Notice of Intent to Award Sole Source w Redacted J&A Perfusion Services of Human Cadavers and Reanimated Tissue Training for a Joint Medical Exercise Training

The Department of the Army Medical Command seeks to procure perfusion services of human cadavers and reanimated tissue training to support a joint medical exercise at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, Fort Hood, Texas. The contractor must provide equipment and technicians to perfuse up to two cadavers per day over three days for four quarterly training sessions, and six cadavers for a two-day joint medical exercise. The contractor must also provide instruction on the resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion procedure. Interested parties must demonstrate capability to meet the requirements in the performance work statement by May 4, 2021.

The procurement has no set-aside designation, with the applicable NAICS code being 339113 for surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing and 621991 for ambulatory health care services. The sole source award is intended for Combat Medical Systems, LLC, with an estimated total value of $500,000 to provide these highly specialized services from June 2021 through September 2022. The justification cites no other qualified contractors can offer perfusion of cadavers to the required standard for this medical training.