The Joint Requirements Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JRO-CBRND) is seeking information on products, technologies, and approaches that support the mass decontamination of individuals, not injured or experiencing symptoms, from exposure to traditional chemical warfare agents, biological warfare agents, non-traditional agents, toxic industrial materials and radiological particles.
Specific information requested on each of the products or technologies includes:
Capacity/Throughput – personnel per hour, decontamination and rinse water flow rate per decontamination station, collection and removal of spent decontamination solutions, and ability to segregate rinse water |
Detector Compatibility – describe any known interferences with monitoring technologies |
Compartmentalization – receiving area, decontamination area, clean/post decontamination area |
Area coverage and ability for ad-ons such as triage areas, personnel affects decontamination area, etc. |
Requirement for support systems including but not limited to decontamination supply system, heater for decontamination system and interior areas |
Power Requirements including lighting and any other ancillary equipment |
Times to Set-up and Process |
Environmental Considerations, including any hazardous waste generation and waste disposal |
Storage Requirements |
Test Data to include efficacy, ability to contain agent contamination, and permeability resistivity |
Post utilization cleaning requirements |
Although the focus is on products and or technologies at Technology Readiness Level 4, technologies at earlier development stages may also be considered.
Further details are available under Solicitation Number: W911QY13RCONMIT-MD-AOA. Interested companies must respond by May 24, 2013.