Statement of Work (SOW) Global Cardiovascular Research Forum.pdf

Statement of Work (SOW)

1. Project Title

Global Cardiovascular Research Forum

2. Introduction and Background

The Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (DCVS) within the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) participates in the Global Cardiovascular Research Forum (GCRF), an international collaboration of leading heart organizations committed to accelerating transformative research in heart, stroke, and circulatory diseases. Through this forum, NHLBI contributes to coordinated multinational efforts to identify research priorities, advance clinical trial collaboration, and promote strategies to improve cardiovascular health in the United States and globally.

3. Statement of Need and Objectives

To sustain NHLBI’s effective participation in this collaboration during FY26, funding is needed for the British Heart Foundation’s operational and logistical management of the Forum’s workshops and meetings. The British Heart Foundation serves a central coordinating role for the Forum by organizing workshop planning, scheduling, meeting logistics, communications, and related administrative functions across the fiscal year. These activities are essential to convening international partners, maintaining continuity of collaboration, and enabling timely scientific exchange and joint planning.

Without this support, NHLBI’s ability to engage fully in the Forum’s activities would be significantly limited, reducing opportunities to shape multinational clinical trial discussions, leverage international scientific expertise, and contribute to coordinated approaches for addressing major cardiovascular health challenges. Funding for the British Heart Foundation’s management and support is therefore necessary to ensure NHLBI can participate meaningfully in the Global Cardiovascular Research Forum and advance its mission to improve cardiovascular health through global scientific collaboration.

4. Product Specifications/Features/Salient Characteristics

The GCRF will meet multiples times per calendar year and bring together 12 major cardiovascular research organizations across nine countries.

5. General Contractor Responsibilities

• Provide operational and logistical support for FY26 workshops, meetings, and related Forum activities.

• Coordinate workshop planning, scheduling, meeting logistics, communications, and administrative functions across the fiscal year.

• Support the convening of international partners and maintain continuity of collaboration across Forum activities.

• Enable timely scientific exchange, joint planning, and multinational clinical trial discussions through effective coordination.

• Provide the management infrastructure necessary for NHLBI’s meaningful participation in the Global Cardiovascular Research Forum and its global cardiovascular research mission.

6. Delivery or Performance Location Performance location will vary depending on which global cardiovascular health organization will host the meeting.

7. Period of Performance The period of performance is 3 months from award.

8. Inspection and Acceptance Determined by NHLBI successful participation in forum

9. Point of Contact To be provided upon award

10. Security

All security, confidentiality, privacy and compliance standards will be maintained.

11. Government Furnished Property (GFP) and Government Furnished Information (GFI)

Not applicable.

12. Invoices

• Two-Way Invoices: The Contractor shall submit invoices to the Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at:

1. https://www.ipp.gov and

2. NHLBIContractsBranchB@mail.nih.gov

• Three-Way Invoices: The Contractor shall submit invoices to the Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP) at https://www.ipp.gov

• Invoices shall be submitted on a monthly basis no later than 10 business days after the billing cycle of the previous month.

• Invoices shall include only those services rendered during the billing period.

• Invoices shall be billed at the rates, and in accordance with the Contract Line Item Number (CLIN), as listed in the Schedule of Items.

• The Contractor shall submit invoices to the Department of Treasury’s Invoice Processing

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