# PANMRA-24-P-0000_005879 AI for Infectious Disease Threats

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/panmra24p0000005879

- Solicitation number: PANMRA-24-P-0000_005879
- Notice type: Special notice (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Closed. Deadline was September 16, 2024 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: B529 Scientific Data Studies
- Place of performance: Silver Spring, Maryland
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 24031). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-md-24031
- City: Silver Spring. https://abierto.us/cities/silver-spring-md-2472450
- First posted: September 6, 2024
- Last posted: October 3, 2024
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bdfdac3d125b4749b42f66dc50c524a9/view

## Description

THIS IS A NOITICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE-SOURCE CONTRACT AND IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPSALS. The Experimental Therapeutics (ET) Branch would like to establish an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine-Learning (ML) in silico screening of candidate drug compounds against known targets of infectious disease threats of interest.

In their own facilities, the contractor will screen multimillions of approved and novel compounds against multiple targets to be identified by the Government to identify and develop drug-like ligands. The contractor will utilize ML decision tree algorithms for potent compound identification followed by evaluation of potential toxicity, off-target effects and potential structure based metabolic liabilities.

## Publications

- September 6, 2024: Sources sought, due September 16, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice c86b8b363e2f4fcc81840251b8105c49. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/c86b8b363e2f4fcc81840251b8105c49/view
- October 3, 2024: Special notice, due October 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT. Notice bdfdac3d125b4749b42f66dc50c524a9. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/bdfdac3d125b4749b42f66dc50c524a9/view

## Points of contact

- Linda Hinson, linda.t.hinson.civ@health.mil
- Sharew Hailu, sharew.hailu.civ@health.mil

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