Animal Health & Diagnostic Testing Services

The National Institutes of Health, Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations seeks commercial laboratory services for animal health and diagnostic testing, with proposals due June 4, 2026 and questions due May 20. This is an unrestricted RFQ for commercial items conducted under FAR Parts 12 and 13, issued on a firm fixed price basis.

Place of performance is Bethesda, Maryland. The contractor must provide serological analysis using Multiplex Fluorescent Immunoassay, Immunofluorescent Antibody, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, and Hemagglutination Inhibition methods, with Western Blot available for confirmation; PCR assays for pathogen detection; hematology and blood chemistry analysis; and bacterial identification across approximately 350,000 individual test results annually. Standard turnaround is three working days for serology, seven for PCR, and two for hematology and blood chemistry, with expedited one-day serology and three-day PCR available on request. The contractor must supply all submission forms, collection supplies, sample pickup and transportation from designated NIH locations, database logging, electronic result delivery, and six-month sample storage at -70 degrees Celsius. The contractor's laboratory must be fully equipped at proposal submission; the contract includes no funding for equipment purchases.

The contract period runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031 (base year plus four one-year options), with unilateral Government extension up to six months available. The key personnel requirement specifies a Project Supervisor holding a Ph.D. in microbiology or DVM/VMD with board certification from the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and minimum five years' experience in rodent serology and PCR testing.

Evaluation weights technical proposal and program plan at 50%, organizational experience at 20%, past performance at 20%, and personnel experience and availability at 10%. The contracting officer is Michael Falzone (michael.falzone@nih.gov). NAICS code 541940; PSC code B516.