NIOSH_BAA_Pricing_Proposal_Template.xlsx

This is a Pricing Proposal Template for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) titled "Advances in Contemporary Mining Safety and Health Challenges for Critical Minerals" (Solicitation Number 75D30127Q79334). The template is designed for offerors to submit comprehensive pricing proposals in response to NIOSH's occupational mine safety and health research initiatives, which address congressional direction on deep mining of critical minerals and metals and air pollutant exposure risk in FY26.

The template consists of two primary sections: a Pricing Summary and a Cost Detail worksheet. The Pricing Summary requires offerors to identify the solicitation number, Principal Investigator (PI) name, organization name, proposal title, and period of performance across a base/core effort and up to four optional phases. Proposed costs are broken down by standard cost elements—Direct Labor, Contractor-Acquired Equipment, Direct Materials/Supplies, Other Direct Costs (including Travel), Subcontractor Expense, and Indirect Costs—with separate columns for Years 1 through 4 and a total proposed price column. The Cost Detail worksheet provides 200 line items for itemized cost breakdowns, requiring offerors to specify the year, month, cost element category, phase designation, description, vendor/subcontractor information, related tasks/milestones, quantity/hours, unit, hourly rate or other amount, and supporting documentation references. The template calculates costs automatically based on quantity multiplied by unit/hourly rate, with provisions for fixed amounts entered directly. Optional tasks or phases must be separately identified and priced, and base effort costs are entered without phase designation.