to further analyze the bone structure and strength. d.Capable of visually displaying 3D reconstructions of the bone images collected. Ability to change color to differentiate between cortial and trabecular bone. Capable of rotating bone images in visual display to provide a 360 degree viewing of the bone structure.
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