Off-Site Storage for Frozen Compound Management Sa

The National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, seeks off-site storage services for frozen compound management samples, with proposals due June 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM EST. This is an unrestricted, competitive acquisition for commercial services under FAR 12.603 with no set-aside.

Place of performance is NIH/NCATS, 9800 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland. The contractor must provide a temperature-controlled walk-in freezer maintained at a constant temperature not exceeding −20°C with capacity for approximately 600 cubic feet of space to store approximately 50,000 frozen compound samples. Key requirements include 24-hour temperature logging with records available to NCATS upon request; routine maintenance, calibration, and preventive maintenance at no additional cost; immediate notification of any temperature excursions or issues affecting sample integrity; uninterrupted power supply and REES alarm monitoring; and operations compliant with cGMP, ISBER Best Practices, and NCI Best Practices. The period of performance is one year from award. NAICS code is 493190, Other Warehousing and Storage, with a small business size standard of $36.5 million. The acquisition is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Award will be made on a firm-fixed-price basis to the responsible offeror whose proposal represents the best value to the Government. Quotations must include unit and total price, shipping and handling costs, delivery timeframe, delivery terms, F.O.B. point, product or catalog numbers if applicable, product or service description, UEI, TIN, and business size certification. All offerors must be actively registered in SAM. Responses should be submitted electronically to Jaddua.johnston@nih.gov. The contracting specialist is Jaddua Johnston, 240-569-0006.