SUPPLY OF MEDICAL TRAINING AID EQUIPMENT AND ASSOCIATED CONSUMABLES

The United Nations (the "UN") is seeking information about medical aid training equipment for its Peace Keeping Missions. Accordingly, you are kindly requested to review the list of equipment below. The UN is the end user of this equipment. Our medical professionals will train the staff and peace-keeping troops. You are requested to provide your response and include supporting documents including brochures of the equipment as appropriate with your response. All responses to this RFI will be carefully evaluated. The United Nations reserves the right to verify any information submitted or request additional clarification in writing. Incomplete or inadequate responses, failure to respond or misrepresentation in responding to any question may disqualify your firm from further consideration as a suitable potential bidder in the event that a solicitation is issued in the future. This RFI is solely for informational purposes and is in no way binding. Please provide information as to whether your company could supply the equipment and whether your company will bid in the event that a soliciation is issued in the future. Responses should be forwarded via email to diasn@un.org by no later than 1 July 2019 The UN is seeking to establish a contract for the supply of medical training aid equipment and associated consumables to support the delivery of a range of UN medical training programs: from basic first aid training through to Advanced Trauma Life Support or equivalent. The equipment may include a combination of full body manikins, body part manikins, moulage kits, associated consumables and replacement parts. The equipment will be used by both civilians, military and police personnel in both a static training institute environment and within UN peacekeeping and special political field missions across the globe where the environment is usually austere and climatically harsh. All the equipment and consumabkles will need to meet the international equivalent best standards (ISO, CE, FDA) as applicable to their country of manufacture. Equipment and consumables required to support a range of medical training practices and scenarios include but not limited to: - Airway management - Intubation (endotracheal, supraglottic) - Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) - Defibrillation - Intra-Osseous (IO) infusion - Intra Venous (IV) access - Needle decompression of tensionpneumothorax - Catastrophic bleeding - Tourniquet application - Pulse detection and monitoring - And other major trauma conditions and scenarios (for example penetrating wounds, burns, bleeding). The majority of training will apply to adult injury but there will be a small requirement for infant/pediatric application. The contract will be for the supply of goods only. The UN medical personnel will carry out the training in the field. Vendors must be capable of arranging delivering of the goods offered to Entebbe, Uganda and Brindisi, Italy