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65 -- ABSORABLE, SURGICAL/NON-ABSORABLE, SURGICAL SOL SP0200-96-1007 DUE 060596 POC Contact: POC: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer, tele (215)-737-5772 medical readiness FAX (215)-737-5555 DPSC-mrii 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 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 maintainand/or expand a viable industrial base with sufficient sustainment capability to meet DOD requirements for planned producer items. Concept papers are soughtfor, but are not limited to, the following list of planned items: Sutures, absorable, surgicalsutures, nonabsorable, surgicalstapler, surgical disposablestapler, surgical (with replacement cartridges) clip hemostatic, surgicalforceps, hemostatic clip, surgical implant mesh, surgicalmesth, surgical drainage unit pleural cavityligatrure 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 humanitarianactions. The objectives are to develop new strategies utilizing advanced manufacturing and inventory management techniques to imrove the ability of the industrial base to respond to increased customer demands and to effectively reduce the overall COST to the Government to ensure the availability of, and access to, sufficieent qwantities 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; optimal responsiveness to high-volume requirement ofr each of thoseitems; and a minimum of up-frontpredelivery Government expenditure. This announcement also seeks electornic solutions to achieve a paperlesspurchasing, inventory management and distribution kprocess for panned items in support of nationaldefense. The sustainment program covers medical planned producer items and items needed for Personnel support and Military-unique medical items needed to support deployed troops. The program focuses on two Main areas: Electornic Commerce and the concept paper itself. Electronic Commerce improves the acquisition and distribution process and is aocmbination of barcoding, universal product number (upn), and electornic data interchange (EDI). EDI is the computer to computer or computer-to-vantransmission of business date in ANSI X12 format. In response to this Broad agency annuncement, concept papers submitted will be individually evaluated based on the following criteria: 1) sustainment capability. A planned producer'S capability to meet Government'ssustainment requirement for the range of planneditems. 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 ofmedical/surgical items in a timely manner will beconsidered. 2) financial commitment. Planned producers must demonstrate how inventories will be managed to handle sustainment items. How Stock will be rotated to ensure the dating of Commercial materiel will be within the guidelines of commercially acceptable business practices. DOD is prepared toivest to invest funds to procure Stock or components to invest funds to procure Stock or components to be Hal Held and torated at the planned producer'S facility to ensure timely delivery of quantities sufficient toneet the services'sustainment needs. Planned producers are required to MINIMIZE DOD'S financial commitment to suppport incsreased inventory levels or contingencyarrangements. Those sources Willing to make asignificant financial investment will be considered more favorable than tose that require significant Government assistance. 3) product range. Planned producers ability to cover a wide range of planned items will be evaluated. 4) mangement/distribution system. Manufacturers proposing innovative approaches in the areas of stocking, asset visibility, ordering, and distribution will be favorably considered. Upon upon receipt and evaluation of concept papers, DPSC may decide to award contracts to those interested sources who have submitted IDEAS which appear to be strategically advantageous to DPSC. Planned producers are not ocmpeting against each other, but rather are attempting to demonstrate that their proposedapprocah has potential application to the DPSC coporate mission requirements. The decision to award would be based on the technical merit of individual concepts (I.E., viability compatibility with our strategicobjectives, and value of expected benefits); sustainmentcapability; financial commitment; product range; andmanagement/distributio system.. concept papers may be submitted by interested source at any time whicle the Broad agency announcement is ineffect. Duiring the effective period of this BAA, respondents may submit more than one concept paper to alternative concepts or additional planned items not previously submitted for consideration. Please submit the first concept paper 60 calendar days from the date of this annoncement. Submit concept papers to: DPSC mrii (medical readiness) Attn: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer 2800 south 20th streetphiladelphia, 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 fisrms who, after evaluation of concept papers, 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 contingencypurposes. Contracts may be negotiated with one of 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, acontract 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 information to any firm which might help improve the technical quality of their submission or provide specific details or technological approaches which have been submitted by planned producers on the smae item(S). Contracts awarded to test concepts proposed under this BAA will specify measureable program objectives and contractor reporting requirements which will be used to monitor progress and assess the probability of Long term success of the business practices being applied. This BAA will remain open until rescinded by DPSC. All discussions and inquires concerning this announcement and submitted comcept papers shall only be conduct through the point of contact in thisannouncement. Pog: Maureen Keating, Contracting Officer, tele 215-737-5772. Medical readiness FAX: 215-737-5555 DPSC mrii. The final date for this is June 5, 1996. This was resynopsized to date due to an error in the block 10 or the final date. All responsible sources may submit offer which DPSC shall consider(0108)

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