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| August 23, 2010 |
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OMNIVOX AWARDED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CONTRACT
WORTH $33 MILLION
Service disabled veteran-owned small business to develop and prototype
technologies to mitigate and treat injuries from roadside bombs
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. - The Joint Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has awarded Omnivox, LLC,
headquartered here, a contract to design, develop and prototype medical
technologies to assist in the prevention, mitigation and treatment
of blast injuries, the leading cause of casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan.
If all contract options are exercised, the project, called Counter-IED
Medical Technologies (CIMT), will be worth $33 million over two years.
“Our team of scientists, engineers and medical professionals
have been working for two years to address the prevention, mitigation
and treatment of injuries from roadside bombs,“ said
Lynn O’Connell, Omnivox managing consultant and program manager
for the JIEDDO effort.
“This project will save lives,” O’Connell
continued, “by providing resiliency training to prepare troops
to cope with the battle environment, support for field medical personnel
in theater, improved safety and protective equipment, new diagnostic
and treatment technologies, and advanced robotics.”
Omnivox was established in September 2009 as a management consulting
firm. As the prime contractor, Omnivox will serve as program manager
for the effort. Merritt Allen, a female service-disabled veteran,
is the managing member of Omnivox.
The specific task areas for this project
include:
• Virtual
Medical Training
• Prosthetics
for Counter-IED Robotics
• Brain
and Body Blood Flow Analysis
• Multiple
Electro-Magnetic Signal Safety System
• Soldier
Athlete “Fit to Fight Today” training and outreach program
• Seat Belt/Body
Armor Enhancements
The Omnivox team for the JIEDDO effort
includes nine subcontractors, including:
• Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama;
• BodiFLO,
Sydney, Australia;
• Carle
Foundation Hospital, University of Illinois Medical School, Urbana,
Illinois;
• Gaussfield,
Coventry, U.K.
• MEDIC
Foundation1, Las Vegas, Nevada;
• Neuromuscular
Engineering and Technology2, Nashville, Tennessee;
• ReadyOne
Industries1,3, El Paso, Texas;
• Vox|Optima,
LLC4, Albuquerque, New Mexico;
• WElkins,
LLC2, Lincoln, California.
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1. Non-profit
organization
2. Small business
3. AbilityOne agency employing the severely
disabled
4. Service-disabled veteran owned small business.
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The contract was awarded based on Omnivox’s submission to JIEDDO
Broad Agency Announcement 09-01. Although Omnivox is a Virginia based
small business, this procurement was full and open. |
