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65 -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT/ SUTURES/ABSORABLE/, SOL SP0200-96-1005 DUE 072096 POC Contact: POC: Maureen Keating/Contracting Officer, tele 215-737-5772 FAX 215-737-5555 This Broad agency (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 concept papers regarding the availability of planned defense items during mobilization or contingencies for nationalemergency, humanitarian actions and when otherwiseauthorized. Specifically, the DPSC wishes to maintain and/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 planned items: Sutures, absorable, surgicalsutures, nonabsorable, surgicalstapler, surgical, disposablestapler, surgical (with replacement cartridges) clip hemostatic, surgical implant mesh, surgicalmesh, surgical drainage unit pleural cavityligature umbilicalpledget, suture, surgicalguide, suture, surgical sustainment is considered to be the on going resupply of materiel to forces deployed to meet mobilization or contingencies for national emergency, and humanitarian the objectives are to develop new strategies utilizing advanced manufacturing and inventory management techniques to improve the ability of the industrial base torespond to increased customer demands and to effectively 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 of planned items; accurate, on-line inventory visibility of that range of items; accurate, on-line, inventory visibility of that range of items; optimalresponsiveness, to high-volume requirements for each of those items; and a minimum of up-front predelivery Government items; and a minimum of expenditure. This annuncement also seeks electronic solutions to achievea paperless purchasing, inventory management and distribution process for planned items in support national items and items needed for Personnel support and Military-unique medical items needed to support deployed troops. The program focuses on two Main areas: Electronic Commerce and the concept paper itself. Electronic Commerce improves the acquisition and distribution process and is a combination of barcoding, universal product number (upn), and electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI is the computer to computer or computer-to-vantransmission of business data in ANSI X12 format. In response to this Broad agency announcement, concept papers submitted will be individually evaluated based on the following criteria: 1) sustainment capability. Aplanned producers capability to meet Government'ssustainment requirements for the range of planned items. Manufacturers' ability to supply quantities to DOD which are in excess of their normal production capability will 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 dating of Commercial material business practices. DOD is prepared to invest funds to procure Stock components to be Held and rotated at the planned producers must demonstrate how inventories will be managed to handle sustainment items. How Stock will be rotated to ensure dating of commercially acceptable business practices. DOD is prepared dto invest funds to to procure Stock or components be Held and rotated at the planned producers facility to ensure timely delivery of quantities sufficient to meet the services' sustainment needs. Planned producers are required to MINIMIZE DOD'S financial commitment to supportincsreased inventory levels or contingencyarrangements. Those sources Willing to make a significant financial investment will be considered more favorably than those that require significant financialvovernment assistance. 3) product range. Planned producers ability to cover a wide range of planned items will be evaluated. 4) management/distributionsystem. Manufacturers 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 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, compatibility with our strategic objectives and value of expected benefits); sustainment capability; financial commitment; product range; and management/ distribution system. Concept papers may be submitted by interested sources at any time while the Broad agency annuncement is in effect during the effective period of this BAA, respondents may submit more than one concept paper to address alternatives concepts or additional planned items not previously submitted for consideration. Please submit the first concept paper 60 calendar days from the date of this announcement. Submit concept papersto: DPSC mrii (medical readiness) Attn: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer 2800 south 20th Street Philadelphia PA 19145 faxed concept papers will not be accepted. After assessing the merits of concept papers received by the planned producers, 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 objective 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 relationship with planned producers is anticipated. Therefore, a contract with a base year and 9 option years would be proposed. Discussions concerning the technical aspects of the prposed concepts will be strictly controlled to ensure Government Personnel do not disclose information to any firm which might help improve the technical quality of their submission or provide secific details of technological approaches which have been submitted by planned producers on th same item(S). Contrcts to test concepts propposed under this BAA will specify measurable program objectives and contractor reporting requirements will be used to monitor progress and ssess the probability of Long term success of the businesspracttices being applied. This BAA will remain open until rescinded by DPSC. All discussions and inquires concerning this announcement and submitted concept papers shall only be conducted through the point of contact in this annoiuncement. POC: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer, tele 215-737-5772 medical readiness FAX 215-737-5555 dpscmrii. 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