# Novel Antimalarial Drug Targets

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/pandha25p0000015601noisolesource

- Solicitation number: PANDHA-25-P-0000-015601_NOI_Sole_Source
- Notice type: Special notice
- Status: Closed. Deadline was June 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT
- Department: Department of Defense
- Agency: Defense Health Agency (Dha)
- Contracting office: Army Med Res Acq Activity (HT9425)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: AN13 Health R&D Services; Health Care Services; Experimental Development
- First posted: May 22, 2025
- Last posted: May 22, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ea9c3413f1fd43ea8f7cba7bcd6cfc82/view

## Description

**Place of Performance:** Contractor Facility The United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis IAW FAR 13.5 to Portland State University (PSU) 1600 SW 4th Ave. Portland, OR 97201 as the only responsible source that can provide Walter Reed Army institute of Research (WRAIR), Center for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR), Viral Diseases Branch (VDB) to support the investigation of Novel Antimalarial Drug Targets through affinity-based pulldowns.

Research efforts shall require chemistry expertise in compound WR936909 Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR) in order to produce probes and activity-based protein profiling. As well collaborator must be able to first test compounds and chemical probes in the Plasmodium asexual blood-stage assay before compounds and chemical probes are moved into the Plasmodium liver-stage model.

## Publications

- May 22, 2025: Special notice, due June 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice ea9c3413f1fd43ea8f7cba7bcd6cfc82. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ea9c3413f1fd43ea8f7cba7bcd6cfc82/view

## Points of contact

- Jaclyn Svincek, jaclyn.p.svincek.civ@health.mil, 3016192189
- Jennifer Jackson, jennifer.c.jackson18.civ@health.mil

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