Procurement Summary
Country: USA
Summary: Nih Brain Development Cohorts Biobank
Deadline: 14 Jul 2026
Posting Date: 01 Jul 2026
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 144319651
Document Ref. No.: 75N98026R00106
Competition: ICB
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), is seeking capability statements from business organizations to provide the Government a resource that can maintain the NIH Brain Development Cohorts (NBDC) Biobank, a repository to process, store, analyze, and distribute de-identified biological samples and related data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive DevelopmentSM (ABCD) Study and HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study.
Capable Vendors must demonstrate the experience and capability necessary to manage a large biobank containing over 550, 000 samples, which would be transferred at the outset of the award, if other than the incumbent. Capable Vendors must demonstrate the ability to receive a volume of approximately 170, 000 samples over the course of the contract.
Sample and Data Management
Demonstrate an ability to safely process, store, and track between 500, 000-700, 000 biospecimen samples from a wide range of biospecimen types (e.g. blood, serum, plasma, DNA, RNA, saliva, hair, urine, teeth, fecal matter, placenta, umbilical cord blood and tissue) at a variety of storage conditions, and perform expert quality control and assurance procedures;
Provide 48 research sites across the country with collection kits including barcoded tubes with human readable labels for the collection of biospecimens which will be registered and tracked in the Contractor-s auditable Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Provide site coordinators and research staff with training for ordering supplies and collecting samples;
Maintain positive chain of custody and resolve data/sample discrepancies (e.g. missing data, incorrect information, samples sent to the wrong location) through management and support of issue tracking and resolution. This involves coordination with sites, site monitors, study staff, and the respective receiving or data management teams at the Biobank.
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Notice ID: 75n98026r00106
Department/Ind. Agency: health and human services, department of
Sub-tier: national institutes of health
Office: national institutes of health nida
Product Service Code: an11 - health r&d services; health care services; basic research
NAICS Code: 541714 - Research and Development in Biotechnology (except Nanobiotechnology)
Inactive Dates: jul 29, 2026
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
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