Corrigendum-Resilient Systems Office (RSO) Mission Office Innovative Solutions Opening (ISO)

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s Resilient Systems Office (RSO) is issuing an Innovative Solutions Opening to solicit advanced health‑research and development proposals. The opportunity focuses on identifying and developing cutting‑edge technologies that address persistent gaps in the quality, efficacy, and consistent availability of care across the healthcare and public‑health landscape. Proposals are expected to demonstrate how the proposed solutions will meet the RSO’s systemic challenge objectives and advance the agency’s mission of building resilient health systems.

This solicitation specifically calls for health research and development services, health‑care services, and experimental development projects. Awardees will be engaged in research activities in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (excluding nanotechnology and biotechnology) and will be expected to deliver innovative deliverables that strengthen the resilience and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. The procurement aligns with the RSO’s priority areas of addressing public‑health challenges through technology‑driven research and development.

Amendments to the solicitation update administrative and cost‑proposal documentation, introducing new definitions for labor rates, consolidating intellectual‑property data assertions, and raising the unit‑cost threshold for supporting documentation from $5,000 to $10,000. All submissions must comply with the updated administrative, IP, and cost‑proposal guidelines and meet the specified unit‑cost threshold for materials and equipment.

Contract Opportunity Type: Solicitation (o)

Product Service Code: AN13-HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT
NAICS Code:
541715-Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)

This ISO seeks solution summary and proposal submissions for projects that fall within the scope of the ARPA-H mission Resilient Systems Office (RSO). RSO’s interest areas will address systemic challenges across the healthcare and public health landscape by investing in cutting-edge technologies that address long-standing gaps in the quality, efficacy, and consistent availability of care.

• Solution summary submissions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov
• Questions must be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Ask-A-Question/
• Proposal submission should be submitted to: https://solutions.arpa-h.gov/Submit-Proposal/

Amendment 3 is effective immediately; however, if an entity has previously submitted a solution summary and/or a proposal, the prior solicitation(s) will be followed for those submissions. If a solution summary is submitted; however, a proposal has not been submitted yet, the proposal will be evaluated in accordance with this amendment. The following updates were made to the proposal documents:   

1) Administrative & National Policy Requirements Document

• Updated the instructions and references within the “Organizational Conflicts of Interest (OCI) Affirmations and Disclosure” section.
• Updated questions, instructions, and content within the “Research Security Disclosure” section.
• Updated the instructions and intellectual property data assertions charts within the “IP” section. This included providing definitions of rights categories (unlimited, government purpose, limited, and specially negotiated/other) and consolidating two data assertions charts into one to assist proposers more efficiently complete the document. Specifically, the “Non-Commercial” and “Commercial” tables were removed and replaced with the “Background IP and Data Assertions” table.
• Eliminated the “Software Component Standards” section.
• Updated the Human Subjects Research (HSR) table within the “HSR” section.
• Updated the Animal Subjects Research (ASR) table within the “ASR” section.
• Updated the questions and instructions within the “Biosecurity” section.

2) Cost Proposal Document (Word document)

• Updated the instructions within the “Level of Effort and Labor Costs” section. Added definitions for “burdened labor rate” and “fully burdened labor rate” to provide clarity for proposers when completing the document. Also added a statement to clarify that fully burdened labor rates are not used in the Cost Proposal Workbooks.
• Increased the threshold for proposers to provide supporting documentation with their proposal for planned materials and equipment purchases based on unit cost. The unit cost threshold was increased from $5,000 to $10,000.

3) Cost Proposal Workbooks (Excel spreadsheets)

• Updated instructions to clarify that ARPA-H will assume profit/fee is not applicable for proposals if proposers do not include profit/fee in the workbook.
• Updated the instructions for supporting documentation associated with planned materials and equipment purchases (based on the unit cost threshold increasing from $5,000 to $10,000).

Notice ID: ARPA-H-SOL-24-103

Additional buyer information

Department/Ind. Agency: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
Sub-tier: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Major Command: ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H)