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SOLICITATION/CONTRACT 1. This Contract is a Rated Order under the Defense Priorities and

5. SOLICITATION TYPE2. CONTRACT NUMBER 4. SOLICITATION NUMBER

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7. ISSUED BY CODE 8. THIS ACQUISITION IS

BIDDER/OFFEROR TO COMPLETE

RATING

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EFFECTIVE DATE ISSUE DATE

6. SOLICITATION

UNRESTRICTED OR SET ASIDE:

SMALL BUSINESS

SIZE STANDARD:

9. (AGENCY USE)

NO COLLECT CALLS

10. ITEMS TO BE PURCHASED (BRIEF DESCRIPTION)

SUPPLIES SERVICES

11. IF OFFER IS ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT WITHIN

CALENDAR DAYS (60 CALENDAR DAYS UNLESS OFFEROR INSERTS A DIFFERENT

PERIOD) FROM THE DATE SET FORTH IN BLOCK 9 ABOVE, THE CONTRACTOR

AGREES TO HOLD ITS OFFERED PRICES FIRM FOR THE ITEMS SOLICITED

HEREIN AND TO ACCEPT ANY RESULTING CONTRACT SUBJECT TO THE TERMS

AND CONDITIONS STATED HEREIN.

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13. CONTRACTOR FACILITY 14. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY CODE CODE

OFFEROR CODE

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CHECK IF REMITTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND PUT SUCH ADDRESS IN OFFER SUBMIT INVOICES TO ADDRESS SHOWN IN BLOCK:

15. PROMPT PAYMENT DISCOUNT 16. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER

THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION

UNDER THE UNITED STATES CODE AT

10 U.S.C. 3204(a) 41 U.S.C. 253

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27. SIGNATURE OF OFFEROR/CONTACTOR 28. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (SIGNATURE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER)

NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (TYPE OR PRINT) DATE SIGNED NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER DATE SIGNED

25. CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THIS DOCUMENT AND RETURN

ISSUING OFFICE. CONTRACTOR AGREES TO FURNISH AND DELIVER ALL ITEMS SET

FORTH OR OTHERWISE IDENTIFIED ABOVE AND ON ANY CONTINUATION SHEETS

SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

26. AWARD OF CONTRACT: YOUR OFFER ON SOLICITATION

NUMBER SHOWN IN BLOCK 4 INCLUDING ANY ADDITIONS

OR CHANGES WHICH ARE SET FORTH HEREIN, IS

ACCEPTED AS TO ITEMS:

23. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA 24. TOTAL AWARD AMOUNT

(FOR GOVERNMENT USE ONLY)

DANA L. HARRIS

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Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(d)

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TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER

SIGNATURENAME AND ADDRESS OF FIRM (Include ZIP Code)

WE DO NOT, DESIRE TO BE RETAINED ON THE MAILING LIST FOR FUTURE PROCUREMENT OF THE TYPE OF ITEMS INVOLVEDWE DO

DO NOT REGULARLY MANUFACTURE OR SELL THE TYPE OF ITEMS INVOLVED

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SOLICITATION

SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM

1. Requisition or other Purchase Authority: Not applicable

2. Request for Proposal (RFP) Number:

75N94025R00007

3. Issue Date:

May 27, 2025

4. Set Aside:

[X] No [ ] Yes See Part IV Section L

5. Title: Repository of Mouse Models for Down Syndrome

6. ISSUED BY:

Office of Acquisitions Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health 6710B Rockledge Drive, MSC 7000 Bethesda, MD 20892

7. SUBMIT OFFERS TO:

See Part III, Section J, "Packaging and Delivery of the Proposal," ATTACHMENT 1 of this Solicitation.

8. Proposals for furnishing the supplies and/or services in THE SCHEDULE will be received at the place specified in, and in the number of copies specified in Attachment 1, "Packaging and Delivery of the Proposal," until 4:30 pm EST on July 11, 2025. Offers will be valid for 120 days unless a different period is specified by the offeror on the Attachment entitled, "Proposal Summary and Data Record, NIH 2043.

9. This solicitation requires delivery of proposals as stated in ATTACHMENT 1, "PACKAGING AND DELIVERY OF THE PROPOSAL." If proposals are required to be delivered to two different locations, the OFFICIAL POINT OF RECEIPT for determining TIMELY DELIVERY is the address provided for the OFFICE OF ACQUISITIONS.

IF YOUR PROPOSAL IS NOT RECEIVED BY THE CONTRACTING OFFICER OR HIS DESIGNEE AT THE PLACE AND TIME SPECIFIED FOR THE OFFICE OF ACQUISITIONS, THEN IT WILL BE CONSIDERED LATE AND HANDLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH HHSAR Clause 352.215-70, "Late Proposals and Revisions"

LOCATED IN SECTION L.1. OF THIS SOLICITATION.

10. Offeror must be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to award of a contract. Offerors must access the CCR through The System for Award Management (SAM) at https://www.sam.gov/SAM/.

