Inactive Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) Set-Aside (FAR 19.14)

STATEMENT OF NEED GENERAL James A. Haley Veterans Hospital (JAHVH) requires five (5) highly realistic training custom manikins and eight High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCI) custom training mats ... STATEMENT OF NEED GENERAL James A. Haley Veterans Hospital (JAHVH) requires five (5) highly realistic training custom manikins and eight High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCI) custom training mats (with various pathologies). These devices are to be utilized for training clinical staff on how to treat, evaluate, and evacuate patients with unique conditions and body types in emergencies. BACKGROUND: This requirement is for the purchase of five (5) highly realistic training manikins and eight High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCI) training mats (with various pathologies). These assets allow the Emergency Management team to ensure all staff are trained to treat, evaluate, and evacuate patients with unique conditions and body types in emergencies. CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS: Contractor must have prior experience with hyper-realistic manikin development and the ability to consult with the educators and EM team throughout the development/manufacturing process in person. The contractor must provide production sheets to JAHVH to allow JAHVH to custom build manikins and training mats to their unique requirements and specifications; this is a critical aspect of the process to ensure the final product is as realistic as possible and represents the disease/surgical indicators accurately. a) Contractor must provide images of past projects for evaluation by the Emergency Management team to ensure their product can meet the team s expectations of Hyper-realism. b) Contractor must have prior experience with hyper-realistic manikin development and the ability to consult with the educators and EM team throughout the development/manufacturing process in person.