# To award the NICHD Biospecimen Repository IDIQ

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/75n94024r00014

- Solicitation number: 75N94024R00014
- Notice type: Award notice
- Status: Awarded to Fisher Bioservices Inc. for $100,000,000.00
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health Nichd (75N940)
- NAICS: 541714 Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
- Product or service code: AN12 Health R&D Services; Health Care Services; Applied Research
- First posted: January 21, 2025
- Last posted: January 21, 2025
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/932612fa4c1f4d66acba98c73cec04bd/view

## Description

This project is a contract to store, monitor, and distribute and occasionally destroy human biospecimens collected by NICHD, as described below. The NICHD conducts studies focusing on child health and human development and as such has generated and will continue to generate a collection of human biospecimens pertaining to these research activities.

The NICHD requires a specimen storage service that will provide a functional inventory system coupled with receipt, storage, and disbursement of these biological specimens. Currently, the NICHD has approximately 6,000,000 samples from multiple NICHD Divisions and Branches. None of these have on-site facilities for the acceptance, storage, and disbursal of biospecimens. This collection of biospecimens ranges from those actively collected in on-going studies to biospecimens that are more than 50 years old.

Thus, there are many services required to maintain such a diverse collection. Required repository services include an inventory system to manage all biospecimens (including those associated with the DASH BioBank), receipt of biospecimens from a variety of sources, storage of biospecimens at required temperatures, quality assurance to monitor proper storage, and shipment of biospecimens upon request. These services will be contracted on a Task Order basis.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Fisher Bioservices Inc. (UEI LB4PCGLSJ9E6)
- Contract: 75N94025D00002
- Obligated: $0.00
- Competition: Full and Open Competition, 4 offers received
- Link: award number 75N94025D00002 equals the contract number; same awarding office 75N940 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_IDV_75N94025D00002_7529/


## Publications

- January 21, 2025: Award notice. Notice 932612fa4c1f4d66acba98c73cec04bd. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/932612fa4c1f4d66acba98c73cec04bd/view

## Points of contact

- MAIN, TY B, ty.main@nih.gov, +1 301 827 7718

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