The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), has awarded a series of delivery order contracts to the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), a nonprofit biological resource center, under an Indefinite Delivery Contract. These task orders, ranging in value from $103,046 to $103 million, task ATCC with providing a variety of services including the storage and distribution of biological samples, including up to Biosafety Level 3 select agents and non-select agents, to support the evaluation of medical countermeasures. The contracts leverage ATCC's technical expertise and infrastructure across the biological life cycle, such as pathogen growth and storage, biospecimen processing, and large-scale biomanufacturing capabilities. This work aligns with ASPR's mission to advance the development and availability of medical countermeasures to protect Americans from health security threats. The contract awards do not have set-aside designations and represent an extension of ATCC's long history of supporting federal agencies through both prime and subcontract work.
The original solicitation for these services was a pre-solicitation notice issued by HHS seeking proposals for a Biological Specimen and Investigational Product Storage Facility contract to provide centralized specimen storage services in support of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority's (BARDA) Clinical Studies Network. The intent was to award a single-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract for up to 10 years, including a 5-year base period and five 1-year options, to receive, store, process, track, package, and ship specimens according to best practices. This contract was expected to support the broader infrastructure for BARDA's Clinical Studies Network, which includes separate awards for a Statistical and Data Coordinating Center and Clinical Trial Planning and Execution services.
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