Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Sources Sought Notice Riskbenefit Assessment of Stopping Antibiotics in Rapid Respiratory Viral Panel Rvp Positive Inpatients with Nonsevere Communityacquired Pneumonia
Deadline: 27 Apr 2026
Posting Date: 11 Apr 2026
Other Information
Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 139361310
Document Ref. No.: HHS-AHRQ-SS-26-10002
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Tender Details
This is a Sources Sought notice. This is NOT a solicitation for proposals, proposal abstracts, or quotations. The purpose of this notice is to obtain information regarding: (1) the availability and capability of qualified business sources, including small businesses; (2) whether they are any businesses, including small business; HUBZone small businesses; service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses; 8(a) small businesses; veteran-owned small businesses; woman-owned small businesses; or small disadvantaged businesses; and (3) their size classification relative to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for the proposed acquisition. Your responses to the information requested will assist the Government in determining the appropriate acquisition method, including whether a set-aside is possible.
Project Description and Requirements:
Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of hospitalizations in the U.S. and 80% of patients receive antibacterials. New rapid respiratory viral panels (RVP) are increasingly identifying viral pathogens in patients with CAP. Hospitalized patients with non-severe CAP are more likely to have a viral etiology vs. patients severe CAP. Bacterial co-infection affects only 2-35% of patients with viral CAP, with the non-severe patients at the lower end of this range.
A large majority of patients with viral CAP, especially those with non-severe CAP, receive no benefit from antibiotics and only harm from antibacterial exposure. Most patients (80-95%) who started on antibacterials receive full treatment durations, further exacerbating potential risk for those unnecessarily treated, in addition to the societal risk of increasing antimicrobial resistance.
Unnecessary antibacterial therapy causes harm and contributes to higher hospitalization costs. Up to 20% of hospitalized patients who receive antibacterials suffer an adverse event. Antibacterial use contributes to the public health crisis of antib...
Notice ID: hhs-ahrq-ss-26-10002
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: office of the assistant secretary for financial resources (asfr)
Office: omas strategic buying center - hhs mission
Product Service Code: an12 - health r&d services; health care services; applied research
NAICS Code: 541715 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
Inactive Dates: may 12, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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