Solicitation
Biomedical Research Application Evaluation and Support (BRAES)
Department of Defense · Defense Health Agency (DHA)
AI summaryThe Defense Health Agency's Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity wants contractors to support the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD: set up funding announcements, process and compliance-check research applications in the eBRAP portal, and run scientific peer review. It will be a multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (MA-IDIQ: several firms hold the contract and compete for orders) contract. The response due date is December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern. More in the summary
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The Defense Health Agency's Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity wants contractors to support the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) at Fort Detrick, Frederick, MD: set up funding announcements, process and compliance-check research applications in the eBRAP portal, and run scientific peer review. It will be a multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (MA-IDIQ: several firms hold the contract and compete for orders) contract. The response due date is December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern.
Things to watch
From the version posted Oct 19, 2026.
- Worth checking: Peer review task orders competed after award. Winning the contract does not guarantee peer review work; those orders are competed among the contract holders afterward.
- Worth checking: Contractor must own and run a secure web system. Peer review needs a secure, contractor-operated electronic system, which is a significant technology investment.
- Minor: Three eBRAP task orders each go to a single vendor. Only one vendor gets each of the eBRAP set-up, receipt and compliance review task orders, so a small business may compete for only the peer review work.
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Full summary
What they want
- Funding opportunity announcement set-up in the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP); one vendor gets this task order
- Oversight of electronic receipt and processing of intramural and extramural pre- and full research applications in eBRAP; one vendor gets this task order
- Application compliance review in eBRAP; one vendor gets this task order
- Scientific merit peer review, including operating a secure Contractor-owned, Contractor-operated web-based electronic system for peer review; several vendors get these task orders
- Contract type
- Performance-based, non-commercial, non-personal services; multiple-award IDIQ
- Place of performance
- MD (as listed on SAM.gov); the notice text does not state where the work is done
- Estimated value
- Not stated
- Offers due
- December 2, 2026, 3:00 PM Eastern
Not in the notice text
- The notice text is short; the full request for proposal, with evaluation factors, instructions and attachments, is not in the text. Check the attachments on SAM.gov
- Evaluation factors and how to submit a proposal
- Set-aside status; SAM.gov does not state one
- Contract period, ceiling and number of awards
- Where the work is performed
Eligibility and how to respond
- No set-aside: any business, large or small, can bid unless the notice says otherwise.
- How and where to submit is in the notice text and its attachments on SAM.gov.
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Notice details
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
- Notice type
- Solicitation
- Office
- Army Med Res Acq Activity, Fort Detrick, MD
- Product/service code
- R408 · Support – Professional: Program Management/Support
- Business type
- Consulting & professional services (FedReady's grouping, from product/service code R408)
- Attachments
Past awards and competition
Who has won work like this before, the likely incumbent, and what similar contracts paid, from USAspending.gov.
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