Recompete of NIH PMO Contract NIHBPSS TORP3031

This is a new task order request, which has a total period of performance of Base & 4 Option Years (from July 27, 2026 - July 26, 2031). If this request is not approved, NIH will lack the critical project management and specialized expertise required to launch the Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI), the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, and support other cross-NIH programs on the compressed fiscal year timeline, placing a $50 million research initiative and multiple collaborative efforts at risk of delay or failure. Additionally, the loss of this contract would eliminate the only support structure for government oversight and coordination of key programs-including CARE for Health and biomedical data standardization-impeding NIH's ability to fulfill statutory responsibilities under 42 U.S.C. 282 for cross-institute coordination, priority setting, and advancing collaborative research.

This NIH Initiatives Project Management Support contract provides direct, NIH-wide support necessary to lead multiple innovative research programs, including the Autism Data Science Initiative (ADSI), the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative, Data Coordination efforts led by ODSS, Support for the Office of Research on Women's Health Priority Initiatives, Programs, and Activities; as well as Support for the NIH Replication and Reproducibility Initiative. It is the only support for any and all government oversight, leadership, and decision-making capability for entire CARE for Health program, including previously funded extramural clinical studies; and is responsible for development and promulgation of standards to reduce costs and increase dataset interoperability across 25+ assets with the goal to reduce and consolidate to gain efficiencies and accelerate scientific discovery. (Biomedical Data Asset support). NIH Initiatives Project Management Support is for specialized, highly skilled, and experienced Project Management support for the organization's initiatives to support mission-focused program priorities of the Office of the Director (OD). This includes NIH-wide projects that involve multiple Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs), projects that entail leveraging, redeploying, and expanding the infrastructure built to address health and biomedical research activities, and projects which require quickly bringing specialized expertise and program management support onboard to support the accelerated standup of new programs, management of existing programs midstream, or guiding programs to completion.