NIDDK Biospecimen Repository

This Special Notice concerns a request for proposal from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for a biospecimen repository contract. The National Institutes of Health National Institute of Child Health and Human Development published three amendments extending deadlines and clarifying requirements.

The objective is to maintain, enhance, and expand the NIDDK Biorepository to store and manage biospecimen resources through a ten-year contract with one-year task order options. The final proposal deadline was extended to October 14, 2022, with submission requirements for separate technical and business proposals under page limits. Eligible contractors will provide repository services including receiving, inventorying, storing, shipping and processing biospecimens under the base period from May 2023 to May 2033, with a minimum value of $5 million and maximum of $100 million to be awarded through task orders encompassing routine operations and strategic expansions.