SOURCES SOUGHT
42 -- Technical Decontamination Corridor Support (DCS) Equipment
- Notice Date
- 8/18/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 423490
— Other Professional Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Center for Domestic Preparedeness-AL, P.O. Box 5100 61 Responder Drive, Anniston, AL, 36205-3923
- ZIP Code
- 36205-3923
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-RFI-08182006
- Response Due
- 8/28/2006
- Point of Contact
- Charlotte Laughlin, Contract Specialist, Phone 256-847-2393, Fax 256-847-2323, - Ella Chapman, Contracting Officer, Phone 256-847-2371, Fax 256-847-2323,
- E-Mail Address
-
charlotte.laughlin@dhs.gov, ella.chapman@dhs.gov
- Description
- This is a SOURCES SOUGHT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI). This is not a request for proposal and does not obligate the Government to award a contract. The Office of Grants and Training (G&T), Center for Domestic Preparedness is conducting an end-user functionality and efficacy assessment of technical decontamination corridor support (DCS) equipment to validate their employment and effectiveness when used by first responders in weapons of mass destruction (WMD) or other hazardous environments. G&T’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is inviting manufacturers to provide information on three types of DCS equipment: (1) technical decontamination spray-type equipment used in the physical or chemical process of deliberate decontamination of responders and their equipment using liquids/solutions; (2) portable decontamination showers designed to deliver water/decontamination solution at low pressure, low volume; (3) liquid decontamination containment devices intended for use in the decontamination corridor for decontamination of people and hand-carried items. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Authorized Equipment List (AEL) item numbers for this equipment are 8.2.6, 8.2.8, and 8.2.11, respectively. The requested information will be included in the DCS equipment market research, will provide available product information, and will provide support information for the CDP DCS focus group and assessment. The intent of the user assessment program will be to provide the emergency response community with feedback on equipment based on utilization in scenarios that replicate, to the maximum extent possible, conditions that will be experienced in incident response. The results of the assessment will not yield a determination of what product is best, nor shall the CDP endorse any product or manufacturer. The assessment will be performed at the CDP by evaluators from the emergency response population, representative of all disciplines of agencies and jurisdictions across the US. These evaluators will be actual users of the equipment in the field. The evaluators will be presented with specific scenarios and tasks to be carried out using the equipment as a responder wearing Class 1, 2 or 3 personal protective equipment (PPE). The scenarios will be tailored so that evaluated criteria can be objectively and subjectively assessed by each evaluator. Some of the criteria could include capability, usability, affordability, deployability, and maintainability. If you wish to provide information about your particular brand/product, please provide in electronic (MS Word) format, your company name, whether you are a manufacturer or a distributor, address, point of contact, telephone number, fax number, web address and e-mail address. Additionally, please provide any information available such as the adaptability of the equipment in hazardous environments while wearing Class 1, 2 or 3 PPE, reliability, maintainability, durability, environmental limits, safety reports, latest research, and new developments. Also, please include cost information such as initial costs, replacement parts, accessory options, available warranties, and transportation requirements. Do not send your piece of equipment. Selected equipment will be purchased from distributors/suppliers as the equipment is selected for the assessment. Respond by 4:00 P.M. CST on Thursday, August 31, 2006. Only written responses will be accepted. Your response can be mailed to the Department of Homeland Security, Center for Domestic Preparedness, Attn: Charlotte Laughlin, Contract Specialist, P. O. Box 5100, Anniston, AL; or e-mail in MS Word, Excel or PDF format to charlotte.laughlin@dhs.gov; ella.chapman@dhs.gov or fax to (256) 847-2323. NOTE: THIS NOTICE MAY HAVE POSTED ON FEDBIZOPPS ON THE DATE INDICATED IN THE NOTICE ITSELF (18-AUG-2006). IT ACTUALLY APPEARED OR REAPPEARED ON THE FEDBIZOPPS SYSTEM ON 22-AUG-2006, BUT REAPPEARED IN THE FTP FEED FOR THIS POSTING DATE. PLEASE CONTACT fbo.support@gsa.gov REGARDING THIS ISSUE.
- Web Link
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Link to FedBizOpps document.
(http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/CDP-AL/Reference-Number-RFI-08182006/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Department of Homeland Security Center for Domestic Preparedness - 61 Responder Drive Anniston, AL
- Zip Code: 36205
- Country: UNITED STATES
- Zip Code: 36205
- Record
- SN01122865-F 20060824/060822223831 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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