11. FOR INFORMATION CALL: Dana L. Harris, Contracting Officer

PHONE: 301-443-7798

e-mail: harrisd@nih.gov

COLLECT CALLS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Technical Proposal Page Limitations: See "Packaging and Delivery of the Proposal," Section J - Attachment 1.

Questions must be submitted in writing via email by June 6, 2025.

Noor Shakeel

Team Leader and Contracting Officer

PHONE: 240-961-1689

EMAIL: noor.shakeel@nih.gov https://www.sam.gov/SAM/ mailto:eo43m@nih.gov mailto:noor.shakeel@nih.gov

SECTION B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

2. ESTIMATED COST - OPTION

3. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DIRECT COSTS

4. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDINGS

SECTION C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

1. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

2. INVENTION REPORTING REQUIREMENT

SECTION D - Packaging, Marking, and Shipping SECTION E - Inspection and Acceptance SECTION F - Deliveries or Performance

1. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

2. FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

SECTION G - Contract Administration Data

1. CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

2. INVOICE SUBMISSION/CONTRACT FINANCING REQUEST AND CONTRACT FINANCIAL REPORT

3. POST AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE

4. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

5. FAR 52.232-40 Providing Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors. (MAR 2023) ... 19

SECTION H - Special Contract Requirements

1. HUMAN SUBJECTS

2. NIH POLICY ON ENHANCING REPRODUCIBILITY THROUGH RIGOR AND TRANSPARENCY

3. NIH POLICY ON ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ARCHIVED PUBLICATIONS RESULTING FROM NIH-

FUNDED RESEARCH

4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING

5. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF CONTROLLED

SUBSTANCES

6. DISSEMINATION OF FALSE OR DELIBERATELY MISLEADING INFORMATION

7. ANIMAL WELFARE

8. INTRODUCTION OF RODENTS AND RODENT PRODUCTS

9. OMB CLEARANCE

10. RESTRICTION ON PORNOGRAPHY ON COMPUTER NETWORKS

11. GUN CONTROL

12. OPTION PROVISION

13. SUBCONTRACTING PROVISIONS

14. RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS REGARDING INVESTIGATOR FINANCIAL CONFLICTS OF

INTEREST

15. PUBLICATION AND PUBLICITY

16. REPORTING MATTERS INVOLVING FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE

17. OBTAINING AND DISSEMINATING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES

18. SHARING RESEARCH DATA

19. HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT OF 1990 (P.L. 101-391)

20. USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS

21. HHSAR 352.270-5 b Care of Live Vertebrate Animals. (DEC 2015)

SECTION I - Contract Clauses

1. GENERAL CLAUSES

2. AUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTION OF CLAUSES

3. ADDITIONAL CONTRACT CLAUSES IN FULL TEXT

4. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - 8(a) PROGRAM CLAUSES

5. SERVICE CONTRACT LABOR STANDARDS

SECTION J - List of Documents, Exhibits and Other Attachments SECTION K - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Bidders SECTION L - Instructions, Conditions, and Notices to Bidders

1. FAR 52.204-6 Unique Entity Identifier. (OCT 2016)

3. FAR 52.209-12 Certification Regarding Tax Matters. (OCT 2020)

5. FAR 52.215-20 Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Cost or Pricing Data. (NOV 2021) - Alternate I (OCT 2010)

7. FAR 52.232-38 Submission of Electronic Funds Transfer Information with Offer. (JUL 2013)

8. FAR 52.233-2 Service of Protest. (SEP 2006)

10. FAR 52.252-1 Solicitation Provisions Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

11. HHSAR 352.215-70 Late Proposals and Revisions. (DEC 2015)

12. HHSAR 352.219-70 Mentor-Protege Program. (DEC 2015)

13. HHSAR 352.239-73 Electronic Information and Technology Accessibility Notice. (DEC 2015)

14. HHSAR 352.270-5 a Notice to Offerors of Requirement for Compliance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. (DEC 2015)

SECTION M - Evaluation Factors for Award

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PART I - THE SCHEDULE

THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM, HEREIN CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ANY OFFEROR INTERESTED IN RESPONDING TO THIS SOLICITATION. ANY CONTRACT RESULTING FROM THIS SOLICITATION WILL INCLUDE IN ITS SECTION A - SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM, ACCOUNTING, APPROPRIATION

AND GENERAL INFORMATION APPLICABLE TO THE CONTRACT AWARD.

THE CONTRACT SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SECTIONS B THROUGH H, HEREIN, CONTAINS CONTRACTUAL INFORMATION PERTINENT TO THIS SOLICITATION. IT IS NOT AN EXACT REPRESENTATION OF THE CONTRACT DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE AWARDED AS A RESULT OF THIS SOLICITATION. THE CONTRACT COST OR PRICE AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL PROVISIONS PERTINENT TO THE OFFEROR (i.e., those relating to the organizational structure [e.g., Non-Profit, Commercial] and specific cost authorizations unique to the Offeror's proposal and requiring Contracting Officer Prior Approval) WILL BE DISCUSSED IN THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RESULTANT CONTRACT. THE ENCLOSED CONTRACT SCHEDULE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE THE OFFEROR WITH THE NECESSARY INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND THE TERMS

AND CONDITIONS OF THE RESULTANT CONTRACT.

