Australia-based Freelancer today won a USD 6.7 million task order for US-based NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director (OD) Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) Office of Strategic Coordination (OSC).

These contests will be administered under the America Competes Act and will be launched on Freelancer.com with a total prize purse of USD 6,000,000 (gross marketplace value).

“This is the biggest task order to date under NASA’s NOIS2 (Open Innovation Services) and to be selected is testimony to the company’s track record of delivery to date under the program,” the group stated. “It is expected that Freelancer will generate approximately USD 700,000 in net revenue contribution for this task order.”

NIH seeks two, three-phased contests to encourage technology development in two areas of

strategic significance as part of Phase II of the NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE)

program:

1. A highly efficient (e.g. 50%+ editing efficiency) non-viral delivery system capable of

crossing the blood brain barrier to deliver genome editing machinery to a majority of

target cell types in the central nervous system.

2. A programmable (e.g. 3+ configurations) delivery system to deliver genome editing

machinery that can target specific tissues or cell types.

Freelancer (FLN: ASX) reported net revenue for the six months ending 30 June 2022 of AUD 29.2 million (USD 20.3 million), up 5.1% over the year.