Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research (CCQDER) Mission Support Services

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is soliciting proposals for Collaborating Center for Questionnaire Design and Evaluation Research (CCQDER) Mission Support Services to support the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics Division of Research and Methodology. The procurement encompasses mission support services including project management, hardware and systems maintenance, cognitive interview data management, legacy systems transition, respondent remuneration, and recruitment coordination across a five-year contract period. Key contract requirements include onsite performance in Hyattsville, Maryland on a five-day-per-week schedule with situational telework available, CDC PIV card credentials for all personnel, and completion of NCHS Confidentiality Training within 30 business days of award, along with extensive compliance with CIPSEA, Privacy Act, HIPAA, and NIST standards. Technical proposals will be evaluated based on technical approach, staffing plan, management plan, similar experience, and Section 508 compliance, while price proposals will be assessed for reasonableness and consistency with the technical approach, with non-price factors deemed significantly more important than price in a best-value tradeoff analysis. The proposal deadline is April 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST, with award expected to follow thereafter.

This solicitation is designated as a Total Small Business Set-Aside under NAICS Code 541900 with a size standard of $19,500,000, with the incumbent contractor Swan Solutions' contract having ended February 28, 2026 with no transition period available. While specific budget estimates were not disclosed by the government, the contract structure includes a firm fixed price for Tasks 1-4 and cost reimbursement provisions for optional Tasks 5-6, with Task 5 (respondent remuneration) estimated at $50 per 60-minute interview or $100 per 90-minute focus group, and Task 6 (advertisement coordination) representing approximately 1 percent of the overall budget. The contract will support an estimated 8-12 cognitive interviewing projects annually with 300-400 respondents, maintenance of over 3,000 archived video and audio recordings with a goal to complete backlog transcription during the base year and transition legacy systems (Q-Video, Q-Notes, Q-Bank, and an Access-based Recruitment Tool) to commercial off-the-shelf products including Whisper and Qualtrics. The five-year contract consists of a base year plus four one-year option periods, with all work to be performed in Hyattsville, Maryland.