SECTION B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES

The scope of this contract will be to produce, maintain, and distribute aneuploid mice with a primary emphasis on models of human trisomy for chromosome 21.

2. ESTIMATED COST

1. The estimated cost of this contract is TBD.

2. The total estimated amount of the contract, represented by the sum of the estimated cost plus the fixed fee is TBD.

3. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO DIRECT COSTS

This article will prohibit or restrict the use of contract funds, unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer. The following is a list of items that may be included in the resultant contract as applicable. 1) Conferences & Meetings, 2) Food for Meals, Light Refreshments & Beverages, 3) Promotional Items, 4) Acquisition, by purchase or lease, of any interest in real property; 5) Special rearrangement or alteration of facilities; 6) Purchase or lease of any item of general purpose office furniture or office equipment regardless of dollar value; 7) Travel Costs including Foreign Travel; 8) Consultant Costs; 9) Subcontract Costs; 10) Patient Care Costs; 11) Accountable Government Property;

12) Printing costs; and 13) Research Funding.

Promotional Items include, but are not limited to: clothing and commemorative items such as pens, mugs/cups, folders/folios, lanyards, and conference bags that are sometimes provided to visitors, employees, grantees, or conference attendees.

4. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDINGS

Specific elements of cost, which normally require prior written approval of the Contracting Officer before incurrence of the cost (e.g., foreign travel, consultant fees, subcontracts) will be included in this Article if the Contracting Officer has granted his/her approval prior to contract award.

SECTION C - Description/Specifications/Work Statement

STATEMENT OF WORK

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall be required to furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and facilities, not otherwise provided by the Government, as needed to perform the Statement of Work, dated 11/14/25, attached hereto and made a part of this Solicitation (See SECTION J - List of Attachments).

1. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

All reports shall be submitted electronically.

These reports shall be compliant with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Additional information about testing documents for Section 508 compliance, including guidance and specific checklists, by application, can be found at: https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/index.html and at:

https://www.section508.gov/create/documents, "Create Accessible Documents."

A. Technical Progress Reports

In addition to the required reports set forth elsewhere in this Schedule, the preparation and submission of regularly recurring Technical Progress Reports will be required in any contract resulting from this solicitation. These reports will require descriptive information about the activities undertaken during the reporting period and will require information about planned activities for future reporting periods. The frequency and specific content of these reports will be determined prior to contract award. Note: Beginning May 25, 2008, the Contractor shall include the applicable PubMed Central or NIH Manuscript Submission reference number when citing publications that arise from its NIH-funded research.

For proposal preparation purposes only, these reports will be required as follows:

[X] Monthly [X] Quarterly [ ] Semi-Annually [ ] Annually [ ] Annually (with a requirement for a Draft Annual Report) [X] Final - Upon final completion of the contract [ ] Final - Upon final completion of the contract (with a requirement for a Draft Final Report)

Only electronic reports shall be submitted. For the Reports required under this Request for Proposal, see Attachment entitled, "Technical Reporting Requirements and Deliverables."

1. Summary of Salient Results

The Contractor will be required to prepare and submit, with the final report, a summary (not to exceed https://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/index.html https://www.section508.gov/create/documents

200 words) of salient results achieved during the performance of the contract. This report will be required on or before the expiration date of the contract.

2. Reporting on Dual Use Research of Concern

a. Progress Report

For work involving an agent or toxin identified in the United States Government Policy for Institutional Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use Research of Concern or "DURC policy" (see https://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Documents/durc-policy.pdf ), the Contractor shall report the following information in the Annual/Semi-Annual/Quarterly/Monthly Progress report:

i. Identification of agents or toxins that are listed in the DURC policy and used in research funded in this contract, and;

ii. Proposed modifications, if any, to the risk mitigation plan.

b. Special Notifications

The Contractor shall report to the Contracting Officer's Representative, within 30 calendar days of:

i. Any change in the status of the DURC project funded under this contract (including whether the research is determined by the Contractor's institutional review entity to no longer meet the definition of DURC);

ii. Details of any changes to risk mitigation plans (such changes need to be pre-approved by the Contracting Officer Representative), or;

iii. Instances of noncompliance with the DURC policy, as well as mitigation measures undertaken by the Contractor to prevent recurrences of similar noncompliance.

1. Other Reports/Deliverables

a. Reporting of Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI)

All reports and documentation required by 45 CFR Part 94, Responsible Prospective Contractors including, but not limited to, the New FCOI Report, Annual FCOI Report, Revised FCOI Report, and the Mitigation Report, shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer in Electronic format. Thereafter, reports shall be due in accordance with the regulatory compliance requirements in 45 CFR Part 94. 45 CFR Part 94 is available at:

https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/part-94.

See Part 94.5, Responsibilities of Institutions regarding Investigator financial conflicts of interest for complete information on reporting requirements.

