Other Procurement, BA 4 - U.S. Navy

FY 2006/2007 OSD/OMB BUDGET ESTIMATESOTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY February 2005BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION SHEET(DOD EXHIBIT P-40)UNCLASSIFIEDBUDGET ACTIVTYBA-7QUANTITYP-1 ITEM NOMENCLATUREBLI: 8109 MEDICAL SUPPORT EQUIPFY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2011COST (in millions) 22.615 8.408 8.772 9.099 9.023 9.075 9.282 9.468This line provides funding for the Fleet Hospital Program whose mission is to provide comprehensive medical supportto the Fleet and Fleet Marine Forces engaged in combat operations. Fleet Hospitals complement and expand themedical capabilities of the Fleet and play a critical role in the Navy’s doctrinal concept of overseas theater support.Fleet Hospitals will deliver definitive health care (surgical or other acute) necessary to stabilize, treat, and rehabilitate(in-theater) wounded Sailors and Marines through relocatable, prepositioned, modular, rapidly erectable medicaland surgical facilities accommodating up to 500 beds.This category provides deployable medical support equipment for the T-AH MERCY Class hospital ship USNS Comfortto replace vital healthcare systems and provide technology to support global requirements. MERCY Class hospital ships employadvanced medical technology for surgical intervention, trauma cases and humanitarian/disaster events. Supporting fleet and ashoreoperations, USNS COMFORT deploys within 5 days requiring continuous updating and replacement of essential healthcare equipment.This includes funding for medical laundry systems replacement/upgrade, patient monitors and security, medical information technologyupgrades, TMIP (LAN upgrade and hardware), enhanced patient monitors, bedside monitoring system replacement and medical electricalsystems modernization.P-1 Shopping List Item No. 137 page 1 of 5