National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium (NNTC) Clinical Sites

The National Institutes of Health intends to solicit proposals to establish multiple clinical sites for the National NeuroHIV Tissue Consortium to collect, store, and distribute central nervous system biospecimens and clinical data from donors with HIV as well as HIV-negative controls. The National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and National Institute on Aging seek cost reimbursement contracts for a period of up to five years, requiring contractors to recruit, clinically assess, and follow a late-stage cohort while collecting, maintaining, and distributing specimen resources in cooperation with a Data Coordinating Center. Responses to solicitation number 75N95022R00043 will be due at least forty-five days after its release and must be submitted via the electronic Contract Proposal Submission website.

There is no set-aside designation. Main NAICS codes will likely include 541715 and 622110. Current contractors were not named. Contractors must acquire new brain donors each year based on metrics to be determined. The projected award date is February 2023, with the base period of performance being one year and four one-year option periods, not to exceed five total years.