PREPARED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORMAT IN SUBPART 12.6, AS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS NOTICE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ONLY SOLICITATION; BIDS ARE BEING REQUESTED AND A WRITTEN SOLICITATION WILL NOT BE ISSUED. This solicitation is issued as Request for Proposal No. 2002-N-00300. This procurement is being issued as a 100% small business set aside under the NAICS code # 334519 with a size standard of 500 employees. This solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2001-02. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in Morgantown, WV has a requirement for 100 Portable Hand-Held Spirometers. BACKGROUND: NIOSH has an ongoing study entitled "Workplace Exacerbation of Asthma." Phase II, Validation Study, of this project will involve NIOSH lending commercial portable hand-held spirometers to the contractor for collecting serial forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR). Subjects with and without workplace exacerbation will be requested to conduct serial spirometry over a 3 week period. The findings will serve as the "gold standard" to determine the sensitivity and specificity of a self-report of workplace exacerbation of asthma. Prior to the serial spirometry, the contractor will test subjects pre- and post-bronchodilator using NIOSH-approved methods. This data will provide a measure of the extent of the reversibility of airway obstruction, and the post-bronchodilator FEV1 value will serve as a denominator for summarizing the serial FEV1 measurements as the percentage of a personal best value. After completion of the pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry, the contractor will instruct subjects in the proper use of the hand-held spirometers and ask the subjects to conduct several trial blows as proof of their ability to use the device. The subjects will be asked to use the hand-held spirometers during the following 3 weeks for at least 16 days. Each day the subjects will be asked to complete five trials: first thing on getting up, morning break, before lunch, before dinner, and at bedtime. Three acceptable blows will be requested for each trial. In addition, subjects will be asked to indicate when and where they were at each trial, recent medication use, and whether they were having trouble with respiratory symptoms. The contractor will provide subjects a local telephone number (or toll-free number if long-distance) to call and ask for assistance. At the end of each week of testing, the contractor will call the subject to confirm that everything is going well and to provide a reminder about downloading data from the spirometer. The downloaded data will be reviewed on an ongoing basis by the contractor to identify problems with compliance or performance. Results from a micro-based portable spirometer with maneuver quality checks is preferable to using traditional mechanical PEF meter. The devices will be checked for accuracy and reliability before and after use by a technician in the NIOSH Pulmonary Function Support Laboratory. SPECIFICATIONS: This procurement action is to acquire 100 EACH of a HAND-HELD, PORTABLE SPIROMETER including modem, cradle, telephone downloading, 3 year warranty, supplies, and customized software, in accordance with the following criteria/ specifications: a) ultrasonic sensor for measuring pulmonary function; b) measures FEV1, FEV6 or FVC, PEF; c) NHANES III predicted normal values for basic spirometric measurements; d) electronic storage of results for each acceptable blow; at least 3 best trials stored per session (although the intent is to have information downloaded every day, the unit must be able to hold, store and transmit up to a maximum of five (5) blows a day for a period of three (3) weeks); e) telephone and PC downloading capability in electronic format; f) programable to include o

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