Solicitation
Ultrasound Diagnostic System, Hand Carried (USHC) - Prototype
Department of Defense · Department of the Army
AI summaryUltrasound Diagnostic System, Hand Carried (USHC) - Prototype (W91CRB-RPP-USHC) is a request for prototype proposals under an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), a special Government deal that is not a regular FAR-based contract. The Army (for PM Maneuver Medical Systems) wants one award for two ready-made hand-carried ultrasound units, FDA cleared and Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant, for testing. Proposals are due November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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Ultrasound Diagnostic System, Hand Carried (USHC) - Prototype (W91CRB-RPP-USHC) is a request for prototype proposals under an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), a special Government deal that is not a regular FAR-based contract. The Army (for PM Maneuver Medical Systems) wants one award for two ready-made hand-carried ultrasound units, FDA cleared and Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant, for testing. Proposals are due November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern.
Who can bid (5)
- Registered in SAM.gov when the proposal is submitted
- At least one party should be a nontraditional defense contractor (no full Cost Accounting Standards contracts for one year) or a nonprofit research institution, or at least one-third of total cost must come from non-Federal sources. Vendors must state their status.
- FDA cleared for human use (510(k) for a Class II device, or FDA registered if Class I)
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- Trade Agreements Act compliant: system, accessories and parts made in the United States or a TAA-designated country, with the certificate submitted
- Comply with NIST SP 800-171 for handling Controlled Unclassified Information; no facility or personnel security clearances are required to submit a proposal
How to submit: DoD SAFE file transfer or secure email to Timothy Compton, Agreements Officer (timothy.j.compton7.civ@army.mil), copy to Roxanne A. Dalrymple, Agreements Specialist (roxanne.a.dalrymple.civ@army.mil). What to include is under Full summary below. Check the solicitation's instructions on SAM.gov.
Things to watch (10)
From the version posted Oct 21, 2026.
- Serious: Other Transaction Agreement, not a FAR contract. Terms, data rights and payment follow the RPP and negotiation, not standard FAR clauses, so read the whole RPP and the data rights terms before pricing.
- Serious: Nontraditional contractor status or cost share. Firms that regularly perform full Cost Accounting Standards contracts must show another way to meet the rule, such as one-third non-Federal funding, which can be hard for a small business.
- Serious: Must be an existing off-the-shelf product. Developmental items or designs needing significant redesign are rated unfavorably or dropped, so only firms with a ready, FDA-cleared product have a real chance.
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- Worth checking: Follow-on production may go to the prototype winner without competition. A later production buy of about 107 units may be awarded to the participant(s) without competition, so firms that do not win the prototype may be shut out of that follow-on.
- Worth checking: Strict page limits. Pages over each volume's limit will not be evaluated, and a total of 16 pages covers all four volumes.
- Worth checking: Government data rights and warranty terms. The Army requires unlimited rights in technical data first produced or modified under the agreement, a license to reproduce manuals, and a warranty that stays valid when Army technicians repair the units.
- Worth checking: Questions deadline October 28, 2026. Written questions go only to the Agreements Officer, and contact with any other Government personnel about this RPP may lead to disqualification.
- Worth checking: Delivery 45-60 days after award. Two prototype units must arrive 45-60 days after award, and any modified units must meet the scheduled Government testing windows.
- Worth checking: Separate pricing of any modification. If any modification is needed, it must be priced under CLIN 0007; failing to separate it from baseline costs can make the proposal non-compliant.
- Minor: Wording differences on FDA status and the power specification. The RPP asks for an FDA approved solution in one place and FDA cleared in others; the notice says CONUS/OCONUS power while the minimum specification lists only 110-120 VAC. Ask the Agreements Officer.
Read from the notice and 1 attachment. Show which files.
- W91CRB-RPP-USHC_Final.pdf (read)
Full summary
What they want
- Deliver 2 hand-carried ultrasound prototype units (QTY 2 EA) 45-60 days after award, off-the-shelf or non-developmental with little to no modification
- Units must be FDA cleared (510(k) if Class II, registered if Class I) and TAA compliant
- Must have color Doppler, pulse wave and continuous wave Doppler, probes for general scanning, heart, and endo-cavity exams, 3D/4D imaging, at least 2 probe ports, and a 13-inch or larger display
- Run on 110-120 VAC (60 Hz); the desired characteristic is also 220-240 VAC (50 Hz)
- Support Government operational testing and MIL-STD-810H environmental testing with a technical representative
- Provide a minimum 1-year warranty, manuals, up to 2 on-site CONUS training sessions, and a final report
- Offer Army medical equipment technicians a way to do repairs themselves (highly desired organic maintenance plan and license)
- Show you can support a follow-on production run of about 107 units
- Contract type
- Direct Other Transaction (OT) prototype agreement under 10 U.S.C. 4022; not a FAR-based contract. Pricing is set out as contract line item numbers (CLINs): priced lines of the order, CLIN 0001 to 0008.
- Period of performance
- Estimated 12 months from award; prototype delivery 45-60 days after award; award expected in fiscal year 2027 Q1
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (SAM.gov); testing at a Government-designated test facility
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Contract vehicle
- Direct OTA; consortium membership is not required
- How they'll choose
- Holistic best fit (best value) comparison, not a FAR Part 15 source selection and not lowest price technically acceptable. Non-cost areas combined are more important than cost/price.
