SOURCES SOUGHT
93 -- Request for Information on Head Impact Protection Padding for Application to Ambulance Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 6/1/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 326150
— Urethane and Other Foam Product (except Polystyrene) Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Acquisition and Assistance Field Branch (Morgantown), 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV, 26505
- ZIP Code
- 26505
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-DSR-2006-001RSC
- Response Due
- 8/1/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/1/2006
- Description
- Description NIOSH has been conducting research to study and improve the safety of EMS workers in ambulances. As part of this effort NIOSH is seeking to research head impact protection padding for general flat surfaces in the ambulance patient compartments. Research will be disseminated to industry through papers, recommendation to the GSA KKK-A-1822 specification and ambulance manufacturers. Testing and support will be provided by NIOSH, a federal lab, or private contractor. NIOSH reserves the right to receive free samples for testing or purchase small samples. This request will not lead to large purchases, but may lead to influence of the market. NIOSH and any other involved parties do not promise purchase, analysis or testing of any/or all presented materials. While no party promises purchasing or testing, the right is reserved, to make single or multiple sole source acquisitions or partnerships based on engineering analysis/evaluation of suitable materials found under this announcement or other searches, if determined to be in the best interest of the government. NIOSH prefers to receive information that is non-proprietary and releasable in order to support publication and subsequent recommendations. Proprietary information must be indicated as such prior to receipt. Design information will be used to support other safety related projects also within the occupational safety arena. NIOSH seeks: 1.) padding materials for head impact protection 2.) data to support the design and specification of and 3.) pricing information to support cost effectiveness comparisons at testing and industry usage levels, and pricing at sample quantities. Specifically, the situation to be analyzed is of an occupant seated next to a wall where the occupant?s head hits the side of a flat surface near the shoulder. Other situations within the compartment may be looked at later. Materials such as energy absorbent polyurethane but not to exclude other materials which might perform as well or better are of interest. Materials should have the following qualities and any information, supporting any or all of these qualities, is requested: 1. Material should be able to be supplied in usable form to ambulance manufacturers in quantities that might range between approximately 300 Sq Ft and 3,000 Sq Ft per year. The entire industry might require approximately 150,000 sq ft of material at the required thickness per year. Materials should be cost effective in this range, and it is preferred that respondents be willing to work with vendors ordering in these quantities or have distribution channels capable of handling small businesses. Also please give pricing at test sample quantity levels, which might be 30 to 60 square feet. NIOSH is still interested in a response if this is not the case. 2. Material should have repeatable and specifiable protective properties. Repeatability is important to ensure a usable solution. 3. Material should be able to protect an occupant in a head impact with velocities of between 0 and 30 mph impact velocity of the head to a stationary surface or similarly in a dynamic test with a 30 mph change in velocity and up to a 40 g vehicle deceleration. Protection is defined by biomechanical criteria such as peak head G response, and HIC level, in a 5th, 50th and 95th human or test dummy head. 4. Material should have a good cost ? performance ratio. 5. Material must protect in the temperature range 20? C to 26? C (68? F to 78? F) with interest in the performance capability between -34? C to 52? C (- 30? F to 125? F). 6. Storage performance must be capable of being between -34? C to 52? C (- 30? F to 125? F) without degradation. These temperatures are based on performance characteristics from GSA-KKK-1822E Sections 3.4.2, 3.13.1, 3.13.4, 3.13.5. 7. Constitutive property data and or force deflection data to support design with MADYMO, LS-DYNA, ATB or other engineering modeling programs is requested if available. 8. The availability of predetermined thicknesses for the indicated scenario is a plus. 9. Moldability is of interest for seamless padding systems and for application to other equipment/systems in the compartment. 10. Thicknesses in the range of 0.125? to 3? are of primary interest. 11. Materials of constant stiffness are preferred over those with constant force. NIOSH requests replies in any form, including any or all of documents, electronic and samples. Materials and initial samples will not be returned. Return of more substantial samples may be arranged. Meetings may be entertained after review of literature. Proprietary information must be indicated as such, upon receipt. Information may be shared with a contractor on the project and/or another federal research lab. Any difficulties with sharing the data should be indicated upon receipt. NIOSH has a need to receive information on this before June 9th, 2006. Information is welcome after this date but later receipt may affect participation in possible testing. No formal receipt of information is requested after August 1, 2006. Project contact should be made with; Richard Current, General Engineer CDC NIOSH MS G800 1095 Willowdale Road Morgantown, WV 26507 Phone: (304) 285-6084 E-mail: Richard.Current@cdc.hhs.gov or RCURRENT@cdc.gov
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