Pre-solicitationPosted Apr 23, 2026·Original deadline passed (May 29). See latest amendment for current deadline.

Battlefield Pain Management � Analgesic

Defense Health Agency · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY

Stage
Early notice (sources sought, presolicitation or special notice)
NAICS
541714
Value
Not stated
Solicitation
HT942726RE009
Set-aside
No Set aside used
PSC
AN13
Place
Frederick, MD, USA
Contact
Shannon Lertora (shannon.p.lertora.civ@health.mil)
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Where this opportunity stands

Every notice posted under solicitation HT942726RE009 in this department, oldest first.

Early notice
  • Apr 23, 2026 · this notice
    Pre-solicitation
Solicitation
  • Jun 29, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
  • Jul 23, 2026
    Solicitation
    Open
Award
Not yet. Expected award: Any day (median passed). Typical range May 13, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026; middle May 24, 2026.
Measured from 67 past early notices at Defense Health Agency (Dha) that later posted an award (middle half of cases, counted from Apr 23, 2026).
Responses are due May 29, 2026, so an award before then is unlikely; past cases include short solicitations.

Next steps for this stage

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  • Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
  • Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.

What the notice says

The Defense Health Agency Contracting Activity (DHACA), Research & Development Contracting Division 2, intends to issue a Request for Prototype Proposal (RPP) on behalf of the Operational Medical Systems, Warfighter Protection and Acute Care Project Management Office for Battlefield Pain Management � Analgesic. The intent is to issue a competitive RPP for the development of an analgesic product with a moderate to severe pain indication through the Food and Drug Administration approval for use on the battlefield, at the point of injury, during Tactical Combat Casualty Care, and/or during Prolon… (show all)

ged Casualty Care. The proposal will be open to any analgesic product, including combination products, to ensure that competition and innovation will be maximized. Subject to the availability of funds and evolving Government requirements, multiple awards may be made for the development of up to two products, with an Emergency Use Authorization as a potential strategy for early delivery to the Warfighter. DHACA intends to publish the RPP in Quarter 3 � Quarter 4, Fiscal Year 2026 with up to two awards expected to be delivered in Quarter 1 � Quarter 2, Fiscal Year 2027. No telephone calls will be accepted.

Who won similar work

5 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Defense Health Agency), same NAICS 541714.

Single-winner award sizes (5): middle half $273K to $11.5M, median $2.0M; range $110K to $72.4M.

WinnerAwardsValueLast
CHENEGA SERVICES & FEDERAL SOLUTIONS, LLC1$72.4MMay 20, 2026
CHENEGA PROFESSIONAL & TECHNICAL SERVICES LLC1$11.5MSep 29, 2025
MAPP BIOPHARMACEUTICAL, INC.1$2.0MJun 4, 2025
ILLUMINA, INC. · $ILMN · $4.5B1$273KMay 30, 2026
POTOMAC AFFINITY PROTEINS, LLC1$110KJul 9, 2025

Value counts new single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling (same contract, or the same office, day and amount); that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Contract modifications are not new awards and are not added in either. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's revenue over the latest 12 months in its SEC filings.

Investor context
  • $ILMN reported $4.5B revenue (12 months to Jun 28, 2026). The median single-winner award in these 5 past awards, $2.0M, is under 0.1% of that. SEC filing

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Latest awards

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Competitive landscape

For the 5 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.

  • 1 of these past winners lobbied Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff since 2024 (1 filings)
  • 0 of their lobbyists list a past Defense, Dept of (DOD) or Office of the Secretary of Defense or Joint Chiefs of Staff job
  • No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
  • 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
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Policy around it

Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.

  • 1 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
  • 32 rules from the department in the last 12 months
  • 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
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Market

For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.

  • 1 of the past winners are listed companies
  • 0 insider buys and 4 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
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