Blanket Purchase Agreement 75N98022A00005

The Blanket Purchase Agreement establishes a single award IDV with the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health to procure temporary accommodations, meeting space, and audiovisual support services valued at up to $1 billion. Task orders awarded to the prime contractor 2121 M Street LLC under the BPA ceiling provide these products and services for scientific peer review meetings in Washington D.C. The task orders fund lodging, conference facilities, and audiovisual equipment rental from June 2022 through December 2025 to facilitate independent evaluation of research proposals by scientific experts as part of the NIH's application and grant review processes. The task orders range in value from $19,000 to $30,000 and provide these logistical services for peer review panels convened by the NIH Center for Scientific Review to assess biomedical research programs in line with the agency's mission. No subcontractors or socioeconomic set asides are specified in the IDV or task orders.

The follow-on task orders awarded under the BPA indicate the prime contractor will continue delivering temporary accommodations, meeting facilities, and audiovisual support on a firm-fixed price basis to enable scientific merit review of NIH research applications. The services funded appear intended to offer logistical conveniences allowing review panels to confidentially assess grant proposals in accordance with the Center for Scientific Review's role administering peer assessment of NIH extramural research funding requests. Performance will take place in the nation's capital through the end of 2025.