“A biomedical technology consortium that collaborates with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command under another transaction agreement might soon solicit proposals for innovative emerging technology prototypes that can be rapidly deployed—before the end of this year—to curb and combat the novel coronavirus.”
“The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium, or MTEC, recently outlined aims to launch an expedited acquisition approach to trial and implement new technological solutions and unleash them into the real world to fight COVID-19 as soon as possible, and no later than Dec. 31.”
“The consortium published a presolicitation Sunday to notify interested stakeholders to begin preparing for one or several soon-to-come requests for project proposals…”
“In the presolicitation, officials note that though “there is no specific funding commitment by the U.S. government at this time, MTEC believes that there may be tens of millions of dollars available for combating COVID-19 programs with a likelihood of follow-on funding…” Read the full article here.
Source: Medical Consortium Preps to Fast-Track Tech to Battle COVID-19 – By Brandi Vincent, March 16, 2020. Nextgov.
