About this opportunity
AI summaryThe buyer seeks capability statements from qualified small businesses to serve as the Coordinating Center for the EmbraceHealth Clinical Research Network. The contractor will provide specialized scientific, methodological, statistical, technical, and operational coordination across participating research centers, which includes supporting study protocol finalization, establishing data use agreements, coordinating single Institutional Review Board arrangements, monitoring research studies, and facilitating the secure transfer of study data to NIH SCHARE and biospecimens to designated repositories. Only small business organizations with 1,000 employees or less under NAICS code 541715 are eligible to respond. Interested businesses must submit their capability statements electronically in PDF format to Jordan Neal at [email protected] by 4:00 PM Eastern Time on Monday, November 23, 2026. The submission must include company identification details, SAM.gov Unique Entity ID, point of contact information, and small business socio-economic status.
Scope of work
- Support core research operations and project management
- Develop and maintain a Network Operations Plan
- Track and report protocol deviations and corrective actions
- Provide scientific, methodological, statistical, and operational support
- Coordinate centralized data management, validation, harmonization, and transfer to NIH SCHARE
- Coordinate biospecimen-related activities, transfers, and repositories
- Facilitate single Institutional Review Board arrangements and regulatory compliance
- Develop internal and Section 508-compliant public-facing portals
Minimum qualifications
- Small business under NAICS 541715 with 1,000 employees or less including affiliates
- Experience coordinating multi-site clinical research networks or data coordinating centers
- Experience providing biostatistical, epidemiologic, and data science consultation
- Access to facilities and personnel for FISMA-compliant data management and transfer
- Expertise in clinical research methodology, biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, and informatics
- Capability to manage Section 508-compliant websites and data systems
- Ability to support single IRB of record and DSMB meetings
Documents to include with your response
- Written capability statement
- Company Name
- Unique Entity ID from SAM.gov
- Physical Address
- Technical and administrative point of contact information
- Small business status and socioeconomic designations
- Description of teaming partners, subcontractors, or consultants
Key dates
- Response Date
- 4:00PM (Eastern) Monday, November 23, 2026
How to submit
- Method
- Instructions
- Submit electronically via email to the Contract Specialist and Contracting Officer in MS Word or Adobe PDF format referencing notice number 75N94027R00003.
Contract details
- Term
- approximately five years
- Set-aside / preference
- Small Business
- Place of performance
- United States and its territories
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- 75N94027R00003
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Buying office
- National Institutes of Health › National Institutes of Health Nichd
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 23, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 6, 2026
- NAICS
- 541715 · Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Product/service code
- AN12
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, MD
- Contracting contact
- NEAL, JORDAN
jordan.neal@nih.gov - Additional contact
- WHITE, GANNON P
gannon.white@nih.gov
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.
Incumbent and award research
No incumbent history found for this requirement. The notice does not cite a current contract, and no earlier award from this buying office matches it.
Market context
Awards in the same category (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)). This is not this requirement's award history.
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