Translational Research Service

The Maryland-based government authority is seeking translational research services to accelerate the movement of promising ideas in military-related toxic exposure research into clinical applications. The agency aims to transition these ideas into health care products, interventions, technologies, and clinical practice guidelines. Through this initiative, the buyer wants to identify strategies that can anticipate, identify, monitor, and prevent the adverse effects of exposures to toxic substances. The scope of work requires understanding the full range of effects from military-related environmental and toxic exposures to aid in predicting and preventing these outcomes. The agency needs to understand the mechanisms of multigenerational effects of military-related toxic exposures and the impact of these exposures on reproductive health. Additionally, the project covers identifying biological and psychosocial variables and risk factors that can impact disease outcomes from toxic exposures. The buyer is also requesting the development, adaptation, validation, or optimization of monitoring tools, such as personal devices to detect and characterize individual environmental exposures. Eligibility is restricted to onshore organizations based in the United States. The agency requires the performance of the work to take place offsite. The buyer is currently looking for proposals to determine the budget, and the source document does not specify further evaluation criteria or key dates.