Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Mechdyne Vr Lab Upgrade
Deadline: 10 Aug 2026
Posting Date: 25 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 145905305
Document Ref. No.: 75D30126Q79054
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Financial Resources (OFR), Office of Acquisition Services (OAS), National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) in accordance with FAR 6.103-1, intends to award a contract, on an other-than-full-and-open-competition basis as a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) commercial contract to MechDyne Corporation for the purchase of a VR upgrade. MechDyne will provide the following:
1) New rendering PC
2) Streamdeck Controller
3) Cabling Lot, Adaptors, Terminations, and Consumables
4) Mechdyne Design and Integration, including:
a) AV design
b) Mechanical design
c) Applications engineering
d) Project management
e) Installation
This procurement supports safety research in the virtual reality laboratory by upgrading existing hardware to improve performance and enhance subject immersion in virtual work environments. The virtual reality laboratory in NIOSH/DSR has been a valuable tool for over twenty years to immerse workers in environments that would be too dangerous to study in the field. The laboratory has produced many publications and recommendations over the years from work at height to working with collaborative robots. The laboratory is actively studying working in close proximity to demolition robots. Upgrading the graphics generator will improve frame rates and the ability to add more functionality to environments with no degradation to real time interaction.
The maintenance and upgrades to the custom virtual reality system designed andinstalled by Mechdyne can only be performed by Mechdyne. Mechdyne is the only vendor, manufacturer, and developer of the Surround Screen virtual reality system installed in the research labs in the Protective Technology Branch therefore they are the only ones that can provide updates and support as software/hardware maintenance as a product to this specific set of system. These items are proprietary to Mechdyne Corporation, as they are speci...
Notice ID: 75d30126q79054
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: centers for disease control and prevention
Office: cdc office of acquisition services
Product Service Code: 7b20 - it and telecom - high performance compute (hardware and perpetual license software)
NAICS Code: 541512 - Computer Systems Design Services
Inactive Dates: aug 25, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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