Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Als Biorepositorys Augmentation of Als Samples for Researchers through an Established External Repository
Deadline: 07 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 03 Apr 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 138946045
Document Ref. No.: 0HJAAQBE-2025-94961
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Temple University ALS Postmortem Core to provide National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Biorepository-s Augmentation of ALS Samples for Researchers through an Established External Repository. The Government seeks to identify a nationally recognized tissue core repository for the purpose of advancing ALS research in the areas of risk factors, genetics, biomarkers, and identification of etiologies via the dissemination and collection of ALS samples. The anticipated period of performance is 05/01/2026 through 04/30/2027 and will include four one-year option periods. This contract action is for services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 6.103-1 and 41 U.S.C. § 3304(a)(1). The procedures in FAR 12.201-1 will be used in accordance with 41 U.S.C. § 1901. Interested contractors may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. If an interested party does not provide enough information to determine capability, their response will not be considered.
The Government requires a nationally recognized center for high quality ALS samples for
researchers. The contractor must have extensive experience of facilitating and providing tissue samples and data to facilitate different ALS research projects in academic and industry laboratories worldwide.
The contractor must have a repository compromised of:
Frozen and fixed CNS tissues, liver, and several muscles from ALS/MND and non-neurologic control autopsies. A limited number of other tissues (sural/sciatic nerve, GI tract, skin, etc.) are also available.
Standard Operating Procedures for tissue dissection, processing, QC analysis, clinical data elements, and neuropathological characterization are specifically optimized to meet the needs of ALS researchers.
A dissection method that produces the...
Notice ID: 0hjaaqbe-2025-94961
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: centers for disease control and prevention
Office: cdc office of acquisition services
Inactive Dates: may 10, 2026
Inactive Policy: manual
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