UNIVERSITY OF UTAH - SCREENING OF INVESTIGATIONAL THERAPEUTICS TO TREAT, MODIFY OR PREVENT EPILEPSY FOR THE NINDS EPILEPSY THERAPY SCREENING PROGRAM (ETSP)

PIID: 75N95022C00007Solicitation ID: 75N95022R00005

Signed Date: Dec 11, 2025Effective Date: Mar 22, 2022End Date: Closes in 69 days

Award $

$26.5M

Vendor

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

NAICS

541715

Signed Date

Dec 11, 2025

Key Details

Dollars Obligated

$26.5M

Base & All Options

$5.6M

Awarding Agency

Department of Health and Human Services

Awarding Sub-Agency

National Institutes of Health

NAICS Code

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

Product Service Code

AN11 - HEALTH R&D SERVICES; HEALTH CARE SERVICES; BASIC RESEARCH

Extent Competed

FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

Number of Offers

Place of Performance

SALT LAKE CITY, UT, 841129049, CD-UT-01

Description

SCREENING OF INVESTIGATIONAL THERAPEUTICS TO TREAT, MODIFY OR PREVENT EPILEPSY FOR THE NINDS EPILEPSY THERAPY SCREENING PROGRAM (ETSP)

Context & Analysis

On Dec 11, 2025, Department of Health and Human Services obligated $26,486,841 to UNIVERSITY OF UTAH for screening of investigational therapeutics to treat, modify or prevent epilepsy for the ninds epilepsy therapy screening program (etsp). 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 no fee contract. Competition extent: full and open competition with 1 offer received. The procurement used a NO SET ASIDE USED. set-aside. Performance is located in SALT LAKE CITY, UT. The contract is scheduled through Dec 31, 2026 — approximately 2 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 Dec 31, 2026, in 2 months. Recompete signal as of Oct 19, 2026: 69/100, combining time to the end date, the incumbent's history with this agency, whether the award was competed, and its size.
Competition: Competed, with 1 offer. 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 $26.5M, this award is larger than three in four 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: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH has 7 other awards from Department of Health and Human Services, totalling $23.6M, 2018–2026.
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