# SAM #FA800326SS004

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

**Buyer:** AFIMSC Enterprise Sourcing Squadron
**Posted:** October 16, 2026
**Respond By:** November 16, 2026
**Identifier:** FA800326SS004
**NAICS:** 339112, 334510

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

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

<p>The purpose of this RFI is to request information to determine your company&rsquo;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.</p>

<p>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.</p>

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

<ul>
	<li>339112 &ndash; Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing.</li>
</ul>

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

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