Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET) Facility

NOTICE INFORMATION Agency/Office: Defense Health Agency Special Notice/Notice of Intent: HT0011-21-NOI-0128 Location: Contracting Office-(PS-CD-) HT0011 (facility must be within a 50-Radius of DMRTI) Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute (DMRTI) 4270 Gorgas Cir, San Antonio, TX 78234 Description(s): Special Notice/Notice of Intent Title: Training Facility, Equipment, Supplies, and Cadavers. The Contractor shall provide Contractor owned- operated facility and medical subject matter experts to host up to (8) eight courses per year for no more than (12) twelve students per course for the Defense Health Agency. The Government anticipates a Blanket Purchase Agreement award for (1) one year base plus (4) four, one (1) year option period(s). Introduction: This announcement constitutes a Notice of Intent. The purpose of this notice is to notify industry of the Defense Health Agency's intent on awarding two (2) or more sole source Blanket Purchase Agreements under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) - FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) - Only one responsible source and no other supplies will satisfy the agency requirements, for the purchase of (a) either fresh or fresh frozen whole-body cadavers (b) laboratory facility to host training for up to twelve students and (c) equipment with supplies. Contractor will provide delivery of cadavers, services to include testing of cadavers for infectious diseases, and pickup as well as the disposal, when training events are completed. The Contractor will provide a credentialed research facility with accessibility to operating room bay, equivalent to standard facilities in current operating and emergency department room. The Contractor will also provide all required medical supplies to include on-site medical and education subject matter experts to assist in the material development and resource optimizing of novel didactic and training products. Training to be held will consist of Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET). The course will provide surgeons with overview of key surgical exposures in five (5) key anatomic areas which include neck, chest, abdomen, pelvis, and upper/lower extremities. The course follows the modular, body, and region approach and will be used to better prepare Military Physician and Orthopedic Specialty (MOS) with skills they will most likely encountered in forward surgical team or Combat Support Hospital in Theatre during Combat Operations. The NAICS code for this procurement is NAICS Code 611430 - Professional and Management Development Training. DISCLAIMER: THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTATIONS. Responsible sources may identify their interest and capability to meet this requirement by submitting supporting documentation. Such documentation will be reviewed solely for the purpose of determining whether or not to conduct the procurement on a competitive basis. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of Defense Health Agency. The Defense Health Agency will not be responsible for any costs associated with the preparation of responses to this notification. All inquiries and submittals must be sent via email to this procurement's Contracting Officer, Nakaura Yusuf at Nakaura.c.yusuf.civ@mail.mil by 04/21/2021 at 11:59AM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Telephone inquiries will not be accepted. Contracting Office Address: Defense Health Agency, Professional Services Contracting Division, 1M401, 7700 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church VA 22042. When responding to this notice, please provide the following information: Company Name; DUNS; CAGE CODE; Applicable NAICS Codes; All Applicable Contract Numbers - same or similar to the above requirement Business size status and time of last certification; Supporting Documentation of Available Products; Other contracting vehicles that would be available to the Government for the procurement of the proposed service. (This information is for Market Research only and does not preclude your company from responding to this notice.) Primary Point of Contact: Secondary Point of Contact: Nakaura Yusuf Hussiena Abba nakaura.c.yusuf.civ@mail.mil husseina.a.abba.ctr@mail.mil Contracting Office Address: 7700 Arlington Blvd. Suite 1M413 Falls Church, VA 22042 United States Place of Contract Performance: TBD- Contractors Facility