2024-NIH-0937 | Small Business Sources Sought- Operation and Management of the Mali Service Center

The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases seeks to award an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract to provide for the operation and management of the Mali Service Center located in Bamako, Mali. The Mali Service Center provides financial management, guidance, and oversight for the administration and disbursement of research grant and contract funds in Mali supporting biomedical research of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Interested vendors must submit capability statements not exceeding 8 pages demonstrating their understanding of the requirement, experience on similar contracts, relevant personnel, and partnerships by March 4, 2024. The agency will evaluate vendors based on the criteria in the capability statements.

The contract has no set-aside designation. It will utilize various pricing structures including cost-reimbursement, fixed-price, and labor hour/time and materials and have a base period of 12 months plus four additional 12-month option periods. The place of performance is the Mali Service Center in Bamako, Mali and the contract is expected to be awarded in October 2024 with an estimated value of $5-10M annually to provide operation and management of the center supporting research activities.