DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, 1095 Willowdale Rd., Morgantown, WV 26505-2888

66 -- MULTICHANNEL, PORTABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM SOL RQ99-017 DUE 042299 POC Brenda Goodwin, 304/285-5882/Contracting Officer, Rex S. Wolfe, 304/285-5883 THIS IS A COMBINED SYNOPSIS/SOLICITATION FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; QUOTES ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is issued as Request for Quotation No. RQ99-017. This procurement is being issued unrestricted. The Standard Industrial Classification is 3826 with a size standard of 500 employees. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 97-08. The Engineering and Control Technology Branch (E&CTB) of the Health Effects Laboratory Division (HELD) of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Morgantown, WV, is initiating a research program which requires the capability to monitor multiple channels of diverse physiological data from individuals performing office- and industrial-type tasks in both simulated, laboratory settings and actual office and field/industrial settings. A total of ten (10 each) such systems are required. Additionally, the 10 systems offered shall be furnished in accordance with the specifications listed below and must be provided with the sensors and electrodes needed to initiate the research (the total number of sensors and electrodes to be provided at the time the systems are delivered are indicated below, following the list of system specifications): SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS: (1) The requirement is for a multichannel, portable physiological monitoring system that can be readily worn by individuals; (2) The system must provide the capability to monitor a total of 16 independent channels simultaneously; (3) The system may be a multi-component system (i.e., a system of composed of sensors, multichannel monitors, and digital signal processing boards). The monitoring portion may be either a single, integrated 16-channel monitor or a combination of two 8-channel monitors. The system may have a digital signal processing (DSP) board as an integral part of the monitor or it may provide a DSP board that can be placed within the purchaser's base Pentium computer to occupy either a PCI or an ISA slot. The resolution required as input to the DSP must equal to or greater than 12 bits; the DSP output should provide equal to or greater than 24-bit resolution; (4) The monitoring portion of the system must provide at least 12-bit resolution; (5) At least two of the 16 channels must be able to monitor inputs from an external device within the range or 0-2 volts; (6) The system must be capable of simultaneously monitoring electromyographic (EMG) activity, electroencephalogram (EEG) activity, temperature, respiration rate, heart rate and blood volume pulse, electrocardiograph (EKG) activity, and at least two 0-2v inputs from an external device. These additional specifications are applicable to the SENSOR CHANNELS: (a) EMG and EEG channel sensitivity must be -- 0.1mcro-volt RMS; (b) EMG, EMG, and EKG common mode rejection ratio (CMRR) greater than 130dB; (c) EMG, EMG, and EKG CMRR at 50 or 60 Hz filter: greater than 180dB; (d) Band width adjustability: EMG = 10-500 Hz; EEG = 2-100 Hz; EKG = 0.5-150 Hz; (e) Ranges: EMG = 0-1200 micro-volts RMS; EEG = 0-200 micro-volts RMS; Temperature = 55-105 degrees F; (f) The system must permit the wearer to have at least 25 feet of movement relative to the location of a user-provided, DOS-based computer that is used to record the output data from the physiological monitor. The system must also have the capability of being able to be expanded to accommodate ranges of movement of up to 100 feet; (g) The system must be capable of providing reliable data (i.e., minimally degraded signal) throughout the range of extended movement with minimal infringement upon the types of activity being performed by the wearer; (h) 32 user-configurable data channels must be provided; i.e., in addition to providing 16 channels for raw signal data output,the user may elect to define additional outputs in the form of statistics or transformations of the raw data via 16 additional "virtual" channels; (i) Each of the 16 channels must be capable of sampling at equal to or greater than 1900 Hz; (j) The output "saving rate" of the system (i.e., the data output to the host computer or recording device -- versus the actual input sampling rate) must be user-definable for each channel, independently, throughout the range of 0.01 Hz to equal to or greater than 1900 Hz; (k) The system must be capable of accommodating independent, user-defined upper and lower threshold limits for each of the signals being monitored; (l) The software accompanying the system must be capable of exporting data in the form of ASCII text files and spreadsheet formats to the user's computer; (m) The software must be capable of providing the following descriptive statistics: maximum and minimum values monitored; mean values; standard deviations; percentages below, above, and between the user-defined threshold's; and the areas beneath the curves associated with the various signals; (n) When used with the user's computer and monitor, the system must be capable of simultaneously displaying eight signals pertaining to the physiological data being monitored; (o) The EMG data and the EEG data must be capable of being displayed in the following forms: raw wave, RMS, median frequency, an power spectrum; (p) The signals being displayed must have a ready means out of being centered, and also permit adjustment to for variation in offset, gain, and time scale; (q) The system must be capable of providing various forms of auditory feedback (e.g., pulsed, continuous, inversely proportional) when the output is above, below, or within the user-defined threshold values; (r) The entire monitoring system, to include DSP components and/or board and any associated software, must be Y2K compliant when used with a Y2K-compliant Pentium computer. (s) A WARRANTY OF AT LEAST 1 YEAR IS REQUIRED. SENSORS AND ELECTRODES (total number to be provided): (1) Temperature: 12; (2) Respiration: 12; (3) Electrocardiogram (EKG): 12; (4) Electroencephalogram (EEG): 20; (5) EMG sensors: 60; (6) Heart-rate/Blood volume pulse: 12; (7) Self-adhesive triode electrodes: 300; (8) Self-adhesive single electrodes: 300. EVALUATION FACTORS: Offers will be evaluated against the System Specifications listed above. The Government will evaluate based on F.O.B. Destination (Morgantown, West Virginia) and the requirements at FAR 52.214.21 "Descriptive Literature" apply. Information provided must demonstrate the unit's ability to meet the specifications above or your offer may be rejected. The Government intends to make one award to the responsive, responsible offeror whose quotation is most advantageous to the Government. The following FAR provisions apply to this solicitation: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items; 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions -- Commercial Items and 52.212-5 Contract Termsand Conditions Required to Implement Statutes or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items. Additionally, the following FAR clauses cited in Clause 52.212-5 are also applicable to this acquisition as follows: 52.222.26 "Equal Opportunity"; 52.222-35 "Affirmative Action for Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era "; 52.222-36 "Affirmative Action for Workers with Disabilities"; 52.222-37 "Employment Reports on Disabled Veterans and Veterans of the Vietnam Era"; 52.225-3 "Buy American Act -- Supplies"; 52.225-18 "European Community Sanctions for End Products." Quotes are due APRIL 22, 1999, 2:00 p.m. local prevailing time. Fascimile submissions are not authorized. Submit the following to DHHS, PHS, CDC, NIOSH, ALOSH, Attn: Brenda Goodwin, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505: (1) original and two copies of a completed SF 1449, signed by an individual authorized to bind the organization; (2) Pricing Schedule for 10 (ten) systems ; (3) completed Representations and Certifications -- Commercial Items, FAR 52,212-3; (4) descriptive literature for evaluation purposes; and (5) acknowledgment of solicitation amendments, if any. Offers that fail to furnish the required information, or reject the terms and conditions of the solicitation may be excluded from consideration. Information or forms referenced in this notice can be obtained from Brenda Goodwin at (304)285-5882 or by fax at (304) 285-6083. All responsible sources may submit a response, which shall be considered by the Agency. Posted 04/01/99 (W-SN315393). (0091)

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