Chef Demitria Scott-Lynch

Chef Demitria Scott-Lynch is a minority and woman-owned small business sole proprietorship registered in SAM.gov since 2009, located in Gwynn Oak, Maryland. The business specializes in providing meal provision services to federal research studies, specifically focusing on supporting scientific research through targeted meal delivery. As a small business owned by a Black American woman, Chef Scott-Lynch has established a niche in supporting federal research initiatives through precise and professional catering services.

The federal contract awards held by Chef Demitria Scott-Lynch are exclusively with the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services. These contracts are specifically for providing meals to participants in the Healthy Aging in Neighborhoods of Diversity Across the Life Span (HANDLS) study, a longitudinal research program examining biological and social factors related to healthy aging in an ethnically diverse urban population. The contracts have been consistently awarded without any specific set-aside designation, ranging from $37,500 to $43,750 annually. Each delivery order supports meal provision for study participants in Baltimore, Maryland, demonstrating a consistent and specialized service to a specific federal research program.

Chef Demitria Scott-Lynch holds an Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDV) with the National Institute on Aging valued at $240,750, which runs through April 30, 2028. This single-award IDV allows for multiple delivery orders to support the HANDLS study, with firm fixed-price task orders issued annually. The IDV provides flexibility for the NIA to issue task orders as needed for meal provision services, with the current delivery orders covering meal services from 2021 through 2024. The contract vehicle enables the research study to consistently receive high-quality meal services without the need to re-compete the entire contract each year, providing stability and continuity for the HANDLS research program.