Indefinite Delivery Contract 75N94020D00005

The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded an indefinite delivery contract to The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, doing business as Clinical Practices of the University of Pennsylvania. The contract has a potential value of $5,000,000 and period of performance through July 2027. Task orders issued to date include $92,034 for finalizing a clinical trial protocol and $103,767 to assist in developing new contraceptive products through activities such as protocol review and development associated with the Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network program.

The original solicitation sought capability statements from organizations to conduct Phase I-IV contraceptive clinical trials for women, as well as trials for conditions like endometriosis under the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Contraceptive Development Program. Respondents were required to demonstrate experience in areas like managing clinical trials, recruiting and retaining subjects, conducting pharmacokinetic studies, and evaluating surrogate markers for contraceptive effectiveness using techniques such as transvaginal ultrasound. The purpose of the program and resultant contract is to develop new contraceptive methods and advance candidate products through the regulatory process towards approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.