Special Instructions 005 Issuance for Easy Broad Agency Announcement (EZ-BAA) BAA-20-100-SOL-0002

This Special Notice from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response revises topics under its Easy Broad Agency Announcement seeking proposals for COVID-19 countermeasures. Topic 4.1-A is closed, while Topic 4.1-C on diagnostic tests for detecting COVID-19 disease is revised to seek point-of-care diagnostic assays to detect SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than 30 minutes, and laboratory or point-of-care tests to detect biomarkers specific to COVID-19 disease.

The Special Notice provides revisions to an existing Broad Agency Announcement soliciting proposals from contractors to address the COVID-19 pandemic. It closes one topic area while revising another to focus on rapid point-of-care diagnostic testing and biomarkers for detecting COVID-19 disease. Interested parties must submit abstracts by June 30, 2020 for potential awards under $750,000 total government funding for vaccines, vaccine technologies, diagnostic tests, and advanced manufacturing capabilities. Eligible contractors should contact the program managers listed to ensure their proposals align with the priority topic areas.