ASPR_Next_Innovation_Day_RFI_Special_Notice_v10_FINAL.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) No. 75A50119R00044 for

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)

ASPR Next Innovation Day

This Request for Information (RFI) is for market research and planning purposes only; it is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. A contract will not be awarded as a result of this RFI announcement nor is the Government guaranteeing it will host an Industry Day resulting from this RFI.

Section I – Background

The Office of Resource Management (ORM), Division of Contracts and Grants (C&G) at Thomas P. O’Neill

Federal Building, on behalf the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS), Office of the Assistant

Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), plans to host the ‘ASPR Next Innovation Day’ to directly engage vendors capable of supporting any of the listed Areas of Interest (AOIs), including Small

Businesses and Other Than Small Businesses, under full and open competitive procedures.

This RFI informs vendors regarding an upcoming ASPR Next Innovation Day to further discuss some of our most pressing disaster health challenges that may be addressed using next-generation solutions that harness the power of cutting-edge technology to enhance disaster health outcomes, as detailed in the

AOIs listed below.

The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for securing our nation from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases (EID), and natural disasters.

In many cases, major challenges with addressing 21st Century health security threats requires breakthrough solutions. ASPR, under HHS, is charged with accelerating the research, development, and availability of transformative countermeasures to protect Americans from natural and intentional health security threats. Additional Information on ASPR can be found at https://www.phe.gov

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Section II – Areas of Interest (AOIs)

The following are the Areas of Interest for ASPR Next:

AOI-1: Electronic Health Records (EHR) for use in austere settings Development of an intelligent, interoperable, and transportable systems that can produce and manage patient information such as EHR, patient tracking, patient monitoring (case management), and data reporting, in ideal and austere settings, with a simplified interfaces (desktop and mobile alike) for providers with incorporation of biometric identification methods.

AOI-2: Priority Medicines on Demand Development of transformational devices for end-to-end pharmaceutical, vaccine and/or biologics production in small-scale, modular, continuous manufacturing platforms. ASPR is also interested in developing technologies that can transform drinking water to water for sterile injection, complete with physiological additives suitable for infusion for production at point-of-delivery.

AOI-3: Dialysis Care in Disaster Settings ASPR is working to ensure dialysis patients have access to portable dialysis technologies, and access to treatment no matter the situation. ASPR is seeking to develop next-generation portable technologies for hemodialysis in disaster settings.

AOI-4: Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Development of capabilities to ensure rapid dispensing of medical countermeasures to metropolitan statistical areas (i.e. jurisdictions and surrounding areas). This is inclusive of alternate delivery and dispensing solutions and the development of alternative delivery platforms for pharmaceutical, vaccine and biologic administration.

AOI-5: Distributed Power for Disasters Develop capabilities that establish a long-term power supply for medical treatment facilities from multiple fuel, renewable, and natural sources if the electrical grid fails.

AOI-6: Real-Time Healthcare System Capacity Reporting Develop capabilities that enable secure, confidential and controlled means to track healthcare provider capacity to respond to disasters in a dynamic and timely fashion.

AOI-7: Disaster Response and Recovery Intelligence Develop capabilities that bring together deep learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning

(ML) applications to forecast disaster impacts and automate replenishment of supplies during disasters.

AOI-8: Advanced Medical Interventions for Disasters Develop capabilities to address advanced health security vulnerabilities, establish trusted data platforms to secure health-related information and investigate linkages between clinical manifestation of disease and multi-omic indicators within dedicated US-based facilities to open new pipelines for medical countermeasure discovery.

AOI-9: Telehealth Applications Provide telehealth services for medical professionals and para-professionals to better assist state, local, tribal and territorial health systems during disaster response and recovery. These teams of medical professionals and para-professionals include advanced clinicians (nurse practitioners/physician assistants), medical officers, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, paramedics, pharmacists, safety specialists, logistical specialists, information technologists, communication and administrative specialists.

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Section III - ASPR Next Innovation Day – Online Registration

When: The ASPR Next Innovation Day will be held on August 7-8, 2019

Participation will be broken down each day by AOI’s and registration allows for attendance on one or both days:

Day 1 – August 7: AOI 1-4

Day 2 – August 8: AOI 5-9

Where: Thomas P. O'Neill Federal Building

200 C Street SW

Washington, DC 20024

How to Register: Online registration can be accessed at www.phe.gov/ASPRNext

When can I register: Starting July 15, 2019 through midnight ET on July 26, 2019

Will remote attendance be allowed: Yes, via WebEx

Registration is required for both in-person and remote/WebEx attendance. WebEx instructions will be issued to all registered attendees prior to August 7.

IMPORTANT: Due to onsite space limitations, in-person attendance will be handled on a first come, first served basis via online registration and is limited to only one (1) person per company. Once the maximum of 85 in-person registrations are received, all following registrations will be WebEx only, which does not have an attendee limit.

Section IV - Advance Questions ASPR is committed to promoting dialogue and industry engagement through collaboration and sharing of knowledge and information. As part of this dialogue, we encourage our industry partners to submit advance questions prior to the start of the ASPR Next Innovation Day.

Please email all advance questions to Tasha.McMillian@hhs.gov. In the subject line, specify whether it’s a general question or specify which AOI the question is related to.

All advance questions must be submitted in writing prior to Midnight ET July 26, 2019. No questions will be accepted via telephone, fax, or physical mail.

Do not include any classified or proprietary information in your response. The Government will reply via email only confirming receipt of all submitted advance questions. The Government is not obligated to respond to incomplete responses. All questions submitted are anonymous, neither the identity of the submitting person nor their organization, will be released to the public.

A complete list of all submitted questions and the Governments responses will be posted to FBO via an

Amended Notice prior to August 7, 2019.

http://www.phe.gov/ASPRNext mailto:Tasha.McMillian@hhs.gov