Latest US Data Annotation Contracts & Bids

This is a sources sought announcement, not a solicitation, to determine potential sources for bioinformatics services at Keesler AFB. The estimated duration of the contract is three years, including a base ordering period with two additional option periods. Interested parties must submit a one-page company profile, a capabilities statement, contract numbers and descriptions for similar work, a description of experience with similar contracts, and any other information to aid the government in assessing capabilities. Responses are due by a date specified on the SAM. gov website. The government will not pay for response costs.

A sole-source contract is being negotiated for dive interface updates in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries to support AEP efforts. The Steller sea lion AI project requires enhancements to the detection and classification model fusion and image registration model suppression. Kitware is the sole qualified entity for this effort due to their experience with wildlife projects, overlapping aerial imagery, and AI model development. A notice of intent to negotiate a sole source contract will be posted at least 15 days before issuing a solicitation. All responses from interested vendors will be reviewed and considered before issuing a sole source award. The effort requires all enhancements to be publicly available via GitHub.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) intends to award a sole-source contract to Tempus AI, Inc. for high-throughput sample processing services. The contract covers TASSO, methylation profiling, and bioinformatic data analysis annotation. The performance work statement (PWS) details the scope of work, including required procedures, SOPs, compliance, project management, sample handling, and reporting requirements. Interested parties can submit capability information by 10:00 AM Eastern Time on July 28, 2025. All inquiries and submissions must be sent via email to renee. kale@va. gov.

The Department of Veterans Affairs intends to award a sole-source contract to Booz Allen Hamilton for services supporting the Million Veteran Program. The contract involves translational omics statistical analysis, bioinformatics, data curation, and annotation of large amounts of clinical and multi-omics data. The performance work statement (PWS) details the scope of work, including deliverables, timelines, project management plan requirements, monthly status reports, analytical pipelines, methodologies, and computing environment maintenance. The PWS also outlines contractor qualifications, experience requirements, security protocols, including background investigations and data breach procedures, and records management. Interested parties must submit capability information by 10 AM Eastern Time on July 21, 2025.

The tender seeks proposals for the assembly and annotation of genomic data for the rough-skinned newt. The work will be completed in phases, with deliverables including the genome and annotation uploaded to NCBI. The period of performance is from the date of award to February 2026. The data will be publicly available by February 2027. The evaluation criteria include technical capability, experience, past performance, and price, with experience, past performance, and technical capability being significantly more important than price. Offerors must submit sufficient documentation demonstrating their ability to meet the requirements. At least two references for prior similar services performed in the past four years are required, including contract number, contact name, phone number, and email address, and a description of the prior service.