PMI-LCA Tool Development Challenge

The ACS GCI Pharmaceutical Roundtable is looking for a tool development partner who is interested in transforming their Process Mass Intensity (PMI) – Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool to enable the easier calculation of this key sustainability metric in the manufacture of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). The selected partner will work closely with scientists on the PMI-LCA focus team and receive funding (up to $150,000) to deliver the web-based PMI-LCA app with database within an 18-month period. 

Call for Proposals Process

• All Questions Should be Submitted by September 12: We invited interested partners to review the existing tool, the user requirements document, and the call for proposals document. Please email questions to [email protected]. We will answer questions in writing, publicly on this page. 
• Proposals Due October 3: Final proposals should be submitted to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m., October 3, 2025.
• Proposal Review: Proposals will be reviewed and responded to by November 14, 2025.

Proposal Requirements

All proposals should contain:

• Describe the proposed solution
• The capabilities of the development team
• Any relevant work examples in this area
• Timeline
• Budget
• Filled out the user requirement template with responses to each individual entry

Learn more about the challenge 

Read and review the files linked in the "learn more"  to understand the scope of the proposed tool.