Fast Assessment of Solutions, Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals, and SupplieS (FASTPASS) Innovative Solutions Opening
Updated
Solicitation from the National Institutes of Health, for work in District of Columbia. Due Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-5), 19 days left.
| Solicitation number | ARPA-H-SOL-26-160 |
|---|---|
| Agency | National Institutes of Health |
| Office | Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) |
| Notice type | Solicitation |
| Set-aside | None |
| Trade (NAICS) | Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (541715) |
| Product or service code | AN13 |
| Place of performance | District of Columbia |
| Posted | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Response deadline | Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-5) (19 days left) |
| Add the deadline to | Google Calendar · Apple / Outlook (.ics) |
Official notice and attachments
Description
October 21, 2026 FASTPASS ISO, ARPA-H-SOL-26-160, Amendment 01 The purpose of Amendment 01 is to: (1) Revise Section 1.2 of the Appendix C.3: Cost Proposal Narrative Model; (2) Rename Attachment D: Cost Proposal Workbook to Appendix D: Cost Proposal Workbook; and (3) Revise item 4 under the General tab of Appendix D: Cost Proposal Workbook to correct a typographical error. No other changes were made to the body of the ISO or appendices.
See attached FASTPASS ISO, ARPA-H-SOL-26-160, Amendment 01. __________ August 20, 2026 The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Fast Assessment of Solutions, Therapeutics, Pharmaceuticals, and SupplieS (FASTPASS) program aims to develop a near real-time, non-destructive, AI-enabled system for screening pharmaceutical products and inputs through their packaging at ports of entry and other supply-chain nodes.
Interested parties are invited to review the attached FASTPASS Innovative Solutions Opening, ARPA-H-SOL-26-160.
Contracting contact
- The FASTPASS Team · [email protected]
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Is your business small enough?
For NAICS 541715, a business counts as small if it has no more than 11 employees (SBA size standard, with exceptions in the notes). This notice is not set aside, but the size decides your small business status on it. SBA table, current as of Oct 15, 2026.
Notice history
- Aug 20, 2026: Solicitation Due Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 PM (UTC-5)
Companies that win this kind of work
Federal contractors paid for research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences work, who also hold NIH contracts (last 12 months): possible competitors, or partners to team with.
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc $791.0 million in this trade
- Leidos Biomedical Research Inc $776.3 million in this trade
- Deloitte Consulting LLP $372.4 million in this trade
- Battelle Memorial Institute $147.4 million in this trade
- Westat, Inc. $88.7 million in this trade
About the buyer
The National Institutes of Health awarded $5.8 billion in contracts in the last 12 months; its biggest suppliers were Leidos Biomedical Research Inc, M. A. Mortenson Company and Deloitte Consulting LLP. See what NIH is buying now.
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences contracts right now
There are 254 open government contract opportunities in this trade (NAICS 541715), 40 posted in the last 7 days; 32% are set aside for small businesses. The agencies buying the most are Department of the Air Force, Department of the Army and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Most of the work with a stated place is in Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia. A notice in this trade gives a median of 80 days from posting to deadline; this one gives 20 days.
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