Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Contracts Management Office (CMO), 3701 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington, VA 22203-1714

A -- BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE (BWD) -BACTERIAL PATHOGENICITY SOL SS97-27 POC Alan Frederick, DARPA/CMO/PCO, (703) 696-0047 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE DEFENSE (BWD) -- BACTERIAL PATHOGENICITY; SOL: SS97-27 DUE DATE: N/A PoC: Alan Frederick, PCO, (703) 696-0047.The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) intends to award a Research and Development (R&D) contract, sole-source, to the Stanford University School of Medicine for R&D in support of DARPA'S BWD Program. A research team directed by Professor Stanley Falkow will employ unique approaches, techniques and facilities in identifying novel targets for Innovative Countermeasures against Biological Warfare Agents, including Yersinia Pestis, by focusing on genes expressed early during infection in hosts, and especially those required for pathogen survival. This effort is expected to be accomplished within 36 months at an estimated cost of $1.7 Million. In light of its previous efforts, this source is the only known source to the Government capable of undertaking R&D in this specific aspect of BWD. This effort will not replicate the results of any known R&D to which the Government has ready access; nor does this procurement duplicate any known or recent acquisitions of the same intent. This announcement is not a request for competitive proposals. See note no. 22. (0083)

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