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NSF X-Labs Initiative - From Sequence to Function

TIP - CORE PROGRAMS · Alexandria, Virginia

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Response status

Due in 91 days

Feb 8, 2027, 10:00 PM UTC

Responses remain open.

Posted
Oct 14, 2026
Archive date
Feb 23, 2027
SAM status
Active

Answer-first brief

What the source record says

  • TIP - CORE PROGRAMS published this solicitation.
  • Competition is listed as No Set aside used.
  • The place of performance is Alexandria, Virginia.
  • The notice uses NAICS 541714 (Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)).

Procurement identity

Notice ID
4da70f039bbc4e2fbddce36bc55ab394
Solicitation
NSF-Topic4-FY26-XLabsSequence-to-Function
Base type
Solicitation
Version
1 of 1

Solicitation facts

Structured fields from the current SAM notice version. A dash means the source did not publish a value.

Notice type
Solicitation
Solicitation number
NSF-Topic4-FY26-XLabsSequence-to-Function
NAICS
541714 — Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
PSC
AJ12 — GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH
Set-aside
No Set aside used
Set-aside code
—
Posted
Oct 14, 2026
Responses due
Feb 8, 2027, 10:00 PM UTC
Archive date
Feb 23, 2027
Archive type
auto15
Base type
Solicitation
Organization type
OFFICE
Benchmark category
—
Category confidence
—
Category source
—
Last seen
Oct 21, 2026

Buyer and place

Office hierarchy and place of performance as published.

Department
National Science Foundation
Department code
—
Subagency
National Science Foundation
Subagency code
—
Office
TIP - CORE PROGRAMS
Organization path
—
Organization path codes
—
Office address
Alexandria, VA, 22314, USA
Place of performance
Alexandria, Virginia
City code
—
State
Virginia
State code
VA
Postal code
—
Country
—

Points of contact

Contact details from the current notice version.

Notice description

Source text reproduced without an AI summary.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (TIP) announces its intent to solicit Written Proposals for NSF X-Labs teams in the technical domain of bioengineering. This NSF X-Labs announcement is issued under the Other Transactions Agreement Solutions Offering (OTASO), NSF-OTASO-FY26-XLabsInitiative.

Comparable award range

Historical award values for work matched by the fixed rubric—not an estimate of this opportunity.

Low end (p25)$166,911
Median$996,652
High end (p75)$2,472,068
Comparable awards
50
Median
$996,652
Computed
Nov 8, 2026
Rubric
comparables@2026.08.1
Comparable award values describe completed contracts. They do not state the government's budget and are not a bid recommendation.

Comparable awards

The match score is decomposed so each comparison can be challenged.

AwardContractorValueAwardedScoreWhy it matched
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE RISK MODELING FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE OUTCOMES: EO 14398IQVIA GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS INC$132,400.00Sep 24, 202660Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
CRITICAL HIGH -PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC) COLUMNS AND SUPPLIES FOR DARS BIOANALGOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC SOURCE INC$29,679.06Jul 30, 202558Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE - TOPIC BRACE - PROPOSAL VEINBATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$7,602,207.00Apr 13, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
R&D PROTEOMICSOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY$5,552.00May 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDS AND CLOSE OUT THE CONTRACTPROIMMUNE, INC.$79,658.00Jul 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
PURCHASE OF NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING (NGS) RNA REAGENTS TESTSSEQMATIC, LLC$99,900.00May 8, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
EO 14398 - INTEGRATING PAT TOOLS (E.G., RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY) WITH DIGITAL TWIN MODELING TO UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL$861,756.00Sep 17, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
FFP TASK ORDER FOR PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR PK STUDY FOR THE FDA'S CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATIONTRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC$1,227,673.72Sep 29, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
SUNSCREEN ABSORPTION CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY STUDYTRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC$1,294,478.02Sep 21, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DDI CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY STUDYTRANQUIL CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CONSULTING SERVICES LLC$1,592,480.52Sep 22, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
NHLBI: SERVICE: INSULATED-SENSING MYOCARDIAL NAVIGATION GUIDEWIRE, INITIAL R&D AND IN VIVORESONETICS LLC$60,000.00May 11, 202652Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DE-OBLIGATE EXCESS FUNDINGINSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES$2,459,750.00May 15, 202650Same product and service code (25), Same buying agency (10), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES PRODUCTION CLONESANTIBODY SOLUTIONS$52,550.00Aug 1, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
PURCHASE OF CRITICAL DARS LABORATORY SUPPLIESFISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY L.L.C.$153,824.14Jul 23, 202550Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT SUBMITTED UNDER BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA) W911QY-20-ARCTIC HORIZONS INC.$179,998.00Sep 9, 202550Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
OPTIMIZATION OF NOVEL REEBIOCONSCIENTIA LLC$339,000.00Sep 23, 202450Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (5)
DEVELOPMENT OF A SELF-TEST DEVICE FOR GONORRHEAUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA$5,940,307.00Sep 29, 202348Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (3)
CHEMISTRY CENTER FOR COMBATING ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA (CC4CARB)RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE$20,112,814.56Jan 12, 202146Same product and service code (25), Same industry code (20), Recent enough to be relevant (1)
MODIFICATION TO UPDATE THE COR. ORDER IS FOR MAPPING, CHARACTERIZATION, MONITORING, AND PMTHE MITRE CORPORATION$1,999,927.00Apr 27, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)
DOC MITRE IDIQ CONTRACT 1331L523D13OS0003 - TASK ORDER FOR NWS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TABLETOPTHE MITRE CORPORATION$484,946.00Aug 31, 202640Same product and service code (25), Same place of performance (8), Recent enough to be relevant (7)

Record provenance

Field-level lineage for the current opportunity version.

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Sources and method

Figures on this page are computed from public federal award records. Numbers are never estimated or generated; where a figure is withheld, the reason is stated rather than filled in.

Comparable awards are scored on benchmark category, product and service code, industry code, buyer, place, recency, and contract type. Rubric version comparables@2026.08.1.

  1. 1Notice fields come from the SAM.gov contract opportunities record last seen Oct 21, 2026. SAM.gov remains authoritative.
  2. 2Computed from 50 completed federal awards using comparables@2026.08.1, as of Nov 8, 2026. Award values are neither unit prices nor a forecast.

Note 1 covers the solicitation record; note 2 covers the comparable range. No synthetic FAQ or inferred solicitation value is published.