NIH NCI bitsdis 2 RFI

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (CBIIT), through the Department of the Interior's Acquisition Services Directorate, is seeking qualified contractors to provide biomedical informatics, data science, information technology, software development, and artificial intelligence support services. This Request for Information (RFI) is intended for market research and acquisition planning purposes to identify capable businesses for a future multiple-award Indefinite-Delivery Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. Key requirements include demonstrated experience in fifteen task areas spanning contract management, enterprise architecture, software development, data science, artificial intelligence services, clinical trials reporting support, and transition planning. Prospective contractors must document past performance on comparable federal healthcare projects, demonstrate understanding of NIH/HHS policies and federal IT compliance frameworks (FITARA, FISMA, NIST), identify potential organizational conflicts of interest, and provide detailed capability statements indicating whether they will serve as prime contractor or subcontractor for each service area. Responses are limited to ten pages and must be submitted via email to Russell Pfeiffer and Victoria Seelhoefer by 10:00 AM ET on May 5, 2026.

There are no set-aside designations for this opportunity, and no incumbent contractors have been identified in this pre-solicitation notice. The government estimates concurrent task orders will require staffing equivalent to 150-200 full-time equivalents, though no specific overall contract ceiling or award value is disclosed in the RFI documentation. Respondents must submit a completed Past Performance and Capabilities Matrix documenting relevant federal health organization contracts with budgets of approximately $6 billion and over 3,500 employees within the past three years. The applicable NAICS code is 541690 (Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services) with a size standard of $19 million, and the PSC code is DA01 (IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services). This market research initiative will inform the development of the formal solicitation, though the government notes that issuance of an RFP or contract award is not guaranteed.