D-Attachment-SOW Materials and Medical Supplies.pdf

FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) SERVICES

GENERAL INFORMATION

Title of Project:

Materials/Medical Supplies National Institute on Aging (NIA)

Statement of Need and Purpose:

The purpose of this requirement is to ensure the NIA Research Pharmacy will be provided with the required medical supplies necessary per the protocol needs ensuring the Clinical Research Core (CRC) may perform clinical research without disruptions. The contractor shall reliably supply the NIA Research Pharmacy with the requested medical supplies.

Background Information and Objective:

The National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program (NIA/IRP) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducts, supports and promotes clinical and biomedical research in aspects of the aging process. The NIA/IRP seeks to improve the health of the American people through the understanding of processes underlying human health, disability, and disease.

One of the IRP's program activities includes the Clinical Research Core (CRC). The CRC is made up of two parts: 1) the NIA Clinical Unit within the Office of the Scientific Director, which is located on the fifth floor of Harbor Hospital in Baltimore, MD; and 2) the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity across the Life Span (HANDLS) study, which conducts its research in the field on Medical Research Vehicles (MRVs) located throughout Baltimore city. The CRC seeks to elucidate normative values and separate normal aging findings from disease states.

The CRC’s goal is to prolong disease-free states with age. The CRC serves as an infrastructure to facilitate the creation and development of therapeutic targets for the treatment of age-related disease across the Intramural Research Program. The CRC performs research that has direct clinical applications to aging and disease states and, as such, routinely has participants on a daily basis.

Medical supplies are required for the CRC to be able to conduct the research via participant visits. The NIA Clinical Unit’s storeroom and HANDLS MRVs are regularly stocked with medical supplies for various participant tests, blood draws, procedures, etc. as determined by each protocol.

The staff in the NIA Research Pharmacy supports the ongoing protocol studies conducted by the CRC by fulfilling its responsibilities, which include stocking the medical supplies in the Clinical Unit storage room and crash carts, and the HANDLS MRVs. In order to fulfill all responsibilities of the CRC, NIA must have a contractual agreement with a contractor that can provide medical supplies.

Period of Performance:

It is anticipated that an IDIQ contract will be awarded with an ordering period of: 1/15/2024 - 1/14/2029.

Place of Performance:

The place of performance shall be:

FAR Part 11—Describing Agency Needs

Harbor Hospital 3001 S. Hanover St.

Baltimore MD 21225

SCOPE OF WORK

General Requirements:

Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall 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 below:

Specific Requirements:

The contractor must deliver the required medical supplies to the NIA Pharmacy at Harbor Hospital within 24 hours of the request.

Due to the expiration of certain items, medical supplies must be made available, if requested, in small quantities and not in bulk.

In some instances, there are occasional, emergency and/or immediate need for specific medical supplies. Therefore, supplies must be made available immediately (within 15 minutes) during emergencies.

GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The NIA Pharmacy Technician informs Contractor when supplies are needed.

Travel:

No travel reimbursement is authorized for this requirement.