(Reference the INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING INVESTIGATOR FINANCIAL http://www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Documents/durc-policy.pdf http://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/part-94

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Article in SECTION H of this contract.)

b. Report of USDA-Designated Biobased Products

In accordance with FAR clause 52.223-2, Affirmative Procurement of Biobased Products Under Service and Construction Contracts, the Contractor shall report to https://www.sam.gov/SAM/, with a copy to the Contracting Officer any USDA-designated biobased products purchased during the period of October 1-September 30 of each contract year. This report shall be submitted no later than October 31 of each year during contract performance and on the expiration date of the contract.

2. INVENTION REPORTING REQUIREMENT

All reports and documentation required by FAR Clause 52.227-11, Patent Rights-Ownership by the Contractor including, but not limited to, the invention disclosure report, the confirmatory license, and the Government support certification, shall be directed to the Division of Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources (DEITR), OPERA, OER, NIH, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 310, MSC 7980, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7980 (Telephone: 301-435-1986). In addition, one copy of an annual utilization report, and a copy of the final invention statement, shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer. The final invention statement (see FAR 27.303(b)(2)(ii)) shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer on the expiration date of the contract.

The first annual utilization report shall be due on or before 13 months after the contract award.

Thereafter, reports shall be due on or before 30 days following the reporting period. The final invention statement (see FAR 27.303(b)(2)(ii)) shall be submitted on the expiration date of the contract. All reports shall be sent electronically to the Contracting Officer at the following Email address:

dana.harris@nih.gov

If no invention is disclosed or no activity has occurred on a previously disclosed invention during the applicable reporting period, a negative report shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer at the address listed above.

To assist contractors in complying with invention reporting requirements of the clause, the NIH has developed "Interagency Edison," an electronic invention reporting system. Use of Interagency Edison is required as it streamlines the reporting process and greatly reduces paperwork. Access to the system is through a secure interactive Web site to ensure that all information submitted is protected.

Interagency Edison and information relating to the capabilities of the system can be obtained from the Web (http://www.iedison.gov), or by contacting the Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources Branch, OPERA, NIH.

http://www.sam.gov/SAM/ mailto:dana.harris@nih.gov http://www.iedison.gov/

SECTION D - Packaging, Marking, and Shipping

All deliverables required under this contract shall be packaged, marked and shipped in accordance with Government specifications. At a minimum, all deliverables shall be marked with the contract number and Contractor name. The Contractor shall guarantee that all required materials shall be delivered in immediate usable and acceptable condition.

SECTION E - Inspection and Acceptance

1. The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will perform inspection and acceptance of materials and services to be provided.

2. For the purpose of this SECTION, the Contracting Officer's Representative is the authorized representative of the Contracting Officer.

3. Inspection and acceptance will be performed at:

6710B Rockledge Drive, Rm. 2235 Bethesda, MD. 20892-7002

Acceptance may be presumed unless otherwise indicated in writing by the Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative within 30 days of receipt.

4. This contract incorporates the following clause by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make its full text available.

FAR Clause 52.246-9, Inspection of Research and Development (Short Form) (April 1984).

SECTION F - Deliveries or Performance

1. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

The period of performance of this contract shall be from September 22, 2025 through September 21, 2026.

2. DELIVERIES

Satisfactory performance of the final contract shall be deemed to occur upon performance of the work described in the Statement of Work, Article in SECTION C of this contract and upon delivery and acceptance by the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized representative.

3.FAR 52.252-2 Clauses Incorporated by Reference. (FEB 1998)

This contract incorporates one or more clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this/these address(es): This contract incorporates the following clause(s) by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make its full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at this address: https://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar.

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSE:

52.242-15, Stop Work Order (August 1989) Alternate I (April 1984) is applicable to this contract.

(End of clause) http://www.acquisition.gov/?q=browsefar

SECTION G - Contract Administration Data

1. CONTRACTING OFFICER REPRESENTATIVE (COR)

The following Contracting Officer Representative (COR) will represent the Government for the purpose of this contract:

Alice Kau, PhD

The COR is responsible for: (1) monitoring the Contractor's technical progress, including the surveillance and assessment of performance and recommending to the Contracting Officer changes in requirements; (2) interpreting the statement of work and any other technical performance requirements; (3) performing technical evaluation as required; (4) performing technical inspections and acceptances required by this contract; and (5) assisting in the resolution of technical problems encountered during performance.

The Contracting Officer is the only person with authority to act as agent of the Government under this contract. Only the Contracting Officer has authority to: (1) direct or negotiate any changes in the statement of work; (2) modify or extend the period of performance; (3) change the delivery schedule;

(4) authorize reimbursement to the Contractor for any costs incurred during the performance of this contract; (5) otherwise change any terms and conditions of this contract; or (6) sign written licensing agreements. Any signed agreement shall be incorporated by reference in Section K of the contract

The Government may unilaterally change its COR designation.

2. KEY PERSONNEL, HHSAR 352.237-75 (December 2015)

The key personnel specified in this contract are considered to be essential to work performance. At least 30 days prior to the contractor voluntarily diverting any of the specified individuals to other programs or contracts the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer and shall submit a justification for the diversion or replacement and a request to replace the individual. The request must identify the proposed replacement and provide an explanation of how the replacement's skills, experience, and credentials meet or exceed the requirements of the contract (including, when applicable, Human Subjects Testing requirements). If the employee of the contractor is terminated for cause or separates from the contractor voluntarily with less than thirty days notice, the Contractor shall provide the maximum notice practicable under the circumstances. The Contractor shall not divert, replace, or announce any such change to key personnel without the written consent of the Contracting Officer.

