Combined Synopsis/Solicitation for Manuscript Submission and Tracking System for Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) & Journal of Health and Pollution (JHP)

The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences seeks a manuscript submission and tracking system through a firm fixed price contract with a base year and four option years. Interested vendors must submit proposals by February 22, 2023 to provide a system that allows authors to submit and editors to track manuscript submissions for the Environmental Health Perspectives and Journal of Health and Pollution scientific journals. The agency will evaluate proposals based on technical capability, past performance, and price to identify the best value solution meeting this requirement.

This is a total small business set aside solicitation with a place of performance in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The NAICS code for software publishers is 511210, while the PSC code for automated data processing equipment/software/services is D302. No incumbent or current contractors were named. The combined synopsis/solicitation did not specify award values or budget ranges but sought pricing information for the requirements. The system must support manuscript submissions, peer reviews, production tracking, and integration with tools over the five year period of performance.