NIH Animal Feed and Bedding IDIQ 2014-2016

The National Institutes of Health established this Master IDIQ for animal feed and bedding on December 18, 2014, with ordering authority that closed on December 31, 2017 — the vehicle is no longer active and has been closed to new orders for eight years and six months. A total of 151 task orders were issued under the vehicle between January 2015 and December 2017, with combined potential value of $1.6 million now fully obligated across the two awardees.

Ordering momentum peaked in 2016 with 78 awards, declining sharply to 18 orders in 2017 before the vehicle's ordering period expired. The vehicle contracted for laboratory animal feed formulations (including nonhuman primate and rodent diets) and animal bedding materials, with task orders typically ranging from under $5 thousand to roughly $20 thousand per order and spanning completion periods of one to twelve months.

Competition is highly concentrated: Envigo Rms, Inc. holds 102 of 151 orders ($1.1 million potential value) while Animal Specialties and Provisions South, LLC holds the remaining 49 orders ($444 thousand potential value). All 151 task orders were designated Total Small Business set-asides. Funding split between two NIH offices: the Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations placed 79 orders ($976 thousand) and the Office of the Director placed 72 orders ($599 thousand).

Because the vehicle's ordering period closed in December 2017, no new task orders can be placed against this IDIQ. Contractors currently performing under live animal feed and bedding vehicles would have no new opportunity here, though the vehicle's structure and ordering patterns may inform pursuit of successor vehicles if NIH has established replacement IDIQs for this commodity.