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Air Force market research for portable cell-salvage capability in austere environments

The U.S. Air Force is seeking market information on portable cell-salvage capability for austere and expeditionary medical care. - Government buyer: United States Air Force, Air Force Medical Service (AFMS), Operational Medicine Test and Evaluation (OMTE); the notice also identifies AFMEDCOM and Air Force Materiel Command’s AF Installation and Mission Support Center, 771 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron. - OEMs and vendors: No manufacturers, OEMs, vendors, or specific commercial products are named in the provided materials. - Requested capability: A portable device to salvage and condition a patient’s blood and autonomously return it with controlled flow, supporting far-forward transfusions and stabilization of patients with major blood loss without donor blood or cold-chain logistics. Prototype capabilities are included. - Requirements: The RFI refers to 23 essential characteristics and five preferences in an accompanying spreadsheet that was not provided; their detailed requirements cannot be summarized here. - Products and quantities: One capability category is described; no part number or quantity is specified. - Procurement context: This is market research, not an offer that can be accepted to form a contract. No contract value or period of performance is specified.

Description

This supplemental market research will help identify solutions that can safely bridge the time to surgery in austere environments.

The purpose of this RFI is to request information to determine your company’s services and capabilities to meet our government requirement for a device to perform cell salvage, blood conditioning, and autonomous return with flow rate control of blood delivery to include prototypes.

The information gathered from all companies that answer the RFI will be analyzed against the requirements to effectively identify capabilities that are available in the marketplace/industry. Both large business concerns and all categories of small business are encouraged to respond to this request.

The following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code(s) may possibly be used for this requirement:

339112 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing.

Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract.

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