Sources Sought-combined specimen.pdf

Version – February 2017

SOURCES SOUGHT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION FOR PRODUCTS

INTRODUCTION

The Medical Readiness Contracting Office-West of Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX is issuing this sources sought synopsis as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources having an interest and industry technologies available to support/provide the Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Dentac (Dental Health Activity) specimens (cadavers) for training programs in multidisciplinary specialties.

The result of this market research will contribute to determining the method of procurement, if a requirement materializes. Based on the responses to this sources sought notice/market research, this requirement may be set-aside for small businesses (in full or in part) or procured through full and open competition. Multiple awards may be made. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions.

DISCLAIMER

THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS

NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT DOES NOT

CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE

AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS

ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO

THIS TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND

Cadaver heads and necks and whole bodies are a critical teaching requirement for graduate medical education in ophthalmology, emergency medicine and orthopedics.

Recent advances in simulated fresh cadavers are promising but are not currently the standard in GME teaching. Providing these specimens allows the Army Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, General Surgery Physician Assistant (PA), General Surgery, Orthopedics PA and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residents to participate in key teaching elements of the Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA)-Brooke Army Medical Center. This assists with Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accreditation of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) Residency Program, provides the annual intern orientation cadaver lab that prepares incoming inexperienced physicians to perform the lifesaving emergency procedures required of them during clinical shifts. With this essential introductory training, interns will be prepared to complete medical procedures expected of them during patient care. Residents will be able to keep up and participate in key teaching elements of the academics and surgical skills in using cadavers, enhancing their education.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES

The Government requires:

Ophthalmology: Twenty (20) total fresh head specimens – fifteen (15) heads with neck and brain (c-2, c-3) and (5) five heads with brains and vascular vein blue and artery red

Otolaryngology: fifty (50) pairs temporal bones, sixteen (16) fresh heads with neck

Dermatology: fourteen (14) hands w/arms (pair) General Surgery & OB/GYN: sixteen (16) total whole-body – two (2) male and two (2) female per session x4 sessions General Surgery PA & Orthopedics PA: eight (8) total whole-body – two (2) whole-body per session x4 sessions.

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS): two (2) whole-body and four (4) heads with neck

The intent of this Sources Sought is to assess the state-of-the art of the technology available in cadaver/cadaver parts that could be applied to meet this requirement.

The Government envisions a solution for GME and Dentac that meets the following operational and program requirements: See attached Performance Work Statement.

ELIGIBILITY

The applicable NAICS code for this requirement is 621991 Blood and organ banks with a Small Business Size Standard of $40 million. The Product Service Code (PSC) is 6555 Human tissues, animal tissues, and full cadavers/cadaver body parts.

SUBMISSION DETAILS

Interested businesses should submit a brief capabilities statement package (no more than ten 8.5 X 11- inch pages, font no smaller than 10 point) demonstrating ability to provide the products/systems listed in this Technical Description.

Documentation should be in bullet format. No phone or email solicitations with regards to the status of the RFP will be accepted prior to its release.

Your response to this Sources Sought, including any capabilities statement, shall be electronically submitted to the Contract Specialist, Colleen Rye in either Microsoft Word or Portable Document Format (PDF), via email colleen.m.rye.civ@health.mil no later than 12:00 p.m. CST on 13 August 2025 and reference this synopsis number in subject line of e-mail and on all enclosed documents. Information and materials submitted in response to this request WILL NOT be returned. DO NOT SUBMIT

CLASSIFIED MATERIAL.

If your organization has the potential capacity to provide the required products/systems, please provide the following information: 1) Organization name, address, primary points of contact (POCs) and their email address, FAX, Web site address, telephone number, and type of ownership for the organization; and 2) Tailored capability statements addressing the requirements of this notice, with appropriate documentation supporting claims of organizational and staff capability. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements.

All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government.