NIH Long-Term Administrative Support Contract II (LTASC II)

The National Institutes of Health established this Master IDIQ for long-term administrative support services on April 17, 2015, with a shared ceiling of $50 million and a last date to order of January 11, 2022—ordering has been closed for approximately four and a half years. The successor vehicle, Long-Term Administrative Support Contract III, was awarded in October 2021, making this IDIQ obsolete for new ordering. The vehicle remains active administratively as recent task orders through April 2023 continue to obligate funds against the remaining balance.

The vehicle funds administrative personnel (up to 800 positions over the original five-year period) placed at NIH Institutes, Divisions, Centers, and Offices, including clerical assistants at levels 2–4 and executive assistant roles. Work is performed in a scientific research environment. The portfolio shows 477 total task orders issued from February 2016 through April 2023, with ordering momentum declining in recent years: 77 orders in 2021, 71 in 2022, and 44 in 2023. Combined task-order potential value stands at $140.6 million, with $112.7 million obligated (80% utilization of combined potential value).

Competition concentrates moderately among 16 distinct primes. Contemporaries, Inc. dominates with 110 orders and $34.7 million combined potential value, followed by Advanced Automation Technologies Inc. at 100 orders and $23.7 million. Brandan Enterprises, Inc., Ctrmg-Gapsi JV, LLC, and Technologist Inc. round out the top five, collectively accounting for 80% of the portfolio's potential value. The Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations places the most orders (151, $54.4 million potential), with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute as secondary customers, reflecting concentration within a few NIH components.

Seventy percent of orders carry no set-aside; 30% are small business designated, split between unrestricted small-business competitive awards and a single Woman-Owned Small Business order. Individual task orders range from under $1,000 to roughly $2.4 million, with most clustering in the $70,000–$250,000 band for single administrative positions and $450,000–$1.7 million for multi-position or longer-duration placements. Firm fixed-price pricing dominates, though a minority of orders use labor-hour arrangements. Work is performed at NIH campuses and component offices, primarily in the Bethesda, Maryland area.

The government has awarded a Master IDIQ contract for administrative support services on a long-term (not temporary) basis across all of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Divisions, Centers, and Offices. Vehicle-holders provide up to 800 administrative support personnel gradually over a 5 year period on a Task Order basis. Services are performed in a scientific research environment and administrative personnel should have some experience or familiarity working in such a field.