The contract will be modified to add or delete key personnel as necessary to reflect the agreement of the parties.

(End of Clause)

The following individual is considered to be essential to the work being performed hereunder:

Name Title

TBD TBD

3. INVOICE SUBMISSION/CONTRACT FINANCING REQUEST AND CONTRACT FINANCIAL

REPORT

1. Invoice Submission/Contract Financing Request, NIH(RC)-1 for NIH Cost-Reimbursement Type Contracts are attached and made part of this contract. The Contractor shall follow the attached instructions and submission procedures specified below to meet the requirements of a "proper invoice" pursuant to FAR Subpart 32.9, Prompt Payment.

The Contractor must submit invoices to the Department of Treasury's Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at https://www.ipp.gov with a copy of the invoice to the approving official, as directed below.

a. In addition to the requirements specified in FAR 32.905 for a proper invoice, the Contractor shall include the following information on the face page of all payment requests:

a. Name of the Office of Acquisitions. The Office of Acquisitions for this contract is NICHD.

b. Federal Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). If the Contractor does not have a valid TIN, it shall identify the Vendor Identification Number (VIN) on the payment request. The VIN is the number that appears after the Contractor's name on the face page of the contract. [Note: A VIN is assigned to new contracts awarded on or after June 4, 2007, and any existing contract modified to include the VIN number.] If the Contractor has neither a TIN, Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), or VIN, contact the Contracting Officer. Note: The Contractor shall not include TIN if it is a Social Security Number.

c. Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). The UEI is located in the System for Award Management (SAM) and replaces the Dun & Bradstreet Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number. The UEI number must identify the Contractor's name and address exactly as stated in the contract and as registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. If the Contractor does not have a valid UEI number, it shall identify the Vendor Identification Number (VIN) on the payment request. The VIN is the number that appears after the Contractor's name on the face page of the contract. [Note: A VIN is assigned to new contracts awarded on or after June 4, 2007, and any existing contract modified to include the VIN number.] If the Contractor has neither a TIN, UEI, or VIN, contact the Contracting Officer.

d. Invoice Matching Option. This contract requires a two-way match.

e. Unique Invoice Number. Each payment request must be identified by a unique invoice number, which can only be used one time regardless of the number of https://www.ipp.gov/ https://www.ipp.gov/ contracts or orders held by an organization.

f. The Contract Title is: Repository of Mouse Models for Cytogenetic Research

2. Inquiries regarding payment of invoices shall be directed to the designated billing office,

(301) 496-6452.

3. The Contractor shall include the following certification on every invoice for reimbursable costs incurred with Fiscal Year funds subject to HHSAR Clause 352.231-70, Salary Rate Limitation in SECTION I of this contract. For billing purposes, certified invoices are required for the billing period during which the applicable Fiscal Year funds were initially charged through the final billing period utilizing the applicable Fiscal Year funds:

'I hereby certify that the salaries charged in this invoice are in compliance with HHSAR Clause 352.231-70, Salary Rate Limitation in SECTION I of the above referenced contract.'

4. PROVIDING ACCELERATED PAYMENT TO SMALL BUSINESS SUBCONTRACTORS, FAR 52.232-40 (Mar 2023).

(a) (1) In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3903 and 10 U.S.C. 3801, within 15 days after receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the Contractor shall make accelerated payments to its small business subcontractors under this contract, to the maximum extent practicable and prior to when such payment is otherwise required under the applicable contract or subcontract, after receipt of a proper invoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor.

(2) The Contractor agrees to make such payments to its small business subcontractors without any further consideration from or fees charged to the subcontractor.

(b) The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act.

(c) Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, including subcontracts with small business concerns for the acquisition of commercial products or commercial services.

(End of clause).

5. INDIRECT COST RATES

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (48 CFR Chapter 1) Clause 52.216-7 (d)(2), Allowable Cost and Payment incorporated by reference in this contract in PART II, SECTION I, the cognizant Contracting Officer Representative responsible for negotiating provisional and/or final indirect cost rates is identified as follows:

Director, Division of Financial Advisory Services Office of Acquisition Management and Policy National Institutes of Health

6011 EXECUTIVE BLVD, ROOM 549C, MSC-7663

BETHESDA MD 20892-7663

These rates are hereby incorporated without further action of the Contracting Officer. Go to the Indirect Cost Submission https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/31/3903 https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/10/3801 web page: https://oamp.od.nih.gov/division-of-financial-advisory-services/indirect-cost-branch/indirect-cost-submission for electronic copies of the Branch's information package documents.

6. POST AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE

a. Contractor Performance Evaluations

Interim and Final evaluations of Contractor performance will be prepared on this contract in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.15. The Final performance evaluation will be prepared at the time of completion of work. In addition to the Final evaluation, Interim evaluation(s) will be prepared Annually, 30 days after each annual anniversary date of the contract.

