Operation and Maintenance of the Chimpanzee Care Center (CCC)
Award Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75N98026C00052
- Agency
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Office of Logisitics and Acquisition Operations
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 75N98026C00052 Federal contract award
- NAICS code
- 541940 Veterinary Services
- PSC
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Houston, Texas 77030, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations awarded a sole-source cost-reimbursement contract to The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center for $7,639,366 on September 1, 2026, for operation and maintenance of the Chimpanzee Care Center.
The base period runs September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027, with total period of performance including options extending through February 29, 2032. The Government selected cost reimbursement over fixed-price because the requirement is animal census-driven and dynamic, with absent precise specifications and cost estimation difficulties. A fixed-price structure would have shifted undue risk to the Government and lacked the flexibility needed to accommodate evolving operational needs. No set-aside was used.
Notice text
A sole source cost reimbursement type contract was awarded, for the period of performance of September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027 (Base Period), and a total period of performance (including base period and all options) of September 1, 2026 through February 29, 2032. Upon analysis of the type of work and all associated costs involved, a fixed-price type contract was not feasible due to the absence of precise specifications and difficulties in estimating costs with accuracy. Based upon the uncertainties involved, the Government would assume undue risk in attempting to fit a relatively dynamic (animal census driven) requirement into a fixed-price environment. A fixed-price contract would be disadvantageous to the Government, since it does not provide the Government with the flexibility that is needed to responsibly shift with the evolving needs of the requirement.
Awarded contract 75N98026C00052 to THE UNIVERISTY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER for 7639366.00 on 2026-09-01.
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