The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $18,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The contract, titled "OTHER FUNCTIONS CLINICAL STD PATIENT SAMPLE SERVICE", requires Johns Hopkins to provide clinical trial and data coordination services related to sexually transmitted disease patient samples. The award has an ultimate completion date of April 19, 2018 and did not utilize a set-aside. As a private research university with significant experience supporting federal agencies in biomedical research and public health initiatives, Johns Hopkins is well-positioned to fulfill this contract for NIAID.