Attachment 4_Amendment 1 Pricing template.xlsx

This is a pricing template for Request for Quote (RFQ) Number 7571PSQ00007 issued by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Department of Health and Human Services. The template requires contractors to submit fully burdened labor rates on a fixed-price-per-hour basis, with pricing entries for a base period and two option periods. The labor component is structured around 50 hours in the base period and optional periods, with an additional optional tier of up to 50 hours available. All pricing must include wages, fringe benefits, overhead, G&A expenses, and profit in the fully burdened rate. Other Direct Costs (ODCs) for travel are pre-populated at $2,000 per period ($6,000 total across all periods), with contractors permitted to propose additional ODCs and personnel lines as necessary if supported by a detailed price narrative explaining the business justification.

Respondents must comply with HHS Salary Rate Limitations and are required to document any price-related assumptions not captured by the template in a separate narrative. This solicitation is a small business set-aside for a Senior Advisor Subject Matter Expert position in pharmaceutical development and pain expertise supporting the NIH HEAL Initiative's Pain Therapeutics Development Program. Contractors interested in responding should complete all required cells in the template, add supplementary personnel or cost rows only when necessary with supporting documentation, and ensure compliance with all federal salary limitations applicable to HHS contracts.