Primer and Probe Manufacturing Platform (PROMPT)

This solicitation, issued by the MTEC Consortium, represents a Request for Project Proposals (RPP) for MTEC in support of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Military relevance is a critical component of the Solution Brief submission. Strategic oversight for the award(s) supported by this RPP will be provided by the Joint Science and Technology Office. This RPP is focused on the development of a fully automated, man-portable, and ruggedized prototype platform for the on-demand, expeditionary manufacturing of clinical-quality nucleic acid primers and probes. This system must be designed for operation in far forward or austere environments by non-specialist personnel. Funding Availability: The U.S. Government (USG) encourages Offerors to propose budgets commensurate with the nature, scope and complexity of the proposed research. Offerors should submit budgets that include the entire

Period of Performance (PoP) of the research project. Yearly budgets should include all direct and indirect costs, based on supportable, verifiable estimates. Offerors are encouraged to scope out their budgets in alignment with major

deliverables of their proposed work so that large budgets are easier to evaluate, and Sponsors can more easily allocate available funding. Number of anticipated awards: MTEC expects to make one or more award(s) to a qualified Offeror to accomplish the

scope of work. If a single proposal is unable to sufficiently address the entire scope of the RPP, several Offerors may be asked to work together in a collaborative manner. See the “MTEC Member Teaming” section below for more details.

Period of performance: The PoP is not to exceed 24 months. To view the full-length version of this RPP, please visit, https://mtec-sc.org/solicitations/prompt-rpp

Scope of Work