Specialized and Strategic Services to Support the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) (S4)   3

The purpose of this contract is to acquire complex, specialized and strategic services to support the activities of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) across all NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs). It is trans-NIH, intramurally focused, and requires highly qualified and experienced personnel capable of providing a full range of specialized, strategic, technical and operational services. This requirement provides support that is critical to the broad range of NIH intramural biomedical and clinical research activities in-process, planned and unanticipated (due to new or re-emerging health threats and science advances).
The Government contemplates awarding the following Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) (FAR 16.504) contracts pursuant to the competitive procedures at FAR Part 15, Contracting by Negotiation, as a result of this notice.

One (1) IDIQ contract (not set-aside for small business) for performance of the work under Task Areas 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 of the SOW.
Not less than one (1) nor more than two (2) IDIQ contracts to be set-aside for small business for performance of the work under Task Area 5 of the SOW.

Under this contract, all Task Orders shall be issued by the Contracting Officer Task Orders issued under this contract may be Firm-Fixed-Price (FFP) (FAR 16.202), Time-and-Materials (T&M) (FAR 16.601), or a combination thereof.

Please see the attached documents for proposal requirements.

This posting is being revised to incorporate Amendment 0001 and the interested vendor questions and Government responses.

This posting is being revised to incorporate Amendment 0002.