BPA Call Order, under the established NIEHS Enterprise Applications Services (NEAS) BPA contract to provide the most cost-effective approach to Project Management, Operations & Maintenance and change order support for the current custom application Organizational Resource and Business Information Tool (ORBIT) in a D365 Project Operations environment.

The objective of this Call Order, under the established NIEHS Enterprise Applications Services (NEAS) BPA contract to provide the most cost-effective approach to Project Management, Operations & Maintenance and change order support for the current custom application Organizational Resource and Business Information Tool (ORBIT) in a D365 Project Operations environment. Overall, this Call Order includes support for SharePoint security, D365 Project Operations environment management, PowerApps, Dataverse and implementation of features identified in the ORBIT development planning backlog. In the absence of ORBIT, tracking, projecting, managing and scaling projects is completed manually and via multiple systems or applications. ORBIT effectively supports data calls and proactive management of the Division of Translational Toxicology's vast portfolio. The importance of this CO is elevated as NIH does not currently support O&M or application upgrades for MS Project Operations via their available M365 service packages. At present, this PWS is being reviewed and acquisition package under development. The NTP was established in 1978 and is a federal partnership within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of NIEHS, National Center for Toxicological Research of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NTP is administratively housed within the NIEHS. The Director of the NIEHS also serves as the Director of the NTP, and for NTP activities reports to the HHS Assistant Secretary for Health. NTP's mission is to build knowledge and advance toxicological sciences to protect and promote public health. Two primary congressionally mandated research activities managed by DTT are: 1) The Report on Carcinogens: As required by Section 301(b)(4) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended, this biennial report identifies chemical, biological, and physical agents determined to be cancer hazards for people living in the United States. NTP prepares for the HHS Secretary. 2) Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Validation of Alternative Methods (ICCVAM): Established by the ICCVAM Authorization Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 285l-3), ICCVAM is a permanent interagency coordinating committee of the NIEHS under the NTP that works to advance alternatives to animal testing. The current request is for exercise of option to extend period performance and funding of the option period. Failure to execute this action would result in an end to the contract and an inability for NIEHS/NTP to manage, track and report research in the areas outlined above.