SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- PORTABLE REAL-TIME BIO SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHODS
- Notice Date
- 1/10/2014
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 621511
— Medical Laboratories
- Contracting Office
- NASA/Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston Texas, 77058-3696, Mail Code: BH
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- NNJ14ZBH008L
- Response Due
- 4/11/2014
- Archive Date
- 1/10/2015
- Point of Contact
- Mark A. Dillard, Lead Partnership Development Office Integration, Phone 281-244-8460, Fax 281-483-4146, Email mark.a.dillard@nasa.gov - Dana Altmon-Cary, Contracting Officer, Phone 281-483-8228, Fax 281-483-4066, Email dana.altmon-cary-1@nasa.gov
- E-Mail Address
-
Mark A. Dillard
(mark.a.dillard@nasa.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) is seeking parties interested in collaborative development and mature technologies required for NASAs future missions and to enhance life on Earth. JSC is looking to partner on the development of broadly applicable technologies as a means to accelerate technology development and strengthen commercialization of federally-funded research and development. Purpose: NASA JSC is seeking parties interested in co-developing technology associated with advancing point-of-care diagnostic devices that reduce mass, power, volume and consumables requirements. Multiplexed capabilities are highly desirable for biomedical research, including: biological sample collection; sample and reagent storage; hand-held in-flight sample analysis (universal molecular sensors applied to several kinds of analytes: nucleic acids, small molecules and proteins, all measured with the same platform if possible); microfluidic devices; flow cytometry; quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR); proteomics; microscopy; spectrophotometry/fluorometry; and miniaturized mass spectrometry. It is anticipated that the portable, real-time bio-sample analysis methods will be of great interest to doctors and hospitals and any entity that desires to monitor their environment with portable real-time bio-samples. Technology: NASA JSC seeks methods for real-time microbiological monitoring and analysis of stored water and surfaces. Likely contamination events will include fungal contamination of interior surfaces and bacterial contamination of potable water systems. Future requirements include a need for extended shelf life of consumables, improved autonomy of humans to monitor and respond without outside technical support, and the provision of greater information for decision-making. This information must include microbial concentration and identification, as well as identification of characteristics such as the degree of antibiotic resistance, virulence and toxigenicity. These methods must also address constraints of low volume, mass and power requirements. R&D Status: NASA JSC has extensive experience with Portable Real-Time Bio-Sample Analysis Methodology. This experience will be directly applicable to this co-development opportunity. Intellectual Property (IP): Below are some examples of applicable NASA Technologies: Pre-Polymerase Chain Reaction Preparation Kit; and Self-enclosed and pipette free DNA/RNA Isolation device. Detailed information for the above mentioned technologies furnished upon request. This co-development project may produce new IP that could be jointly owned by NASA and the partner or may become the property of the partner. This announcement is not to be construed as a Request for Proposal and is not a commitment by the government, nor will the government pay for any information provided. Since this is an Announcement, no evaluation letters or results will be issued to the respondents. Please submit the attached Statement of Interest Form to Mark Dillard To view all Co-Development and Partnering Opportunities with the NASA Johnson Space Center please visit our website http://1.usa.gov/1bL99AF
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