BAA-AFRL-RQKHC-2016-0009.pdf

Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)

Number: BAA-AFRL-RQKHC-2016-0009

NOTICE OF CONTRACT ACTION (NOCA)

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) * BAA-RQKHC-2016-0009

Aerospace Medicine, Clinical Research, Human Performance Research, and Expeditionary Medicine

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TITLE: Aerospace Medicine, Clinical Research, Human Performance

Research, and Expeditionary Medicine

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Two Step Open Broad Agency Announcement

BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUMBER: BAA-AFRL-RQKHC-2016-0009 (this BAA will replace

BAA 11-01-HPW in its entirety)

CLASSIFICATION CODE: A (R&D)

NAICS CODE: 541712

TECHNICAL POC: Charles Dean, Program Manager, 711HPW/XP, (210) 536-3374, charles.dean@us.af.mil, 2510 Kennedy Circle, Bldg. 150, Brooks City-Base, TX 78235.

CONTRACTING POCs: Kimberly Cerney, Contract Specialist, AFRL/RQKHC, (937) 713-9857, kimberly.cerney@us.af.mil, or Clifford F. Johnson, Contracting Officer, AFRL/RQKHC, (937) 713-9922, clifford.johnson.4@us.af.mil, 2130 Eighth

Street, Bldg 45, WPAFB, OH 45433-7541.

***********This announcement does not request any white papers or proposals at this time***********

The following topic is an anticipated requirement for AFRL/711 HPW. A BAA requesting proposals for this topic is anticipated to be published.

The anticipated funding listed below reflects estimated funding only. This estimate is not a promise of funding.

Funding is uncertain and is subject to change. Changes in availability may occur at the discretion of the

Government.

Program Description: The 711 th Human Performance Wing intends to solicit White Papers under this announcement for Aerospace Medicine, Clinical Research, Human Performance Research, and Expeditionary

Medicine for innovative and state-of-the-art research to enhance the following five fields:

1. EN ROUTE CARE (EC)

En route care seeks to enhance the ability to safely transport patients from point of injury to definitive care while reducing footprint and improving efficiency. Research is needed: (1) to address EC gaps during patient transport to include staging, (2) to understand the impact of flight on patient care practices for various disease and injury states and equipment, (3) to ensure patient safety through the continuum of care, and, (4) to enhance medical technology development and assessment supporting EC.

mailto:charles.dean@us.af.mil mailto:kimberly.cerney@us.af.mil mailto:clifford.johnson.4@us.af.mil

2. EXPEDITIONARY MEDICINE (EM)

EM is focused on:

Expeditionary Logistics – developing/validating novel procedures, materials, techniques, and tools to reduce size and weight, optimizing power requirements, and minimizing logistics footprint associated with expeditionary operations.

Expeditionary Casualty care – optimizing existing and developing new casualty care tools & techniques;

improving methods and techniques for use of remote monitoring and triage systems; improving capability to treat

Directed Energy casualties, identifying and mitigating issues related to casualty care in an expeditionary setting, and validation of best-fit technologies in casualty care mission(s).

3. FORCE HEALTH PROTECTION (FHP)

Research and development in Force Health Protection (FHP) is focused on research and technologies to prevent injury and illness, and the early recognition or detection of emerging threats. The intent is to pursue

R&D/technology advancement integration into existing risk assessment/reduction processes to reduce manpower, time, and/or logistical impact; increase the capability to characterize exposures; and provide near real-time risk information to Commanders. The FHP focus areas are, Occupational & Environmental Health (OEH) Hazards, and

Personalized Health Protection Initiatives.

4. HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

AFMS human performance research is needed in order to optimize warfighter effectiveness in all environments including, but not limited to: hot and humid, cold and dry, and high altitude. Effectiveness optimization includes, but is not limited to: maintaining orientation and awareness and detecting, preventing, and mitigating effects of adverse environments and events on operator and maintainer performance.

The human performance optimization and sustainment effort includes research in the areas of improved cognitive performance, contribution to sustained effectiveness during high operational tempo, operational human performance measurement, injury prevention during high-demand physical training, enhancement of human and machine interface, and enhanced battle space situational awareness. Additionally, the development of Air Force

Human Systems Integration (HSI) program analysis aids is essential in addressing human performance issues. The

Human Systems Integration effort includes research into tools and methods for incorporating the human into capability concept refinement, technology development, system design and development, and associated specifications. This includes models of the human suitable for use by engineers to describe the human as part of the system.

Nationally, healthcare is plagued with systems problems that are experienced by both patients and medical personnel as inefficient, poorly designed processes—and the Military Health System and the AFMS are no exception. Human performance and systems integration specialty services are needed to maximize the value generated by the AFMS in terms of both patient and population-level health and performance outcomes and the costs to obtain these outcomes. The efficiency, effectiveness, safety, accessibility, affordability, and patient-centeredness of health care can be significantly improved by application of systems methodologies successfully used in other domains. Within the AFMS, human performance and systems integration applications span the spectrum from micro-system process improvement activities to more macro-system optimization problems involving health services planning and large dataset mathematical modeling.

5. OPERATIONAL MEDICINE (OM) (IN-GARRISON CARE)

Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) sponsored Operational Medicine research encompasses interest in definitive diagnosis, care, and treatment in-garrison. The overall aim of AFMS Operational Medicine is to ensure the provision of the highest quality health care for active duty members and their families. Current areas of interest include but are not limited to: Phased activities to develop and apply knowledge and/or enhance technical sophistication of novel medical devices, systems, pharmaceutical (drugs, biologics/vaccines), Medical Information

Management/Information Technology (IM/IT), Medical Informatics, Medical Modeling and Simulation Training, and other medical products related to diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and maintenance of clinical health problems of concern to the warfighter, his/her family members and other beneficiaries of military healthcare.

General Operations Security (OPSEC) procedures, policies and awareness are required in an effort to reduce program vulnerability from successful adversary collection and exploitation of critical information. OPSEC will be applied throughout the life cycle of the contract.

The contractor shall be required to deliver all hardware, software, and associated data developed and utilized in the development of any resulting contract. It is anticipated that a BAA providing details into this program will be released in the January/February 2016 timeframe; the BAA will be made available at www.fbo.gov.

Other business opportunities for AFRL are also available at www.fbo.gov. Any questions may be directed to the contracting or technical points of contact listed in the announcement.

Anticipated Contract Type: Multiple Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) contracts and Assistance Agreements are anticipated.

Anticipated Funding: Total Program: $40,000,000. Range of $50,000 - $5,000,000 per contract.

Place of Contract Performance: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), 711th Human Performance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.

Set Aside: None

THIS IS NOT A CALL FOR PROPOSALS.

DO NOT SUBMIT PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME.

ANY PROPOSALS RECEIVED WILL BE DISREGARDED.

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