A--To award the NICHD Biospecimen Repository IDIQ

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), specifically the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), issued an award notice for the NICHD Biospecimen Repository under solicitation number 75N94024R00014. This project provides for the storage, monitoring, distribution, and occasional destruction of human biospecimens collected during NICHD research on child health and human development. The agency requires these external services because it currently lacks on-site facilities to manage its inventory of approximately 6,000,000 samples, which range from specimens collected in active studies to those more than 50 years old.

The contract is classified under NAICS 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology) and PSC AN12 Health R&D Services; Health Care Services; Applied Research. Required repository services include the maintenance of a functional inventory system to manage all biospecimens, including those associated with the DASH BioBank, and the receipt of specimens from various sources. The contractor is responsible for storing materials at required temperatures, providing quality assurance for storage conditions, and shipping biospecimens upon request.

This award notice was published on January 21, 2025, for services to be contracted on a Task Order basis under an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) structure. Ty B. Main is the designated point of contact for the National Institutes of Health NICHD regarding this procurement. There are zero attachments associated with this notice.