(RFI): Validation of Emerging Defense & Detection Equipment for Readiness (VEDDER) Prototype Accelerator
This opportunity establishes a public-private technology accelerator to counter strategic competitors by rapidly prototyping medical countermeasures. The accelerator will bridge private sector innovation with government High-Performance Computing resources to secure the U.S. biotechnology ecosystem. Traditional Department of War acquisition models, operating on 7-to-15-year timelines, are insufficient for this effort. The Government seeks an asymmetric response leveraging private capital and commercial enterprise through an Other Transaction Agreement with a 501(c)(3) partner. No specific budget amounts or performance location are mentioned.