NASA GRC Solicitation: Medical Ultrasound System
Synopsis – Feb 28, 2012
Preliminary Statement of Work – Posted on Feb 28, 2012
General Information
Solicitation Number: NNC12ZDP017L
Posted Date: Feb 28, 2012
FedBizOpps Posted Date: Feb 28, 2012
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action: No
Original Response Date: Mar 26, 2012
Current Response Date: Mar 26, 2012
Classification Code: 66 — Instruments and laboratory equipment
NAICS Code: 334510
Contracting Office Address
NASA/Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Cleveland, OH 44135
Description
Solicitation Number: NNC12ZDP017L
NASA/GRC is hereby soliciting information about potential sources for a Medical Ultrasound System.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center is seeking capability statements from all interested parties, including Small, Small Disadvantaged (SDB), 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Veteran Owned (VOSB), Service Disabled Veteran Owned (SD-VOSB), Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) businesses, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)/Minority Institutions (MI) for the purposes of determining the appropriate level of competition and/or small business subcontracting goals for the following Medical Ultrasound System: See attached Requirements Document entitled “Preliminary Statement of Work and Requirements for the Flexible Ultrasound System (FUS) Ground Demo Unit (GDU)” – Exploration Medical Capability Imaging Integration Project dated February 2012.
Estimated award date for this contract is Fall of 2012. Estimated award amount is $500,000 – $2,000,000 . The development cycle planned is 2 years.
A solicitation does not yet exist; therefore, do not request a copy of the solicitation. Any solicitation released will be synopsized in FedBizOpps and on the NASA Acquisition Internet Service. It is the potential offeror’s responsibility to monitor these sites for the release of any solicitation or synopsis.
Interested offerors/vendors having the required specialized capabilities to meet the above requirement should submit a capability statement. Include in your response the information below: Name and address of firm, size of business; average annual revenue for past 3 years and number of employees; current provisionally approved, (or commercially audited) overhead rates (LBOH, OH, G&A); ownership; whether they are large, small, small disadvantaged,8(a), HUBZone, and/or woman-owned; number of years in business; affiliate information: parent company, prime contractor (if potential sub) or subcontractors (if potential prime); list of customers covering the past five years (highlight relevant work performed, contract numbers, contract type, dollar value of each procurement; and point of contact – address and phone number,) and overall capabilities. In addition, please review the above requirement and suggest (with backup rationale) a contract type and fee arrangement (FFP, CPIF, CPFF etc.) If a cost-type contract is suggested please also suggest a fee amount and/or incentive categories (with backup rationale.) Contract Technical questions should be directed to: Bill Thompson (216) 433-2638, Email: William.K.Thompson@nasa.gov. Procurement related questions should be directed to: Deborah.L.Giavasis (216)433-5420, Email: Deborah.L.Giavasis@nasa.gov.
The government assumes that this procurement is a developmental effort, however, please advise if the requirement is considered to be a commercial or commercial-type product. A commercial item is defined in FAR 2.101.
This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the evaluation. Respondents deemed fully qualified will be considered in any resultant solicitation for the requirement. All responses shall be submitted to Deborah Giavasis, NASA Glenn Research Center, 21000 Brookpark Road, Mail Stop 60-1, Cleveland, Ohio 44135 no later than 4:30p.m EST on March 26, 2012. Please reference NNC12ZDP017L in any response. Any referenced notes may be viewed at the following URLs linked below. The Government reserves the right to consider a Small, 8(a), Woman-owned (WOSB), Service Disabled Veteran (SD-VOSB), or HUBZone business set-aside based on responses hereto.
Point of Contact
Name: Deborah L. Giavasis
Title: Contracting Officer
Phone: 216-433-5420
Fax: 216-433-2480
Email: Deborah.L.Giavasis@nasa.gov
0.00.0.1 Experiment/Hardware Overview
The Human Research Program (HRP) through ISSMP has upgraded the original ATI-5000 based HRF Ultrasound System used on the ISS with the Ultrasound 2. The Ultrasound 2 is a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) device that utilizes ultrasound energy to perform human anatomy imaging and to measure fluid flow rates and tissue motion. The Ultrasound 2 provides a solid foundation of clinical ultrasound capability with FDA clearance and approval. Additionally, however, HRP ExMC has identified the need to provide a flexible, software based ultrasound system that accommodates the unique needs of researchers who are developing advanced ultrasound technologies for future manned space missions. These researchers require capabilities for therapeutic and non-imaging ultrasound that are not provided by the Ultrasound 2 or typical clinical scanners. If flown on ISS as a flight demonstration, the FUS would be a complementary device to the Ultrasound 2 that would meet the unique needs of these researchers.
Furthermore, ExMC has identified the need to advance ultrasound technology toward being able to meet the ionizing radiation environments of deep space. Spacecraft design for crew survivability in no way guarantees that electronic devices will not be susceptible to single-event effects and latch-up, unless radiation tolerance is specifically built into the design. NASA believes that flexible, software based systems implemented with processors that are already radiation tolerant will afford the best chance of developing a system that simultaneously meets both the exploration medical requirements and the environmental requirements of deep space.
During experiments, the FUS system generates and receives ultrasound signals using hand-held probes. For human subjects, the system displays human anatomy images, fluid flow, and tissue motion, and analyzes the data using software that is controlled through the user interface. For experiment-specific phantom subjects, the system also permits broader control of acoustic power levels, beam forming, beam focusing and access to the raw ultrasound data set than clinical scanners typically allow. Images, video and raw data sets may be shown on the internal display, and may also be output in real-time to an external display or for real-time video downlink. Data files may be stored on the ultrasound device’s hard drive for post-experiment display, downlink, and analysis. The application of the system in terms of hardware setup, human body parts scanned, data collected and analyses conducted will be experiment-specific. The FUS GDU may not be an FDA cleared device, so operations on human subjects require approval by NASA Safety, the Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) and other ISS partner Institutional Review Boards (IRB) as needed. See Tables 3.1-1 and 3.1-2 for equipment and software item descriptions.
