The Defense Medical Materiel Program Office (DMMPO) Medical Materiel Enterprise Standardization Office (MMESO) and DLA Troop Support Medical Prime Vendor (PV) Program anticipate issuing a Sources Sought Notification for the establishment of a Qualified Suppliers Listing (QSL) for Hypothermia Prevention Bags through the Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website on or about 15 January 2014. This is not a request for quote or proposal. Examples of items for the QSL could include but are not limited to: Hypothermia Prevention Bags that are utilized for treatment of hypothermia in a non-hospital setting for shock and trauma patients. These reusable products consist of individual bags and kits that are passive heating (without heat packs) or active heating (with heat packs).

The primary objective of this effort will be to solicit information and products for evaluation in order to create a QSL. The QSL for Hypothermia Prevention Bags will be the basis of a separate Standardization Action (SA) resulting in an Incentive Agreement (IA). This initiative will be part of the Medical/Surgical Prime Vendor program which is executed by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Troop Support, Directorate of Medical Materiel. To participate in the QSL process vendors must have or be in the process of obtaining a Distribution and Pricing Agreement (DAPA) and a separate commercial agreement with the current Med-Surg PV for each MMESO Area of Responsibility (AOR), i.e., Cardinal Health, and Owens & Minor. Vendors must have a current and active Commercial and Government Entity (CAGE) Code. For additional information regarding DLA Troop Support Medical's PV program, please access the DLA web site at https://www.medical.dla.mil. Vendor must update relevant part numbers for this product line and ensure that all items are updated with Trade Agreements Act (TAA) information in the DAPA Management System (DMS) and that those products deemed non-compliant are removed from DAPA or replaced by TAA compliant products. Vendors responding to this QSL FBO Announcement will be required to must provide the date of its most recent product line update in DMS. Only submissions containing domestic products, designated country products (as defined by FAR 52.225-5) or products otherwise deemed compliant will be considered for addition to the QSL.

Detailed information about the QSL requirements will be provided in the QSL FBO Announcement. The purpose of this Notice of Intent to Establish a Qualified Supplier List is to inform qualified entities interested in providing these services that the release of the QSL FBO is imminent. Upon issuance of the QSL FBO, all relevant information will be available electronically on the Federal Business Opportunities website.