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Responses are due by 1:00 p.m. Eastern on May 27.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and the Portfolio Acquisition Executive-Layered Protection &amp;Integration (PAE-LPI) is engaged in a critical, persistent innovation race against strategic competitors, most notably the People&#8217;s Republic of China (PRC), which leverages Military-Civil Fusion to mandate the immediate transfer of commercial breakthroughs to military applications. Traditional Department of War (DoW) acquisition models operating on 7-to-15-year timelines are structurally incapable of pacing the threat in rapidly evolving domains like biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>To maintain technological overmatch and secure the United States\u2019 biotechnology ecosystem (projected to exceed $1.5 trillion), the Government requires an asymmetric response that harnesses the dynamic, free-market ecosystem of private capital, academia, and commercial enterprise. Drawing inspiration from venture-backed intelligence community models, this Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) establishes a public-private nexus.<\/p>\n<p>The objective of this OTA is to establish a technology accelerator with a 501(c)(3) partner. Supported by Government investment, this accelerator will speed the prototyping of new technologies; specifically medical countermeasures (MCMs), by bridging the private sector, elite national High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, and the Government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/1dd803fc47d34bf29f50a0cbb54a6eed\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Review the VEDDER RFI.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: SAM<\/p>\n<p><em>IC News brings you business opportunities like this one each week. 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