APPENDIX-C.0-Proposal Format and Instructions

FASTPASS

ARPA-H-SOL-26-160

PROPOSAL FORMAT AND INSTRUCTIONS

1.1CONFORMING SUBMISSION

Conforming submissions contain all requirements detailed in this ISO. Submissions that fail to include required information may be deemed non-conforming and may be removed from further consideration and/or rejected without further review. A submission may be deemed non-conforming if it does not meet the following solicitation requirements:

The concept is applicable to the stated solicitation and program. The proposer meets the eligibility requirements.
Meets the submission requirements, including content and formatting requirements in the solicitation instructions. The proposer’s concept has not received funding or been selected for award negotiations for another funding opportunity (whether from ARPA-H or another government agency).

ARPA-H may eliminate non-conforming proposals without further review or consideration. ARPA-H may not consider non-conforming proposals for negotiations or award. ARPA-H also reserves the right to reject proposals as nonconforming when it determines a previous submission was scientifically meritorious but was not reviewed due to lack of relevance to the ISO or not selected for award due to programmatic fit. Proposers will be notified of non-conforming determinations via email correspondence.

1.2NOTICES

The following Notices will be provided as applicable to the Technical and Administrative points of contact identified in the proposal on ARPA-H’s Solution Submission Portal: Request for clarifying details
May occur any time during the proposal evaluation process. Will not include requests for proposal changes; changes to proposals will not be permitted at this stage. Notice of non-selection
The proposer will be advised that its proposal submission has not been selected for funding. Notice of selection
The selection notice will notify the proposer that the government has selected its proposal for negotiation of a potential award. This notification may indicate that only a part of the effort has been selected for negotiation and may request a revised proposal for only those selected portions, if not apparent through the delineation of proposed tasks.

1.3PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Proposal submissions are due by the date listed in the ISO Summary Information Section. All proposal documents must be submitted in .pdf, .odx, .doc, .docx, or .exe formats. All submissions must be written in English and all pages must be formatted for printing on 8-1/2 by 11-inch paper with 1-inch margins and sans serif font size not smaller than 11 point. Font sizes of 8 or 10 point may be used for figures, tables, and charts. The government will not consider pages in excess of the page count limitations, as described herein. Proposals with fewer than the maximum number of pages will not be penalized.