Notification to Issue Bridge Contract JOFOC

This Special Notice from the Environmental Protection Agency Cincinatti Procurement Operations Division requests approval of a bridge Justification for Other than Full and Open Competition to extend two one-month option periods onto an incumbent contract for recruitment services. The incumbent contractor, MPF Federal, LLC, provides recruitment, screening, testing, scheduling, payment and other support services for volunteer subjects participating in ongoing clinical and epidemiological human subject research studies at the EPA's Human Studies Facility located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as off-site locations.

The purpose of the bridge contract is to avoid disruption to important health effects research studies while a new contract is awarded. The bridge contract extension would be from June 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023 and cover an estimated cost of $178,488.61. No response is required in response to this Special Notice as it serves to notify contractors that a bridge JOFOC is being requested for the incumbent recruitment services contract to ensure continued support of the EPA's ongoing human subject research studies during the re-competition period.