STOMP_ISO_Volume I_ARPA-H Preliminary Task Description Document (TDD).docx

This is a Preliminary Task Description Document (TDD) template provided by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) for the Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics (STOMP) program under Solicitation Number ARPA-H-SOL-26-152. The document serves as an instructional template for proposers to structure their technical approach and is not itself a completed solicitation document with specific requirements.

The template provides the structural framework for proposers to outline their project tasks, subtasks, timelines, and associated milestones. It requires proposers to define overall task objectives, organize work into subtasks with moderately detailed descriptions of their approach, specify performance periods in months after award, and identify observable and measurable milestones such as resolution achieved or number of animals screened. The document emphasizes that proposers should not include justification for their chosen approach in the TDD, as that content belongs in the full proposal. This template will be expanded during negotiations with selected contractors. The solicitation anticipates multiple Other Transaction (OT) Agreements will result from the STOMP ISO announcement, which is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health.