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This is a Presolicitation notice.
The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The National Cancer Institute needs small businesses to develop innovative cancer treatments and technologies.
Key Details
- What exactly do they need?
- The National Cancer Institute is looking for small businesses to develop innovative cancer treatments and technologies, specifically for pediatric cancers and rare cancers.
- Proposals should identify an anticipated product to be developed and clearly lay out the anticipated development path.
- Awards will also include requirements to enhance entrepreneurial skills, develop or refine a business model, and create a commercialization plan.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
- This is a total small business set-aside solicitation.
- The solicitation is expected to close in late September.
- How will they pick the winner?
- The evaluation basis is not specified.
- When and how do you bid?
- Proposals are due on July 17, 2026, at 9:00 PM ET.
- Proposals should be submitted through the NIH website.
Routine commodity buy — low-effort bid, modest payoff.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business is registered in SAM.gov and has no more than 500 employees.
- Review the NCI SBIR Program requirements and the SBA's SBIR/STTR Policy Directive.
- Visit the NIH website for more information on the solicitation and to submit your proposal.
Primary point of contact
Name
Kathleen Sears
Email
ncioasbir@mail.nih.gov