SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- BAA 09-11 Automated Environmental Sample Preparation - BAA 09-11
- Notice Date
- 5/19/2009
- Notice Type
- Combined Synopsis/Solicitation
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Office of the Chief Procurement Officer, Washington, District of Columbia, 20528, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20528
- Solicitation Number
- BAA_09-11_DHS_ST
- Archive Date
- 7/24/2009
- Point of Contact
- William C Fuller, , Dr. Nels Olson,
- E-Mail Address
-
William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov, nels.olson@hq.dhs.gov
(William.C.Fuller@dhs.gov, nels.olson@hq.dhs.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- BAA 09-11 Document. Current biological detection technologies are ill equipped for the challenges posed by Enhanced, Emerging, and Advanced Agents (as defined by HSPD-18), which do not contain known physical features that are typically exploited for detection. Detection of this broad class of threats will require the most flexible of all comparators – a database of possible signatures – not the physical comparators available today. In the context of rapidly changing technological abilities, further developing the fundamental knowledge-base and ability to handle a diversity of samples and questions is required. In order to meet these challenges, the Next Generation Biological Detection (NGBD) Basic Research Program will develop new understandings of sample background, approaches to environmental sample preparation, and detection of basic biological features for simple, rapid detection of threat agents including Enhanced, Emerging, and Advanced Agents which current technologies do not permit. This BAA (09-11) is focused on research for sample preparation techniques of samples with complex background matrices such as those culled from environmental aerosol collectors. The NGBD Program is looking for research that furthers the ability to prepare samples for RNA, DNA, and protein testing from backgrounds with complex biological components. This work should focus on being able to separate extracellular material as well as RNA, DNA, and proteins derived from whole cells in environmental samples. Strategies for testing sample preparation methodologies for low and high throughput assays for threat agents will be evaluated. This will assist in the advancement of threat detection by improving the efficiency of the primary step in the process (i.e., sample preparation). PLEASE SEE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN ATTACHED BAA DOCUMENT.
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- Record
- SN01822426-W 20090521/090520001601-3535d0c26e020675ffc3fba12c2d4bcf (fbodaily.com)
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