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RFI No. RFI-N0018925RZ001-SAM.gov Date: 10 September 2024

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

SERVICES/SUBJECT

This RFI is for non-personal research & development support services under NAICS Code 541715-Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) and PSC AN42, R&D- Medical: Health Services (Applied Research/Exploratory Development).

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) OR A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

(RFQ). IT IS STRICTLY A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). NEITHER

UNSOLICITED PROPOSALS NOR ANY OTHER KINDS OF OFFERS WILL BE

CONSIDERED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI. NO CONTRACT WILL BE AWARDED

PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUCNCEMENT.

A. DISCLAIMER

IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 15.201(E), RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT

OFFERS AND CANNOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING

CONTRACT. THIS RFI IS ISSUED SOLELY FOR INFORMATION AND PLANNING

PURPOSES AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION. NEITHER UNSOLICITED

PROPOSALS NOR ANY OTHER KIND OF OFFERS WILL BE CONSIDERED IN

RESPONSE TO THIS RFI. RESPONSES TO THIS NOTICE ARE NOT OFFERS AND WILL

NOT BE ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO FORM A BINDING CONTRACT. ALL

INFORMATION RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THIS RFI THAT IS MARKED

PROPRIETARY WILL BE HANDLED ACCORDINGLY. RESPONSES TO THE RFI WILL

NOT BE RETURNED. AT THIS TIME, QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION

AND REQUIREMENTS FOR FUTURE RFPs WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

B. BACKGROUND

The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) develops and delivers operational biomedical research solutions that enhance the health, safety, readiness, and performance of our military forces. This acquisition will provide support to Medical Modeling, Simulation and Mission Support (MMS) department to continue to service the overall mission of the Operational Readiness Directorate at NHRC.

NHRC’s Medical Modeling and Simulation (MMS) Department performs medical modeling and simulation research for Department of Defense (DoD) activities. The Medical Planner’s Toolkit (MPTk) and the Joint Medical Planning Tool (JMPT) are research supported software programs for DoD medical planners that estimates medical resource requirements using data from the Expeditionary Medical Encounter Database (EMED) and Expeditionary Medical Knowledge Warehouse (EMedKW) to develop course of action operational risk assessments. JMPT performs overall medical systems analysis and operations research studies for a variety of scenarios. This work assumes a systems view of the tactical medical treatment facility (MTF) network within the theater of operation where the MTFs are integrated with transportation assets and compete for medical/logistics resources (staff, equipment, transporters) as human casualties flow through the system. JMPT supports analysis of casualty mortality relative to time and space on the battlefield and the capabilities of medical and evacuation assets. Casualty data from the EMED and Medical Data Repository are used along with subject matter expert input to model the likelihood of dying from injuries because of delay in treatment.

Users enter various factors, such as personnel resources, number and types of treatment sites, treatment capability, distribution of casualties and arrival rate, and transport quantity, and home locations. JMPT provides a graphic representation of the assets used, the location of these assets, the number of patients treated at each treatment facility, and how often the patients use them.

JMPT reports overall patient arrivals, patient disposition, and resource utilization. JMPT provides a decision aid for medical planners to conduct course of action risk assessments. MPTk and JMPT have undergone formal DoD verification and validation testing and has been accredited by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASDHA) for use as a DoD medical planning modeling and simulation tool for all service branches while complying with Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology protocols.

C. SCOPE/OBJECTIVE

National and Defense Planning Scenarios may be represented in the tools to address a variety of operational concepts. The Contractor shall design and develop IT applications in accordance with the specifications for enhancing MPTk and JMPT and for establishing a common user database where data elements can be updated or added and are available for use in the suite of NHRC tools. This effort includes defining and expanding the medical capabilities, determining the data elements and data relationships for forward resuscitative care and theater hospitalization required to conduct risk assessment, configure medical capabilities, evaluate emerging requirements, conduct mission rehearsal and deliver training, and provide help-desk services.

The tasks also include developing medical manpower analytical methodologies, implementing a died of wounds (DOW) due to delay of treatment algorithms, mapping capabilities, optimizing simulation engines, and migration of tools to a cloud environment.

Medical planners may use various programs that produce input used in MPTK and JMPT.

Examples of these programs include the Synthetic Theater Operations Research Model (STORM), the Joint Integrated Contingency Model (JICM), Casualty Rate Estimation Tool (CREstT) for shipboard, fixed base and ground casualty estimation, the Patient Condition Occurrence Frequency Tool (PCOF), the Expeditionary Medical Requirements Estimator (EMRE), and the Estimating Supplies Program (ESP).

D. LOCATION OF PERFORMANCE

This acquisition represents a mix of on-site (NHRC) and off-site Contactor personnel.

Approximately 80% of Contractor personnel will be off-site and 20% will be at NHRC. NHRC headquarters in San Diego, California at 140 Sylvester Road, San Diego, CA 92106. As directed by the Contracting Officer, work may also be performed at other Government installations and Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) approved sites.

E. TASK

See Attachment 1 – Performance Work Statement (PWS)

F. RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS

Respondents MUST include the following documents/information in your response to the Government:

1. A cover letter on company letterhead including the company name, point of contact with phone number, email address as well company UEI and Cage Code.

2. Capabilities statement MUST address the following:

Contractor’s clear understanding and ability to perform the ENTIRE scope of this requirement.

Contractor’s clear understanding and ability to perform ALL the tasks described within the PWS.

Contractor’s confirmation that the company is deemed “responsible” in accordance with

FAR 9.104-1.

Contractor’s confirmation of current/active registration in SAM.gov.

Contractor’s proof of Top Secret Facilities Clearance

All information regarding "capabilities" and/or proprietary information relative to this RFI MUST be submitted as follows:

SUBMIT VIA: Email to Shaina Sollenberger, shaina.m.sollenberger.civ@us.navy.mil

RESPONSES DUE:

12:01 PM EST, 9 October 2024