Interim and Final evaluations will be provided to the Contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation. The Contractor will be permitted sixty days to review the document and to submit additional information or a rebutting statement. If agreement cannot be reached between the parties, the matter will be referred to an individual one level above the Contracting Officer, whose decision will be final.

Copies of the evaluations, Contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support future award decisions.

b.Electronic Access to Contractor Performance Evaluations

Contractors may access evaluations through a secure Web site for review and comment at the following address: https://www.cpars.gov.

7.GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

If this RFP will result in the acquisition or use of Government Property provided by the contracting agency or if the Contracting Officer authorizes in the preaward negotiation process, the acquisition of property (other than real property), this ARTICLE will include applicable provisions and incorporate the HHS Publication, entitled, 'HHS Contracting Guide for Contract of Government Property,' Appendix Q, which can be found at:

https://oamp.od.nih.gov/sites/default/files/DGS/HHS%20Contracting%20Guide%20for%20Contract% 2 0of%20Government%20Property-Appendix%20Q.pdf https://oamp.od.nih.gov/division-of-financial-advisory-services/indirect-cost-branch/indirect-cost-submission https://oamp.od.nih.gov/division-of-financial-advisory-services/indirect-cost-branch/indirect-cost-submission http://www.cpars.gov/

SECTION H - Special Contract Requirements

1. HUMAN SUBJECTS

It is hereby understood and agreed that research involving human subjects shall not be conducted under this contract, and that no material developed, modified, or delivered by or to the Government under this contract, or any subsequent modification of such material, will be used by the Contractor or made available by the Contractor for use by anyone other than the Government, for experimental or therapeutic use involving humans without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer.

2. NIH POLICY ON ENHANCING REPRODUCIBILITY THROUGH RIGOR AND

TRANSPARENCY

Contractors shall adhere to the NIH policy of enhancing reproducibility through rigor and transparency by addressing each of the four areas of the policy in performance of the Statement of Work and in publications, as applicable: 1) Scientific Premise; 2) Scientific Rigor; 3) Consideration of Relevant Biological Variables, including Sex; and 4) Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources.

This policy applies to all NIH funded research and development, from basic through advanced clinical studies. See NIH Guide Notice, NOT-OD-15-103 , "Enhancing Reproducibility through Rigor and Transparency" and NOT-OD-15-102 , "Consideration of Sex as a Biological Variable in NIH-funded Research" for more information. In addition, publications are expected to follow the guidance at https://www.nih.gov/research-training/rigor-reproducibility/principles-guidelines-reporting-preclinical-research, whether preclinical or otherwise, as appropriate. More information is available at https://grants.nih.gov/policy/reproducibility/index.htm, including FAQs and a General Policy Overview.

3. NIH POLICY ON ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO ARCHIVED PUBLICATIONS

RESULTING FROM NIH-FUNDED RESEARCH

NIH-funded investigators shall submit to the NIH National Library of Medicine's (NLM) PubMed Central (PMC) an electronic version of the author's final manuscript, upon acceptance for publication, resulting from any NIH-funded or conducted research, supported in whole or in part with direct costs from NIH regardless of NIH funding mechanism. NIH defines the author's final manuscript as the final version accepted for journal publication, which includes all modifications that result from the publishing and peer review process, and which should be made accessible as soon as possible, and no later than the time of an associated publication or the end of the award/support period, whichever comes first. The PMC archive will permanently preserve and retain these manuscripts for use by the public, health care providers, educators, scientists, and NIH. NIH Policy directs electronic submissions to the NIH/NLM/PMC: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/.

Additional information is available at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21- 013.html and https://publicaccess.nih.gov/.

http://www.nih.gov/research-training/rigor-reproducibility/principles-guidelines-reporting-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ https://publicaccess.nih.gov/

4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING

The Contractor shall clearly state, when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.

5. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTION OF LEGALIZATION OF

CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES

The Contractor shall not use contract funds to support activities that promote the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act, except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. This limitation shall not apply when the Government determines that there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.

6. DISSEMINATION OF FALSE OR DELIBERATELY MISLEADING INFORMATION

The Contractor shall not use contract funds to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.

7. ANIMAL WELFARE

All research involving live, vertebrate animals shall be conducted in accordance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy). The PHS Policy can be accessed at: https://olaw.nih.gov/policies-laws/phs-policy.htm.

In addition, the research involving live vertebrate animals shall be conducted in accordance with the description set forth in the Vertebrate Animal Section (VAS) of the contractor's technical proposal, as modified in the Final Proposal Revision (FPR), dated TBD , which is incorporated by reference.

8. INTRODUCTION OF RODENTS AND RODENT PRODUCTS

No rodent or rodent product shall be delivered into the NIH, [ ] environment (NIH) directly, or through collaborative research or holding facilities under contract to [ ] except by permit. Direct shipments to NIH from a Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR), Office of Research Services (ORS) approved source will be considered exempt. Non-exempt sources must be approved by permit issued through the DVR, ORS. The permit must be obtained by the Contractor prior to the shipment to NIH of the rodents and/or rodent products. The Contractor must be sure that this permit exists and is current before transferring rodents or rodent products into the NIH, [ ] environment. Refusal or negligence to do so will be considered a material breach of contract and may be treated as any other such material breach.

