TReX II-RFI-25-A: Role 4 (Definitive Care) Modeling and Simulation Software RFI
Issue Date: 2 October 2024
Amendment 01 Issue Date: 16 October 2024
Background & Problem Statement
Background
The Government has a new requirement to support the DHA J-3/5/7, in coordination with Combatant Commands, Inter-Agency, and private sector mission partners, is responsible for health services contingency planning, requirements developments, exercises and training. This requires the ability to identify force requirements by modeling the patient/casualty continuum of care from OCONUS theater hospitalization to inter-theater patient movement, CONUS reception, treatment, up to return to duty.
Description of Need:
DHA needs a software modeling platform capable of forecasting resourcing requirements to inform decision making. The platform shall be capable of ingesting data outputs from currently available DoD modeling tools used in the management of patient movement and care. The model shall: a. Simulate patient flow from one or multiple OCONUS or CONUS Role 3 (Theater Hospitalization) facilities, incorporating multi-modal patient movement platforms, to DoD, Veterans Administration (VA), and/or private sector definitive care facilities. b. Provide simulated estimates of patient movement requirements for intra-CONUS movement of patients over time (both military and civilian ground transportation, maritime vessels, and aircraft) and highlight system backlogs when transportation throughput is constrained. c. Provide reasonable estimates of patient holding capacity requirements by bed type over time at evacuation hubs and highlight system backlogs when holding capacity is constrained. d. Simulate, forecast, and report saturation rates of available bed space by bed type, time, and location. e. Inform operational planning, force development and shaping decisions, and identify risk. 1. 5.
Capability Requirements:
The DHA J-3/5/7 seeks an innovative solution that will meet the criteria of the attached Requirements Traceability Matrix. The platform shall include the following overall functional areas
a. Data repository/ Data mining: This relates to the data built into the platform to support accurate modeling.
b. Platform Reports: this should include data extracted from the model and organized into reports (both standard and at hoc) used for analysis and decision making.
c. Scenario Development: this should include features available to enable optimized scenario development and manipulation.
d. Simulation/Stimulation Data: extracted from other models or data from interoperable systems used to augment scenario development.
e. Doctrine, Organization, Materiel, Leadership, Personnel, Facilities, and Policy (DOTMLPF-P) Parameters: This relates to the alignment of the model to doctrine and publications.
f. Cloud Based Infrastructure: with the ability to interoperate with other systems.
Questions to Industry:
1. Describe your company’s proposed solution/overall capability. Ensure the proposed solution includes the answer to the following questions:
- a. Is your proposed solution Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or Government off-theshelf (GOTS)? If yes, will substantial/development need to be conducted to fulfill the requested functionality? If development is required, please address the extent of the effort (in man/years).
- b. Is your proposed solution a new development? If yes, what is your estimated development time.
2. When discussing the solution, the following items need to be considered: a.) Capability will be utilized on systems accredited to process and store from UNCLASSIFIED up to TOP SECRET//NOFORN (Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals) information.
- a. Capability to operate in low bandwidth environments.
- b. Capability to support cloud-based functionality.
2. Describe your organization’s experience creating complex forecasting and models.
This may include, but is not limited to:
- a. Modeling in the Department of Defense, or similar, government space
- b. Modeling in the Department of Defense, or Department of Veterans Affairs, or other Federal Entity related to the Health Care
- c. Modeling in Civilian hospital systems of comparable size to the Department of Defense d. Mathematical experience with Department of Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs or other Federal Entity concerns
3. Discuss your proposed solution’s ability to accept/integrate information from a third-party vendor. Discuss your organization’s experience integrating with other platforms?
Role 4 Model may require integration with other platforms such as the Joint Medical Planning Tool (JMPT) or other Department of Defense medical planning suite of tools.
4. Discuss your expertise in meeting current compliance regulations and policy and your capability to acquire compliance based upon, but not limited to, the following standards:
Role 4 Model will require compliance with DoD/DHA security guidance as follows:
- a. NIST – https://www.nist.gov/
- b. DODI 8500.01 – Cybersecurity
- c. DoD Instruction 8510.01, “Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information Technology (IT),” March 12, 2014
5. What challenges and risks do you foresee with this effort?
6. Based on your experiences, please provide a rough order of magnitude, and examples of, projects you have worked of similar size and complexity as the capability requested.
All responses to this RFI must be uploaded to the TReX II BIDS online proposal system no later than 18 October at 12PM ET. For any technical questions regarding this RFI, please contact Brett Lord at: brett.k.lord.civ@army.mil.
