The National Cancer Institute's Applied Research Program Technical Services Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract provides technical support for methodological research focused on cancer control and population sciences. The contract vehicle supports comprehensive technical services, including survey data collection improvements, clinical database development, assessment tool creation for clinical trials and observational studies, and analysis of existing cancer control data. The contract enables the National Cancer Institute to obtain specialized technical services that support research evaluating patterns and trends in cancer-associated health behaviors, risk factors, healthcare services, economics, and patient-reported outcomes.
The task orders under this IDIQ demonstrate a focus on small business participation, with multiple minority-owned and woman-owned small businesses receiving awards, such as The CDM Group Inc., Gunnison Consulting Group, Vignet Inc., and Vsolvit LLC. Initial task orders in 2014-2016 were relatively low-value, ranging from approximately $1,000 to $500,000, with short performance periods typically between 6-24 months. The most significant observed task order was a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to The CDM Group Inc. for evaluating the Cancer Control P.L.A.N.E.T. website platform, valued at $491,045.89 and performed from September 2016 to September 2018. Task orders consistently used either total small business set-asides or no specific set-aside, and appeared to be primarily awarded for technical services, webinars, and digital platform support within the cancer research domain.