THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC - TO DEVELOP RITCA AS AN ONLINE AND MOBILE PHONE-BASED APPLICATION. RITCA WILL SERVE AS A DISASTER RESPONSE TOOL FOR A REGIONAL AREA WITHIN THE BROAD RANGE OF THE MEDICAL RESPONDER COMMUNITY. THIS APPLICATION WILL ALLOW FOR SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHR

PIID: 75A50122C00052

Signed Date: Nov 26, 2025Effective Date: Sep 21, 2022End Date: Closes in 328 days

Award $

$41.3M

Vendor

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC

NAICS

541715

Signed Date

Nov 26, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$41.3M

Base & All Options

Awarding Agency

Department of Health and Human Services

Awarding Sub-Agency

Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response

NAICS Code

541715 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)

Product Service Code

Q701 - SPECIALIZED MEDICAL SUPPORT

Extent Competed

NOT COMPETED

Number of Offers

Place of Performance

LAUREL, MD, 207231002, CD-MD-03

Description

TO DEVELOP RITCA AS AN ONLINE AND MOBILE PHONE-BASED APPLICATION. RITCA WILL SERVE AS A DISASTER RESPONSE TOOL FOR A REGIONAL AREA WITHIN THE BROAD RANGE OF THE MEDICAL RESPONDER COMMUNITY. THIS APPLICATION WILL ALLOW FOR SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHR

Context & Analysis

On Nov 26, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services obligated $41,252,342 to THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC for to develop ritca as an online and mobile phone-based application. ritca will serve as a disaster response tool for a regional area within the broad range of the medical responder community. this app…. The award is classified under NAICS 541715 — RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) and issued as a cost plus fixed fee contract. Competition extent: not competed with 1 offer received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in LAUREL, MD. The contract is scheduled through Sep 20, 2027 — approximately 11 months remaining. This award is one of several similar procurements from Department of Health and Human Services under NAICS 541715 — related awards are listed below.

Market context

Recompete outlook: Ends Sep 20, 2027, in 11 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 18, 2026: 57/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Not competed. 85% of 500 awards in this market (Department of Health and Human Services awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years) were competed; median 2 offers.
Award size: At $41.3M, this award is larger than 19 in 20 of the 530 priced Department of Health and Human Services awards in NAICS 541715 over the last 3 years (median $1.7M).
Incumbent at this agency: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY LLC has 3 other awards from Department of Health and Human Services, totalling $17.3M, in 2024.
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