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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 24, 2005 FBO #1367
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- 2006 Medical Science and Technology (S&T) Chemical and Biological Defense Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative Fund (TMTIF)

Notice Date

8/22/2005
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

541710 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
 

Contracting Office

RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park, ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2211
 

ZIP Code

27709-2211
 

Solicitation Number

W911NF05R0011
 

Response Due

10/11/2005
 

Archive Date

12/10/2005
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) W911NF-05-R-0011 is to solicit proposals for the Department of Defense (DoD) Fiscal Year 2006 Medical Science and Technology (S&T) Chemical and Biological Defense Transformational Medical Technologies Initiative Fund (TMTIF). The DoD conducts a vigorous medical research p rogram in chemical and biological defense with the goal of protecting the warfighter from disease and biological and chemical warfare agents. The Chemical Biological Defense Program seeks to develop counter-measures that can be brought into acquisition an d fielded worldwide. These products must be regulatory compliant, robust, and highly effective at a reasonable cost. Successful candidates must have a clear path to regulatory approval, production and end user utility. They must all be amenable to use in a military environment. This BAA is focused on developing medical counter-measures to genetically engineered or non-traditional toxins, virulence factors and microorganisms as biological warfare (BW) threat agents. This includes a faster bug-to-drug approach. It is anticipated t hat these counter-measures would include pre-treatments (including vaccines), therapeutics and basic science to characterize the nature of the threat and identify key targets for intervention or disruption of these agents. The agent classes that are to be focused on are: intra-cellular bacterial pathogens, hemorrhagic fever viruses and bioregulators. Approaches to the objectives for this area include studying the genetic diversity and pathogenicity of natural isolates, identifying common structural elements of specific agents or classes of agents (preferred), elucidating common virulence mechanisms (su ch as type III secretory proteins), identifying functional domains in toxins and virulence factors, and using this information to develop rapid and effective medical countermeasures protecting against genetically engineered or emerging BW threats. Through this BAA the DoD CBDP and the Army Research Office (ARO) expect to make several awards for one- to two-year performance periods, subject to the availability of appropriations. Awards may be made as contracts or grants. Single-year, stand-alone pr oposals are encouraged; multi-year proposals will be considered. A total of up to approximately $63 million is anticipated to be available under this solicitation. It is anticipated that funding will be between $1M to $4M per award. Interested offerors are required to submit white papers in accordance with instructions provided in Section IV.B. of this BAA. The white paper must be received by 4:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, October 11, 2005. Based on this evaluation, selected offer ors will be invited to submit full proposals for evaluation. Technical point of contact for this BAA is Dr. Stephen J. Lee, Chemical Sciences Division, (919) 549-4365, email: stephen.lee2@us.army.mil. The broad agency announcement for this program is located at the ARO web site: http://www.arl.army.mil/aro/research/index.htm. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 541710 -- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineer ing, and Life Sciences. The Government reserves the right to not make an award if it is not in the best interest of the Government.
 

Place of Performance

Address: RDECOM Acquisition Center - Research Triangle Park ATTN: AMSSB-ACR, Research Triangle Park Contracting Division, P.O. Box 12211 Research Triangle Park NC

Zip Code: 27709-2211

Country: US
 

Record

SN00876195-W 20050824/050822212328 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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