BPA Call HHSN263201500181B-75N91018F00032

Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., operating as the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center, received a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call contract valued at $13,792.99 from the National Cancer Institute, a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under a firm fixed-price arrangement. The contract, awarded on July 25, 2018, with an ultimate completion date of March 1, 2023, was issued to support a peer review meeting (ZCA1 RPRB-7) held September 19-20, 2018, at the Gaithersburg Marriott Washingtonian Center in North Potomac, Maryland. The award covers hotel accommodations and associated meeting expenses for the scientific peer review activity, with the total hotel cost complying with HHS efficiency spending policies. No small business set-aside designation was applied to this contract.

This BPA call exemplifies the NIH's established practice of utilizing the Gaithersburg Marriott facility to support its critical grant peer review processes. Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P., a subsidiary of Ccmh Tampa AP LLC, has developed a strategic role as a hospitality provider for federal scientific research activities, particularly for the Center for Scientific Review and other NIH components that require dedicated conference and lodging facilities for evaluating research proposals. The contract aligns with NIH's operational requirements to facilitate in-person scientific peer evaluations by providing temporary accommodations and conference infrastructure necessary for the grant review process.