NAVY EXPERIMENTAL DIVING UNIT, 321 BULLFINCH RD. PANAMA CITY, FL. 32407-7015

A -- DEVELOPMENT OF PROBABILISTIC GAS AND BUBBLE DYNAMICS MODEL SOL N0463A-97-Q-20015 DUE 032497 POC Mr. CHRIS DIEHL, CONTRACTING OFFICER, (904) 230-3100 The Navy Experimental Diving Unit, Panama City, Fl. intends to procure the following via SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION PROCEDURES: SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION TO W.A. GERTH, Ph.D., and R.D. VANN, Ph.D., DUKE UNIVERSITY, continue development of the Probabilistic Gas and Bubble Dynamics Model for Decompression (Gerth, 1996, 1997) with varying nitrogen / oxygen mixtures used by the U.S. Navy. This model has demonstrated superiority over the Navy probabilistic model USN93 in regions of high oxygen concentration and also for altitude exposures. It is not the intent of this acquisition to replace any current U.S. Navy decompression tables. Rather it is to have available another research tool (similar to USN93 algorithm) that could allow the U.S. Navy to make better decisions during rare emergency situations involving dives having multiple nitrogen / oxygen breathing gas mixtures, or dives with altitude exposures under conditions not allowed by current U.S. Navy tables. This acquisition requires a model that has been calibrated using actual dive, altitude, and oxygen decompression data. Technical point of contact: CDR. Southerland, MD. 904-230-3100. Telephone request are unacceptable. NO SOLICITATION AVAILABLE. SOLE SOURCED AS REFERENCED. (0070)

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