HSC/PKRH, 7909 Lindbergh Dr., Brooks AFB TX 78235-5352

A -- MEDICAL EQUIPMENT POC Annette Henderson, Contract Negotiator, (210) 536-5773. This is not a notice of solicitation. The Human Systems Center (HSC) at Brooks AFB is seeking information on commercial capabilities of medical equipment, technologies or systems, that support the Air Force Medical Mission to address the following deficiency: Aeromedical evacuation (AE) physicians need appropriate equipment for use on board AE aircraft to improve in-flight care capability for critically injured patients at peak casualty levels. Background-Medical life support equipment is needed for A/E to support evacuation of stabilized critically injured/ill patients. This equipment is needed to provide care of high dependency care patients until they reach definitive care. Equipment should have the following characteristics: portable, campact, battery operated preferred and compatible with use in aircraft. Specific mission equipment deficiencies include: (1) compact ventilator that does not require oxygen to power it; (2) Vital Signs Monitors with multi-channels to monitor: blood pressure, pulse oximetry, EKG, invasive line pressures, oxygen levels, etc. capable to centrally monitor individual patient units from single portable location; (3) Medical crew communication headset for use in high aircraft noise environments, commonly 95 to 110 decibels, which is light weight, wireless offering hands free communication between medical crew without using aircraft intercom; (4) Miniaturized lab capability to assess blood electrolyte chemistry and blood gases to support ICU type patients in the A/E system for long periods; (5) Belt mounted Stethoscope capable of hearing breath or heart sounds in the noise environment of the C-130; (6) Non-invasive technologies to assess patient vital signs and provide direct readout to medical personnel or capable of transmitting the information to a single monitoring location; (7) Teleconsultation capability that could provide more specialized support for the medical personnel on-board the aircraft; (8) Light weight instrumented on-aircraft litters instrumented with modular connections for monitoring equipment, oxygen and IV systems; and (9) Portable, light weight lighting system that could provide wide area and small area coverage to medical personnel for medical procedures. Only responses for commerially available equipment should be submitted. If these items were to be procured by the Air Force at a future date, no development funding is expected to be required. The only funding that would be available for equipment acquisition would be for field testing to ensure reliability, maintainability, ruggedness (vibration, drop, etc.), and environmental (heat, cold, humidity, etc.), and compatibility with operations on board Army and Air Force A/E platforms and for minor modifications to bring equipment into compliance with those requirements. Submissions should identify how the equipment is capable of solving or partially solving any of the above identified deficiencies. Responses should include: (1) any cost data available for the equipment including unit, maintenance and operational and life cycle, either projected or actual; (2) results of all testing that has been accomplished to date and any planned future testing along with a schedule to include expected/actual performance/capability, reliablity, maintainability and in-flight use; (3) current production rates of the equipment and approximate delivery schedule; (4) logistics concepts for repairing and maintaining the equipment to include spares, special maintenance tools, technical training and technician expertise; (5) technical specifications that include all performance capabilities and required interfaces i.e., power, environmental, etc.; (6) manufacturing standards of the company, i.e., ISO 9000; (7) company data (number of employees, sales, other products, years in business); (8) current users of the equipment, both military and civilian, including their addresses and point of contact; and (9) special operator training/qualification requirements. Information and Specifications, shall be submitted to HSC/XRS, Attn: Dr. John Romo, 2510 Kennedy Circle, Suite 220, Brooks AFB TX 78235 within 30 days of publication of this notice. This is not a request for proposal, and in no way commits the Government to an award of contract. Reimbursement of any cost regarding the preparation of information, proposals or bids will not be made. Technical questions may be directed to Dr. John Romo, HSC/XRS, (210) 536-4458. (0298)

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