By Greg Hazley
The National Institutes of Health has issued an RFP to assemble a roster of firms to handle various communications and public affairs assignments over the next five years.
The resulting contract, known as an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity pact, will be for a base year with four options. A handful of firms are typically selected from an RFP process to compete for assignments under IDIQ terms.
The assignments, outlined broadly in the Oct. 6 RFP, will cover tasks like research, media analysis and outreach, PR, and social marketing, among other communications assignments.
The NIH is the medical research arm of the federal government and has an annual budget of more than $30 billion and is based in Bethesda, Md.
As previously reported, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, like the NIH part of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, is planning a similar review later this month or in November.
Proposals are due Nov. 17 (questions by Oct. 27). Documents can be downloaded here.
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