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65 -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT-BANDAGES, STERILE/NON, SOL SP0200-96-1000 DUE 051896 POC Contact: POC: Contracting Officer: Maureen Keating, tele 215-737-5772 This Broad agency announcement (BAA) is restricted to domestic sources who are either planned producers or intend to become planned producers, for the medical items listed below. The Defense Personnel Support Center (DPSC) seeks the demonstration of unique and innovative concerp papers regarding the availability of planned defense items during mobilization or contingencies for nationalemergency, humanitarian actions and when otherwiseauthorized. Specifically, the DPSC wishes to maintainand/or expand a viable industrial base with sufficient sustainment capability to meet DOD requirements for planned producer items. Concept papers are sought for, but are not limited to, the following list of planneditems: Bandages, sterile, non-sterile various sizesdressings, adhesives, gauzes elastic, non elastic, surgical, non, surgical, Burn dressings, sponges, surgical, sustainment is considered to be the on going resupply of materiel to forces deployed to meet mobilization or contingencies for national emergency, and humanitarianactions. The objectives are to develop new strategies utilizing advanced manufacturing and inventory management techniques to improve the ability of the industrial base to respond to increased customer demands and to effectvey reduce the overall COST to the Government to ensure the availability of, and access to sufficient quantities of planned defense items. DPSC is looking for coverage on the broadest possible range ofitems: Accurate, on-line, inventory visibility of that range of items; optimal responsiveness to high-volumerequirement for each of those items; and a minimum ofup-front predelivery Government expenditure. This announcement also seeks electronic solutions to achieve a paperless prchasing, inventory management and distribution process for planned items in supportofnational defense. The sustainment program covers medical planned producer items and items needed for Personnel support and Military-uique medical items needed to support deployed troo;S. The program focuses on two Main areas; electronic Commerce and the acquisition and distribution process and is a combination of barcoding, universal product number (upn) and electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI is the EDI is the computer or computer-to-Van transmission of business date inansi X12 format. In response to this Broad agency announcement concept papers submitted will be individully evaluated based on the followingcriteria: 1) Government'S sustainment requirements for the range of planned items. Manufacturers' ability to supply quantities to D0D which are in excess of their normal production capability wll be evaluated. Only those firms which demonstrate capability to distribute large volumes of medical/surgical items in a timely manner will be considered. 2) financial commitment. Planned producers must demonstrate how inventories will be managed to handle sustainment items. How Stock will be rotated at the planned producer'S facility to ensure timely delivery of quantities suffficient to meet the timely delivery of quantities sufficient to meet theservices' sustainment needs. Planned producers arerequrired to MINIMIZE DOD'S financial commitment to support increased inventory levels or contingencyarrangements. Those sources Willing to make a significant financial investment will be considered more favorably than those that require significant Government assistance. 3) product range. Planned producers ability to cover a wide range of planned items will be evaluated. 4) mangement/distributionsystem. Manufactures proposing innovative approaches in the areas of stocking, asset visibility, ordering, and distribution will be favorably considered. Upon receipt and evaluation of concept papers, DPSC may decide to award conctracts to those interested sources who have submitted IDEAS which appear to be strategically advantageous to DPSC. Planned producers are not competing against each other, but rather are attempting to demonstrate that their proposed approach has potential application to the DPSC corporate missionrequirements. The decision to award would be based on the technical merit of individual concepts (I.E., viability, compatability with ur strategic objectives, aand value of expected benefits); sustainment capability; financial commitment; product range; and management/ distribution system. Concept paper may be submitted by planned producers at any time while the Broad agency announcement is in effect. During the effective period of this BAA, respondents may submit more than one concept paper to address alternative concepts or additional planned items not previously submitted forconsideration. Please submit the first concept paper 60 calendar days from the date of this announcement. Submit concept papers: DPSC mrii (medical readiness) Attn: Maureen Keating, Contracting office, 2800 south Street 9-4-F Philadelphia, PA 19145, faxed concept papers will not be accepted. After assessing the merits concept papers received by the after assessing the merits of concept papers received by the plannedproducers, participation will be restricted to those firms who, after evaluation of concept papers, present an immediate opportunity to gain experience in one or more areas of the overall program ovjective for purposes of enhancing, maintaining, and expanding the industrial base for mobilization or contingency purposes. Contracts may be negotiated with one or more sources capable of providing product in sustainment level quantities used during negotiations. A Long term stable business relatinship with planned producers isanticipated. Therefore a contract with a base year and 9 option years would be proposed. Discussions concerning the technical aspects of the proposed concepts will be strictly controlled to ensure Government Personnel do not disclose informantion to any firm which might help improve the technical quality of their submission ofr provide specific details of technological approaches which have been submitted by planned producers on the same item(S). Contracts awarded to test concepts proposed under this BAA will specify measurable program objecives and contractor reporting requirements which Wil be used to monitor progress and assess the probability of Long term success of the business practices being applied. This BAA Wil remain open until rescinded by DPSC. All discussions and inquires concerning this announcement and submitted concept papers whll only be conducted through the point of contact in theannouncement. POC: Maureen Keating, contractingofficer, tele 215-737-5772.Medical readiness, DPSC-mrii. FAX-215-737-5555. 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