Vaccine adjuvant discovery program

Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
75N93024C00024
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$5,433,656

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 55% obligated
  • $5,433,656.00 Current, with exercised options
  • $9,896,692.00 Potential, with all options
Completion date 42% complete
  • Current, with exercised options
  • Potential, with all options
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 13 offers Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost No Fee
Place of performance
Missoula, MT 59812, USA
Legislative mandates

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Other Administrative Action P00005 · Vaccine adjuvant discovery program (VADP) - university of montana $0
Other Administrative Action P00004 $0
Exercise an Option P00003 · EO14398: addressing DEI discrimination by federal contractors} vaccine adjuvant discovery program (VADP) - university of montana $2,234,858
Change Order P00002 · EOI::EO: radical transparency about wasteful spending: EOI bilateral modification to descope for FY2025 cost savings: vaccine adjuvant discovery program (VADP) $1,561,142
Other Administrative Action P00001 $0
Original award $1,637,656

About this award

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases awarded a $9.9 million definitive contract to University of Montana for vaccine adjuvant discovery on September 30, 2024, with no set-aside applied and a ceiling extending through September 29, 2029.

The originating solicitation, posted December 5, 2022, calls for identification, characterization, and advancement of novel synthetic CLR-based adjuvants for use with bacterial and fungal antigens to induce safe and durable Th17 and/or Th17/Th1 immunity. University of Montana leads the discovery effort and coordinates subcontractors. The university is responsible for compounds library synthesis, structure-activity relationship studies, mechanism of action studies, receptor identification, early life immunity assessments, formulation, multivalent display, safety assessments, and immunogenicity studies.

Place of performance is Missoula, Montana. The contract is priced on a cost-no-fee basis.

Subcontractors include Inimmune Corp, which conducts high-throughput screening of compound libraries and medicinal chemistry support; University of Chicago, which provides M72 antigen and conducts murine vaccination and Mtb challenge studies; and University of Texas at San Antonio, which supplies fungal antigens and expertise in fungal disease models.

In FY2025, the contract invoiced $1.1 million across 2.2 FTEs and 4,586 contractor hours at a derived blended government-paid rate of $237.31 per hour, with 52 percent of contractor hours subcontracted out.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
The University Of Texas At San Antonio VACCINE ADJUVANT DISCOVERY PROGRAM The Adjuvant Discovery Contract proposed herein will identify, characterize, and advance novel synthetic CLR-based… $91,529
Inimmune Corp VACCINE ADJUVANT DISCOVERY PROGRAM Continuation of the work performed under PG25-61441-03. The Adjuvant Discovery Contract will identify, characterize, and… $519,499
Inimmune Corp VACCINE ADJUVANT DISCOVERY PROGRAM The Adjuvant Discovery Contract will identify, characterize, and advance novel synthetic CLR-based adjuvants for use in… $664,430

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract 75N93024C00024?

75N93024C00024 was awarded to University Of Montana by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (National Institutes of Health) on September 30, 2024.

How much is contract 75N93024C00024 worth?

The government has obligated $5,433,656 on 75N93024C00024. Its potential value, with all options, is $9,896,692.

Was contract 75N93024C00024 competed?

The extent of competition for 75N93024C00024 was full and open competition. The government received 13 offers.

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