Applications for permits should be submitted by facsimile not less than 30 days prior (60 days in http://olaw.nih.gov/policies-laws/phs-policy.htm situations where quarantine is likely) to shipping date to: NIH Division of Veterinary Resources (DVR), Office of Research Services (ORS), Building 14G, Service Rd. South, Room 102, BETHESDA MD 20892-

5210, (301)496-2527, FAX: (301) 402-0352.

9. RESTRICTION ON PORNOGRAPHY ON COMPUTER NETWORKS

The Contractor shall not use contract funds to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.

10. GUN CONTROL

The Contractor shall not use contract funds in whole or in part, to advocate or promote gun control.

11. PUBLICATION AND PUBLICITY

In addition to the requirements set forth in HHSAR Clause 352.227-70, Publications and Publicity incorporated by reference in SECTION I of this contract, the Contractor shall acknowledge the support of the National Institutes of Health whenever publicizing the work under this contract in any media by including an acknowledgment substantially as follows:

"This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. TBD."

12. REPORTING MATTERS INVOLVING FRAUD, WASTE AND ABUSE

Anyone who becomes aware of the existence or apparent existence of fraud, waste and abuse in NIH funded programs is encouraged to report such matters to the HHS Inspector General's Office in writing or on the Inspector General's Hotline. The toll free number is 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-8477). All telephone calls will be handled confidentially. The website to file a complaint on-line is:

https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud/ and the mailing address is:

US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General

ATTN: OIG HOTLINE OPERATIONS

P.O. Box 23489 Washington, D.C. 20026

13. OBTAINING AND DISSEMINATING BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH RESOURCES

Unique research resources arising from NIH-funded research are to be shared with the scientific research community. NIH provides guidance, entitled, "Principles and Guidelines for Recipients of NIH Research Grants and Contracts on Obtaining and Disseminating Biomedical Research Resources: Final Notice," (Federal Register Notice, December 23, 1999 [64 FR 72090]), concerning the appropriate terms for disseminating and acquiring these research resources. This guidance, found at:

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-12-23/pdf/99-33292.pdf is intended to help Contractors http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1999-12-23/pdf/99-33292.pdf ensure that the conditions they impose and accept on the transfer of research tools will facilitate further biomedical research, consistent with the requirements of the Bayh-Dole Act and NIH funding policy.

Note: For the purposes of this Article, the terms, "research tools", "research materials", and "research resources" are used interchangeably and have the same meaning.

14. SHARING RESEARCH DATA

The Data Sharing Plan submitted by the Contractor is acceptable. The Contractor agrees to adhere to its Data Management and Sharing Plan and shall request the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer for any changes in its plan.

NIH encourages, to the maximum extent practicable, the sharing of final research data to serve public health for the common good and this contract is expected to generate research data that must be shared with the public and other researchers. NIH's Data Management and Sharing policies may be found at the following websites:

• NOT-OD-14-124 - NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy;

• NOT-OD-21-013 - Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing;

• NOT-OD-21-014 - Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Elements of an NIH Data Management and Sharing Plan;

• NOT-OD-21-015 - Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Allowable Costs for Data Management and Sharing; and

• NOT-OD-21-016 - Supplemental Information to the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing: Selecting a Repository for Data Resulting from NIH-Supported Research.

NIH recognizes that data sharing may be complicated or limited, in some cases, by institutional policies, local IRB rules, as well as local, state and Federal laws and regulations, including but not limited to the Privacy Act of 1974 (2020 Edition), the Privacy Rule (see HHS-published documentation on the Privacy Rule at https://www.hhs.gov/ocr/index.html), the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Health IT for Economic & Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).

As per NIH Notice NOD-OD-21-013, "Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing," respect for participant autonomy and maintenance of participant privacy and confidentiality can be consistent with data sharing. The rights and privacy of people who participate in NIH-funded research shall be protected at all times and Contractors shall anonymize and aggregate (or otherwise fully protect from release) any personally identifiable information (PII), HIPAA-protected personal health information (PHI), and/or HITECH-protected electronic health information which they receive, use, and/or reference; thus, data intended for broader use should be free of any and all personal identifiers that http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/index.html would permit linkages to individual research participants and/or variables that could lead to any disclosure of the identity of individual subjects, direct or deductive, for which the Government shall have no liability whatsoever.

15. HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT OF 1990 (P.L. 101-391)

Pursuant to Public Law 101-391, no Federal funds may be used to sponsor or fund in whole or in part a meeting, convention, conference or training seminar that is conducted in, or that otherwise uses the rooms, facilities, or services of a place of public accommodation that do not meet the requirements of the fire prevention and control guidelines as described in the Public Law. This restriction applies to public accommodations both foreign and domestic.

Public accommodations that meet the requirements can be accessed at:

https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/hotel/.

