BARDA EZ-BAA: Diagnostics Fast-Turn Packaging

Anonymized pursuit: a diagnostics team with a short EZ-BAA window needed registrations, compliance packaging, and a focused technical volume—not a full-solicitation narrative.

Challenge

The team had a novel pathogen-detection platform but no prior federal registrations and less than three weeks before the EZ-BAA window closed.

Approach

Day 0–2: entity readiness, SAM/UEI checks, and scope fit against active EZ-BAA instructions
Day 3–10: compliance matrix mapped to solicitation requirements; technical volume scoped to deployability
Day 11–18: internal red-team on evaluator logic; packaging and submission sequencing

Outcome

Submitted on time with evaluator-ready structure. Team avoided over-scoping into a full BARDA solicitation narrative that would have missed the window.