According to the solicitation notice posted Thursday on SAM.gov, the multiple-award contract covers a broad range of services for its existing and future NIH research programs. The selected companies will provide comprehensive scientific support for basic, translational and clinical research, and vaccine research and development, covering laboratory research at biosafety levels 2, 3 and 4; veterinary and scientific research in animal biosafety level 2, 3 and 4 environments; and bioinformatics and computational biology.
What Are the Contract Terms & Structure?
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract offers a minimum guarantee of $2,000 per award and a combined ceiling of $3 billion. The proposed deal has a five-year ordering period beginning Sept. 15, 2026, and running through Sept. 14, 2031. It includes an optional six-month extension that, if exercised, could extend performance through March 2032.
Other Contract Details
Under the proposed structure, the government expects to compete and award task orders using cost-reimbursement, time-and-materials, labor-hour and fixed-price formats. The NIH Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations is managing the procurement on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services. Offers must be submitted by April 27.
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