Support for Development, Maintenance and Distribution of Identifiers for Research Resources to Serve Replicable, Reproducible and Generalizable Biomedical Research
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
- 541690 Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
- Points of contact
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- Michael L Falzone michael.falzone@nih.gov (301) 827-1873
- Oleg Mirochnitchenko oleg.mirochnitchenko@nih.gov
Forecast details come from HHS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
NIH is forecasting a new requirement for support of the development, maintenance, and distribution of Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) for replicable, reproducible, and generalizable biomedical research, with an estimated solicitation release date of July 1, 2026 and an estimated award date of August 1, 2026. The work covers need analysis, unique identification, tagging, tracking of resource use, and evaluation of impact for NIH-supported resources, and it expands RRIDs to new approach methodologies (NAMs) resources. The requirement is a recompete of an existing contract that ends August 28, 2026, and NIH states that without it, continuity of RRID infrastructure would be lost, impairing its ability to track usage, impact, and return on investment of ORIP-supported model resources and emerging NAMs.
The estimated award value range is $1.5 million to $3.0 million, and the forecast uses no set-aside. The acquisition is classified under NAICS 541690, Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer in NIH's Legal-Contracts role, is the primary point of contact at michael.falzone@nih.gov or +1 301-827-1873, with Oleg Mirochnitchenko also listed at oleg.mirochnitchenko@nih.gov.
Forecast text
This acquisition develops approaches to improve replicability and reproducibility of biomedical research using NIH-supported resources by conducting need analysis, developing unique identification, tagging, tracking of the use and evaluation of the impact. This is a re-compete of an existing contract that ends on August 28, 2026. This next phase of the project expands research resource identifiers to include new approach methodologies (NAMs) resources, a focus of the current administration.
If this request is not approved, NIH would risk losing the continuity, integrity, and national adoption of Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs), undermining NIH's rigor, transparency, and reproducibility policies across biomedical research. The absence of sustained RRID infrastructure would significantly impair NIH's ability to track usage, impact, and return on investment of ORIP-supported model resources and emerging NAMs, weakening portfolio oversight, policy decision-making, and compliance with FAIR data principles. Ultimately, this would increase irreproducibility, duplication of effort, and waste of federal research funds while reducing NIH's leadership in open, trustworthy biomedical science.
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