# PEER REVIEW SUPPORT AND ADVISORY SERVICES – JOURNAL OF REPLICATION AND REPRODUCIBILITY

Canonical: https://abierto.us/opportunities/rfp1823593

- Solicitation number: RFP1823593
- Notice type: Combined synopsis and solicitation
- Status: Awarded to Knowledgeworks Global Ltd.
- Department: Department of Health and Human Services
- Agency: National Institutes of Health
- Contracting office: National Institutes of Health Olao (75N980)
- NAICS: 513120 Periodical Publishers
- Product or service code: 7630 Newspapers and Periodicals
- Place of performance: North Carolina
- First posted: July 27, 2026
- Last posted: August 11, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b7e51dc12200447c80e3ce503077bd31/view

## Description

**Amendment Number 1:** The following questions have been received and are hereby answered for all interested vendors. Please see attachment Questions and Responses. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is preparing to launch a new scholarly journal and publishing platform focused on the reproducibility space. The Journal of Replication and Reproducibility (JRR) will address a major gap in scientific publishing: the lack of incentives, visibility, and infrastructure for replication research.

By sponsoring replication studies as well as publishing studies from outside groups and authors, and combining full-service publication with an integrated open and interactive repository for data, methods, software, and materials for both internal and external studies, JRR will become a trusted global platform for transparent and verifiable science.

JRR will be an online only, diamond open-access scientific journal and platform dedicated to publishing direct replication studies, conceptual replication studies, reproducibility analyses, null results and negative findings, and registered replication reports. Each paper will be accompanied by a mandatory, permanent repository hosted by JRR that includes all supporting materials necessary to replicate and validate the claims made in the paper.

As a diamond open-access journal, JRR will have no author publication charges, no pay-per-view purchases, and no subscriptions. All content will be freely available to anyone visiting the website, as all costs will be covered by the NIH. 1.1.

**Current Processes and Specifications:** As a new endeavor, there are no existing workflows or procedures attached to this program. All materials will be newly created for JRR.

**2. OBJECTIVES:** The basic service objective is to provide strategic, operational, and advisory services to support the development of a high-quality scholarly publishing program with an emphasis on research integrity, transparency, innovation in peer review, and scientific reproducibility. As a new endeavor, JRR does not have the benefit of an established editorial board, peer review frameworks and procedures, or a recognized presence in the scholarly publishing industry. This requirement will address those gaps to allow for a successful building and launch of the program over the next year. The objectives of this contract are to:

Establish a world-class editorial leadership structure. Design and validate an open peer-review framework. Develop innovative publishing products focused on replication studies and research reproducibility. Support the marketing and launch of the journal and associated programs. Develop rigorous, ethical, and transparent peer-review policies and workflows. Please see the attached CSS, Performance Work Statement and the Evaluaion Criteria for complete details and specifications.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Knowledgeworks Global Ltd. (UEI JHJCY1JNQMZ1)
- Contract: 75N98026P01397, purchase order
- Obligated: $337,000.00
- Competition: Competed Under SAP, 3 offers received
- Link: solicitation number RFP1823593 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office 75N980 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75N98026P01397_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- July 27, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT. Notice 6a73ef2b25354a28ad74d8057dfcc1d4. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/6a73ef2b25354a28ad74d8057dfcc1d4/view
- August 11, 2026: Combined synopsis and solicitation, due August 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM EDT. Notice b7e51dc12200447c80e3ce503077bd31. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/b7e51dc12200447c80e3ce503077bd31/view

## Points of contact

- Brian Lind, brian.lind@nih.gov, 0000000000

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