PSTSS Contract Recompete
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $100,000,000 or more
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 541990 All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from HHS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The National Institutes of Health forecasts a new requirement, titled PSTSS Contract Recompete, for NIH-wide professional, scientific, and technical support staffing services under NAICS 541990 with no set-aside, with an estimated solicitation release date of 2026-03-01 and an estimated award date of 2026-09-01. The contract would provide scientific and professional expertise across basic, translational, and clinical research; vaccine research and development; general laboratory research at BSL-2, BSL-3, and BSL-4; veterinary and scientific research in ABSL-2, ABSL-3, and ABSL-4 environments; and bioinformatics and computational biology. The current PSTSS contract ends 2/28/2026, and NIH will use the SOAR contract while the recompete proceeds, but SOAR expires in June 2026, which leaves NIH without a contract mechanism for the staffing requirement.
NIH estimates an award value minimum of $100 million. Kishan Patel, Contracting Officer, is the primary point of contact at kishan.patel@nih.gov or +12406695157, and Zhi Zheng is also listed at zhi.zheng@nih.gov.
Forecast text
This request is for NIH wide professional, Scientific, and Technical Support services. The purpose of the proposed contract is to provide staffing support for scientific and professional expertise to support NIH's current and emerging research priorities. Support includes specialized scientific expertise related to basic, translational and clinical research; vaccine research and development; general laboratory research at BSL-2, -3, and -4; veterinary and scientific research in ABSL-2, -3 and -4 environments; and bioinformatics and computational biology.
There is an urgent need for NIH wide staffing contract services to provide professional, scientific, and technical support services as the current staffing contract (PSTSS) will be ending on 2/28/2026. It is critical for NIH to have a follow-on staffing contract in order to continue to support the critical research projects. When current PSTSS contract ends on 2/28/2026, and NIH will use SOAR contract while recompete this award. However, the SOAR contract will also expire soon on June 2026, so NIH will be left without a contract mechanism to meet the need for staffing requirement.
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