A--NAMRU-D Research Support Services IDIQ

CAMRIS International, Inc., Bethesda, Md. is being awarded a firm- fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity single award task order contract to support the mission of the Naval Medical Research Unit-Dayton (NAMRU-D). NAMRU-D is a component of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED). The contractor shall support the mission of NAMRU-D in maximizing war fighter performance and survivability through world-class aeromedical and environmental health research by delivering solutions to the field, the fleet and for the future. The contractor shall support research studies and analyses to understand the human cognitive, and physiological factors associated with military operations in the aviation, underwater, and special warfare environments especially as they relate to motion sickness (e.g., sea-sickness, air-sickness, simulator-sickness and space-sickness), pulmonary toxicology, environmental toxicology, aeromedical standards, hypoxia, fatigue assessment, aviation safety, and neurocognitive / neurophysiologic exposure effects. The contractor will support research studies on environmental and occupational exposures, particularly in deployed environments, in order to identify toxic effects before health and operational performance is compromised in the warfighter. This research effort will require the accumulation and analysis of data, computer programming, and statistical analysis. As an integral portion of these research activities, the contractor shall be expected to support and perform daily routine set-ups and maintenance of critical human experimental devices at NAMRU-D. These devices include the Disorientation Research Device (DRD), the Visual Vestibular Sphere Device (VVSD), the Vertical Linear Accelerator (VLA), as well as other aircraft motion and orientation simulators. Work also includes assisting in preparation of grant applications for other psychological, medical, and performance studies. Contractor shall support coordination with other Navy commands when necessary to complete the various research programs in place. Preparation of survey materials and psychological assessment materials, conducting literature reviews and preparation of Institutional Review Board (IRB) materials shall also be required. The maximum not-to-exceed amount for the contract is $12,849,694.76. Work is expected to be completed March 2017. This contract was solicited using full and open competition, with 9 offers received. The Naval Medical Logistics Command, Fort Detrick, Md., is the contracting activity.