EXTRA-72498 - USA (Washington, DC) - Global Lead Poisoning Research Service - Deadline August 2,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide global lead poisoning research service to the government authority located in Washington, DC. • Mapping the market structure and share of informal, low–standard formal, and high standard formal recycling in priority countries.• Evaluating policy levers such as extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes, battery buyback programmers, and formalization strategies, and assessing what country conditions enable their success.• Development or validation of lower–cost, easier–to–use point–of–care blood lead level tests suitable for routine screening• Research to improve and validate modelled estimates of lead exposure at population scale.• Standardization of quality control protocols and reference materials for blood lead testing and source identification• Effective post–survey support packages for governments that have completed blood lead level surveys or source identification studies.• Comparative regulatory analysis across countries to identify what policy approaches have been most effective.• Supply chain investigations tracing how specific products (e.g., spices, cookware, cosmetics, paint, pigments) become contaminated with lead.• Market sampling and product testing across geographies to assess the prevalence of contaminated consumer goods.