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Office of Hazardous Materials Safety Research Initiative – FY2026 BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA)

Description: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, through its Office of Hazardous Materials Safety, is soliciting white papers and full proposals under Broad Agency Announcement PHMSA-26HM-BAA for research addressing hazardous-material transportation safety. Topic areas include efficient safety standards, safe energy storage technologies, innovative packaging, emergency-response risk reduction, and hazardous-material rail transportation safety. The two-phase procurement may result in firm-fixed-price or cost-reimbursement contracts of up to $2,000,000 and 36 months, with offers due December 22, 2026, at 11:59 AM EST.

Buyer: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
Federal · DC, US
Released: Aug 20, 2026
Closes: Dec 22, 2026(110 days left)

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