SOURCES SOUGHT
42 -- AIR-PURIFYING RESPIRATORS
- Notice Date
- 1/24/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 339113
— Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- DHS - Direct Reports, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Center for Domestic Preparedeness-AL, P.O. Box 5100 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL, 36205-3923
- ZIP Code
- 36205-3923
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-RFI-01242006
- Response Due
- 2/15/2006
- Archive Date
- 3/2/2006
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is not a request for proposals and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Office for Grants and Training (G&T) is conducting an end-user functionality and efficacy assessment of National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) approved air-purifying respirators. The CDP is inviting manufacturers to provide information. This information will be used in the market research conducted regarding air-purifying respirators and will provide support information for CDP focus group and assessment participants. The intent of the user assessment program will be to provide the emergency response community user feedback and evaluation of equipment based on utilization of each piece of equipment selected in scenarios that replicate, to the maximum extent possible, conditions that will be experienced in incident response. The results of the assessment will not yield a determination of what product is best, nor shall the Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) endorse any product or manufacturer. The types of air-purifying respirator equipment being assessed are ones that would be used by emergency responders while wearing Level C ensembles, and performing the necessary tasks in the isolation zones (e.g., hot, warm, and cold zones). The assessment will be performed at the CDP by evaluators from the emergency response population, representative of all disciplines of agencies and jurisdictions across the US. These evaluators will be actual users of the equipment in the field. The evaluators will be presented with specific scenarios and tasks to be carried out using the equipment. The scenarios will be tailored so that evaluated criteria can be objectively and subjectively assessed by each evaluator. Some of the criteria could include capability, usability, affordability, deployability, and maintainability. If you wish to provide information about your particular brand/product for this user evaluation program, please provide in electronic (MS Word) format, your company name, address, point of contact, telephone, fax and e-mail address. Additionally, please provide any information available such as ability to adapt accessory microphones/earpieces to the masks, adaptability of equipment to be used in hazardous environments while wearing OSHA recommended personal protective equipment, reliability, maintainability, durability, environmental limits and safety reports. Do not send your piece of equipment. Selected equipment will be purchased from distributors/suppliers as the equipment is selected for the assessment. Respond by 4:00PM CST on February 15, 2006, by e-mail to Rickey Daniel at rickey.daniel@dhs.gov or by fax to (256) 847-2323 or by mail to Rickey Daniel, Contract Specialist, Center for Domestic Preparedness, P. O. Box 5100, Anniston, AL 36205
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic Preparedness, 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, Alabama
- Zip Code: 36205
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 36205
- Record
- SN00971791-W 20060126/060124211602 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |