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Restorative and health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST)

Issued by HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH · NIH ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H) · via SAM.gov — US federal contract opportunities

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Published
14 Sept 2026
Closes
13 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC
Reference
ARPA-H-SOL-26-159
Location
United States
Sector
Research, Studies & Evaluation

Details

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF · NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH · NIH ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY FOR HEALTH (ARPA-H) is soliciting Restorative and health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST). Solicitation number ARPA-H-SOL-26-159. Classified under NAICS 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Product/service code AN13 — BIOMEDICAL (ADVANCED). Responses are due by 13 October 2026 16:00 UTC. Posted on SAM.gov, the US federal contract opportunities system; registration is required to bid.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) seeks proposals for the Restorative & health-Enhancing Sleep Time (REST) program, a bold effort to transform how poor sleep is measured and treated by enabling objective, home-based, closed-loop technologies that detect health-relevant sleep microstructures and respond to them in real time. If successful, REST will establish the technical foundation for a new generation of sleep health technologies that are objective, personalized, and capable of improving long-term health outcomes at scale.

6/16: Amendment 1 updates links within the ISO

6/18: Amendment 2 adds Section 6.5 Questions and Answers

6/24: Amendment 3 makes various edits for clarification in Sections 1-3.

7/7: Amendment 4 modifies the table in Section 3.2.1 TA1 Success Metrics.

7/16: Amendment 5 modifies additional text within the table in Section 3.2.1 TA1 Success Metrics.

8/10: Amendment 6 modifies the solicitation by breaking the Solution Summary, Proposal and Pitch into distinct categories. Solution Summaries will be reviewed on an encourage/discourage basis; Proposals will be evaluated on an invite/not invited basis; Pitches will be evaluated on a selected for negotiation/not selected basis. 8/11: Amendment 7 modifies Section 3.3 Key Program Milestones table. Changes made in Amendment 6 remain in red text to highlight important changes to solicitation process.

9/14: Amendment 8 modifies Section 4.4 Proposal Requirements and reactivates solicitation until proposal due date.

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