Development and maintenance of an Aged Rodent Tissue Bank - Contract re-competition
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $1,500,000 to $3,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Points of contact
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- Rob Bailey rob.bailey@nih.gov (301) 451-7586
- Jennifer Fox jennifer.fox@nih.gov
Forecast details come from HHS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The National Institutes of Health, through the National Institute on Aging, plans to re-compete its contract for development and maintenance of the Aged Rodent Tissue Bank, with an estimated award date of March 1, 2027 and an estimated solicitation release date of June 1, 2026. The contractor will collect, store, and distribute mouse and rat biospecimens (tissues and fluids) from NIA Aged Rodent Colonies, flash-frozen or fixed and embedded in paraffin blocks, and maintain a collection of over 43,000 biospecimens, some from animals more than 2 years old. The work supports the Research on Aging Act and the 3Rs principles by letting multiple investigators share tissue from a single animal.
The estimated award value range is $1.5 million to $3.0 million, and the forecast covers a five-year period of tissue bank operations. The forecast lists NAICS 541715 and no set-aside. Points of contact are Robert Bailey, Contracting Officer (rob.bailey@nih.gov, +1 301-451-7586), and Jennifer Fox, Staff Scientist (jennifer.fox@nih.gov).
Forecast text
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) maintains the Aged Rodent Tissue Bank as a resource for scientist conducting research in the biology of aging. The Aged Rodent Tissue Bank was established in 2001 in response to the interest manifested by NIA investigators. For 25 years, the bank has served the scientific community conducting research on aging by providing investigators with mouse and rat biospecimens (tissues and fluids) collected at set ages throughout the lifespan under standardized conditions. The scope of the bank is to collect, store and distribute biospecimens from mice and rats from the NIA Aged Rodent Colonies. The biospecimens are flash-frozen, or fixed and embedded in paraffin blocks, to meet the requirements of a wide-range of molecular and histochemical protocols. This constitutes a mechanism for multiple investigators to share tissue from a single animal, allowing more studies to be carried out with existing resources, optimizing the value of rodent colonies, increasing the efficiency and cost effectiveness of aged tissue collection. The bank fulfills the 3Rs (Replace, Reduce and Refine) principles for ethical and humane use of animals in scientific research.
The need is to continue the tissue bank activities for five (5) years by re-competing the contract. This contract is essential to maintain and manage a large collection of over 43,000 biospecimens from aging rodents, some more than 2 years old, and make those available to the researchers. The Aged Rodent Tissue Bank is necessary to carry out the purposes of the Research on Aging Act to support biomedical research related to the aging process and diseases and promote research investigations and experiments into the biological aspects of aging.
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