Expert Research Support Tender in USA - 88613922

Procurement Summary

Country: USA

Summary: Expert Research Support

Deadline: 12 Sep 2023

Posting Date: 09 Sep 2023

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 88613922

Document Ref. No.: 77096

Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

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Description
The CDC (NIOSH) is soliciting expert research support on the potential benefit and risk exposure associated with construction workers- use of passive exoskeletons to perform manual material handling tasks on construction elevators. Construction worker tasks often involve high force exertion and other repetitive handling tasks during construction elevator ingress/egress. Such activity is strongly associated with musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and slips/trips/falls (STFs). Over the past few years, exoskeletons have been adopted and used for the prevention of musculoskeletal injuries by an increasing number of companies. To date, there have been some biomechanical studies using electromyography (EMG) measures, motion analyses, and modeling techniques to assess use applications for passive exoskeletons (Kim et al. 2018; Picchiotti et al. 2019; Weston et al. 2018). These studies have found that use of passive exoskeletons at ground level can reduce MSDs. Unlike working at ground level, construction elevators are flexible and workers using them can experience postural instability during ingress/egress activities or manual material handling while working at elevation (Pan et al. 2012; Pan et al. 2017). No research, however, has been conducted on MSDs and STFs or additional postural instability associated with using exoskeletons on elevated work platforms that are routinely used in dynamic construction operations. The usefulness and benefit of passive exoskeletons for construction workers frequently working on elevated work platforms remains unclear. This information is very important for the construction trades, the OSHA Construction Directorate, and related consensus standards.
Active Contract Opportunity

Notice ID : 77096

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency : HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Sub-tier : CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Office : CDC OFFICE OF ACQUISITION SERVICES

General Information

Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (Original)

All Dates/Times are: (UTC-04:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA

Original Published Date: Sep 08, 2023 06:34 am EDT

Original Date Offers Due: Sep 12, 2023 04:00 pm EDT

Inactive Policy: 15 days after date offers due

Original Inactive Date: Sep 27, 2023

Initiative: None
Classification

Original Set Aside:

Product Service Code: AF12 - EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, & SOCIAL SVCS R&D SVCS; EDUCATION SVCS R&D; APPLIED RESEARCH

NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Place of Performance: Morgantown, WV 26505 USA

Documents

 Tender Notice

A19.-REQUEST-FOR-QUOTATIONS.doc