16. USE OF FUNDS FOR PROMOTIONAL ITEMS

The Contractor shall not use contract funds to purchase promotional items. Promotional items include but are not limited to: clothing and commemorative items such as pens, mugs/cups, folders/folios, lanyards, and conference bags that are sometimes provided to visitors, employees, grantees, or conference attendees. This includes items or tokens given to individuals as these are considered personal gifts for which contract funds may not be expended.

SECTION I - Contract Clauses

1. GENERAL CLAUSES

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE I.1. CLAUSE LISTING(S) WILL BE APPLICABLE TO MOST CONTRACTS

RESULTING FROM THIS RFP. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE SUCCESSFUL

OFFEROR(S) WILL DETERMINE THE SPECIFIC CLAUSE LISTING TO BE CONTAINED IN THE CONTRACT(S)

AWARDED FROM THIS RFP.

This solicitation incorporates the following clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting Officer will make their full text available.

Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically as follows: FAR Clauses at: https://www.acquisition.gov/. HHSAR Clauses at: https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/part-352-solicitation-provisions-contract-clauses/index.html.

Clause Database Clause Number Clause Title

FAR 52.203-16 Preventing Personal Conflicts of Interest. (JUN 2020) FAR 52.204-14 Service Contract Reporting Requirements. (OCT 2016) FAR 52.209-7 Information Regarding Responsibility Matters. (OCT 2018)

FAR 52.209-9 Updates of Publicly Available Information Regarding Responsibility Matters. (OCT 2018)

FAR 52.209-10 Prohibition on Contracting With Inverted Domestic Corporations.

(NOV 2015)

FAR 52.215-2 Audit and Records - Negotiation. (JUN 2020) - Alternate II (AUG 2016)

FAR 52.215-23 Limitations on Pass-Through Charges. (JUN 2020) FAR 52.219-28 Post-Award Small Business Program Rerepresentation. (FEB 2024) FAR 52.222-26 Equal Opportunity. (SEP 2016) FAR 52.227-16 Additional Data Requirements. (JUN 1987) FAR 52.230-2 Cost Accounting Standards. (JUN 2020)

FAR 52.230-3 Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices. (JUN 2020)

FAR 52.230-6 Administration of Cost Accounting Standards. (JUN 2010) FAR 52.232-17 Interest. (MAY 2014) FAR 52.232-22 Limitation of Funds. (APR 1984) FAR 52.237-3 Continuity of Services. (JAN 1991) FAR 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs. (DEC 2022) FAR 52.245-1 Government Property. (SEP 2021) - Alternate II (APR 2012) FAR 52.247-63 Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers. (JAN 2025) FAR 52.251-1 Government Supply Sources. (APR 2012) HHSAR 352.208-70 Printing and Duplication. (DEC 2015) https://www.acquisition.gov/ https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/part-352-solicitation-provisions-contract-clauses/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/part-352-solicitation-provisions-contract-clauses/index.html https://www.hhs.gov/grants-contracts/contracts/contract-policies-regulations/hhsar/part-352-solicitation-provisions-contract-clauses/index.html

Clause Database Clause Number Clause Title

HHSAR 352.223-70 Safety and Health. (DEC 2015) HHSAR 352.231-70 Salary Rate Limitation. (DEC 2015)

2. AUTHORIZED SUBSTITUTION OF CLAUSES

Any authorized substitutions and/or modifications other than the General Clauses which will be based on the type of contract/Contractor will be determined during negotiations.

It is expected that the following substitution(s) will be made part of the resultant contract:

A. Authorized Substitutions ADD 52.215-14 *A1

Alternate I (Oct 1997) of FAR Clause 52.215-14, Integrity of Unit Prices (Nov 2021) is added.

3. ADDITIONAL CONTRACT CLAUSES IN FULL TEXT

Additional clauses other than those listed below which are based on the type of contract/Contractor shall be determined during negotiations. Any contract awarded from this solicitation will contain the following:

This contract incorporates the following clauses in full text.

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES

A. FAR 52.204-21 Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems. (NOV 2021)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause-

Covered contractor information system means an information system that is owned or operated by a contractor that processes, stores, or transmits Federal contract information.

Federal contract information means information, not intended for public release, that is provided by or generated for the Government under a contract to develop or deliver a product or service to the Government, but not including information provided by the Government to the public (such as on public Web sites) or simple transactional information, such as necessary to process payments.

Information means any communication or representation of knowledge such as facts, data, or opinions, in any medium or form, including textual, numerical, graphic, cartographic, narrative, or audiovisual (Committee on National Security Systems Instruction (CNSSI) 4009).

Information system means a discrete set of information resources organized for the collection, processing, maintenance, use, sharing, dissemination, or disposition of information (44 U.S.C.

3502).

Safeguarding means measures or controls that are prescribed to protect information systems.

(b) Safeguarding requirements and procedures. (1) The Contractor shall apply the following basic safeguarding requirements and procedures to protect covered contractor information systems. Requirements and procedures for basic safeguarding of covered contractor information systems shall include, at a minimum, the following security controls:

(i) Limit information system access to authorized users, processes acting on behalf of…