A. 02 RFI mTEMPHODA_1.pdf

REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI)

for

MOBILE TACTICAL EXPSOURE MISSION PLANNING / HEAT OPTIMAZATION DECISION AID

(mTEMP/HODA)

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

(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/ORDER WILL BE AWARDED PURSUANT TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT.

Disclaimer: The purpose of this RFI notice is to gain market knowledge. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract/order or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's solution and qualifications to perform the work.

Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a synopsis and/or solicitation may or may NOT be published at a future date and time.

1. RFI Number: HT9425-24-RFI-mTEMP-HODA

2. RFI Issuing Office: United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA)

3. RFI Issue Date: 01 May 2024

4. RFI Title: MOBILE TACTICAL EXPSOURE MISSION PLANNING / HEAT OPTIMAZATION DECISION AID (mTEMP/HODA)

5. Agency: U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity (USAMMDA)

6. Office: Warfighter Readiness Performance and Brain Health (WRPBH) Program Management Office (PMO)

7. Location: Frederick, MD located at Fort Detrick

8. Contract/Order Type: unknown

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201 "Exchange with industry before receipt of proposals," this RFI is for information and planning purposes only at this time and shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation on the part of the Unites States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), USAMRAA, USAMMDA or any collaborative Department of Defense (DoD) activities.

This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and is neither to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. Currently, no solicitation exists; therefore, lease do not request a co of the solicitation. NO PHONE

CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED OR RETURNED

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. In keeping with the standards of FAR Part 10, the Government may request additional information from responders. Responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI or any follow-up information request. All information received in response to this RFI or any follow-up information request 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 a future request for proposal will not be entertained.

9. Background: The Warfighter Performance, Readiness, and Brain Health Program Management Office (WRP&BH PMO) of USAMMDA is developing an extreme weather and/or mission preparedness all-in-one software tool for individual Warfighters. This tool utilizes relevant sections of Technical Bulletin Medical (TB Med) 507: Heat Stress and Heat Casualty Management, TB MED 508: Prevention and Management of Cold Weather Injuries, and Doctrine Command Regulation 350-29: Prevention of Heat and Cold Casualties. This provides guidance to decrease risk of injury caused by extreme environmental conditions (temperature, wind speed, humidity) and includes recommendations on the donning and doffing of issued clothing and equipment for optimal Soldier performance. The Team Awareness Kit (TAK) plug-in will leverage weather and location data from TAK to provide semi-realistic environmental conditions. The TAK plug-in integrated into Net Warrior (NW) Marketplace will quickly and accurately aggregate and display data collected by the application allowing warfighters and commanders a snapshot of unit level readiness.

10. Objective and Purpose/Scope: The Mobile Tactical Exposure Mission Planning/Heat Optimization Decision Aid (mTEMP/HODA) will provide capabilities into an all-in-one software tool for individual Warfighters and commanders. The tool provides near-real-time data that can help Warfighters and Commanders to support mission planning activity (especially when clothing and gear can rapidly increase core temps) in cold and hot weather, safely acclimatize to their newly deployed environments, maintain hydration in newly deployed environments, adjusts work: rest ratios for the environment to prevent injuries, and plan appropriate acclimatization altitude and pace to prevent altitude related injury for high-altitude missions. The mTEMP/HODA will be integrated into TAK product center and will be available to any Warfighter with a NW end user device (EUD).

11. North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code: Unknown

12. RFI Attachments: The following documents are attached to the RFI

i. AO2-RFI Attachment 1 Vendor Questions mTempHODA

ii. AO2-RFI Attachment 2 Company Information mTempHODA

13. Response Due Date: Interested parties shall submit the RFI response electronically by 1600 Eastern on Wednesday 15 May 2024 via e-mail to:

Katherine Ramsburg katherine.j.ramsburg.civ@health.mil

Email subject/title: "RFI response for HT9425-RFI-24-MTEMP/HODA”

14. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

14.1 The Government appreciates responses from ALL capable and qualified sources.

14.2 Interested firms should submit a response that demonstrates the Respondent's ability to perform the scope of work identified in this RFI.

14.3 Format specifications include Arial 12-point font, single spaced, single sided, 8.5 by 11- inch paper with 1-inch margins. All submissions shall be made electronically (as described above) and be in one of the following formats:

Microsoft Word or searchable Adobe PDF

Responses should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions:

Cover Page (1 page)

• Title

• Organization mailto:katherine.j.ramsburg.civ@health.mil

• Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses)

• Topic area: "MOBILE TACTICAL EXPSOURE MISSION PLANNING / HEAT OPTIMAZATION DECISION AID (mTEMP/HODA)”

14.4 Completed Attachment 1 and Attachment 2. Please note that the response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requirements as specified in Attachment 2.

15.0 Confidentiality: All 'Proprietary', 'Classified', 'Confidential', or 'Sensitive' information shall be marked as such and will be treated accordingly. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).

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