- Offers due
- November 6, 2026, 4:00 PM Eastern
- How to submit
- DoD SAFE file transfer or secure email to Timothy Compton, Agreements Officer (timothy.j.compton7.civ@army.mil), copy to Roxanne A. Dalrymple, Agreements Specialist (roxanne.a.dalrymple.civ@army.mil)
- Page limits
- Volume I Executive Summary: 1 page. Volume II Technical Approach: 7 pages. Volume III Management, Past Performance & Schedule: 5 pages. Volume IV Cost/Business Proposal: 3 pages. Covers, tabs, compliance matrices and the table of contents do not count.
What they'll judge offers on
- Technical Approach: feasibility, soundness and maturity of the design and test method
- Technical Maturity and Commerciality: off-the-shelf or non-developmental status; little to no modification rated highly; modifications must be justified and priced separately
- Performance Compliance: meeting or exceeding the performance specifications and deliverables
- Reliability, Maintainability & Supportability: warranty, repair parts, ease of maintenance, organic maintenance by military technicians, training pathway
- Schedule Realism: milestone timeline and support for Government test events
- Past Performance: experience delivering diagnostic ultrasound systems (rated Acceptable/Unacceptable)
- Cost/Price: reasonableness, realism and completeness, with modification costs broken out
What to include when you submit
- Send four separate PDF volumes named [Company Name] W91CRB-RPP-USHC_Vol[X]_ [Title].pdf
- Pages are 8.5 x 11 inch, minimum 11-point Arial, 1-inch margins, single spacing; pages over the limit are not evaluated
- Volume I: overview, company name, CAGE code, SAM.gov Unique Entity ID, business size, nontraditional defense contractor (NDC) statement or cost-share position, TAA statement with country of origin, total proposed cost and period
- Volume II: model and configuration, a compliance matrix for every critical operational device specification (Meets / Does Not Meet / Exceeds), FDA 510(k) number or Class I registration, technical data, data rights position, approach to deliverables, and risks
- Include the completed Appendix A Data Rights Assertions Table in Volume II (does not count toward pages)
- Volume III: company background, key personnel, at least 2 relevant contracts or commercial sales of diagnostic ultrasound systems (customer name, agreement or order number, system, quantity, period), capacity for a 107-unit follow-on run, milestone schedule, training approach
- Volume IV: price CLINs 0001 to 0008 with a basis of estimate, a proposed payment schedule, and any modification priced separately under CLIN 0007 with a delivery schedule
- Submit the signed Trade Agreements Act certificate (Attachment A) with the proposal
- Register in SAM.gov before submitting
- Mark proprietary information on each page that contains it
After award, you must have
- Vendor employees who need access to Government facilities must complete Antiterrorism Level I Awareness training within 30 days of the agreement start date From W91CRB-RPP-USHC_Final.pdf:
…must complete AT Level I Awareness training within…
Current contractor
No incumbent is named. The currently fielded device is the Sonosite M-Turbo (NSN 6526-01-584-5637, manufactured in 2007), which can no longer be bought through the Defense Logistics Agency Electronic Catalog. Market research in September 2026 found at least 1 small business capable. The Government intends 1 award; the RPP gives no Government estimate.
Not in the notice text
- No dollar value is stated; funding is FY26 Defense Health Program research and development 2-year funds, subject to availability
- The set-aside is not stated on SAM.gov; the RPP encourages small business and nontraditional contractor participation but states no set-aside
- Attachment B is listed as TBD; the text of the Trade Agreements Certificate (Attachment A) was not in the document text
- Appendix A (Technical Data Articles Annex) is referred to for full data rights terms but only the Data Rights Assertions Table is included
- Any answers to questions will be posted as an RPP Amendment
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How to submit, from the AI summary: DoD SAFE file transfer or secure email to Timothy Compton, Agreements Officer (timothy.j.compton7.civ@army.mil), copy to Roxanne A. Dalrymple, Agreements Specialist (roxanne.a.dalrymple.civ@army.mil). Check it in the notice before you send anything.
Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- W6QK ACC-Apg, Aberdeen Proving Grou, MD
- Product/service code
- 6515 · Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
- Business type
- Medical & healthcare (FedReady's grouping, from NAICS 334510)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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Terms on this notice: Solicitation
Full notice text from SAM.gov
The Portfolio Acquisition Executive (PAE) Maneuver Ground Project Manager (PM) Maneuver Medical Devices (M2S) is issuing this Request for Prototype Proposals (RPP) to solicit solutions for an Ultrasound Diagnostic System, Hand Carried (USHC). The U.S. Army requires a Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) or Non-Developmental Item (NDI) hand-carried ultrasound device capable of supporting medical operations in austere Role of Care (ROC) 3 environments with little to no modification. The selected vendor(s) will deliver two (2) prototype units for operational and environmental testing (MIL-STD-810H). The solution must be FDA cleared for human use, Trade Agreements Act (TAA) compliant, and operate on standard CONUS/OCONUS power infrastructures. In accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 4022(f), the Government advises all offerors that a noncompetitive follow-on production contract or transaction may be awarded to the participant(s) of this Prototype Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) without the use of competitive procedures Submission Instructions: Proposals must be submitted via DoD SAFE file transfer or secure email. Submit to: Timothy Compton, Agreements Officer (timothy.j.compton7.civ@army.mil) Copy to: Roxanne A. Dalrymple, Agreements Specialist (roxanne.a.dalrymple.civ@army.mil) Please see attached.
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