The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH) may have a requirement for a FY2025 Multiple Award Construction Contract.

As part of the U.S. Public Health Service under the Department of Health and Human Services, NIH is the Federal Government’s primary biomedical research agency.  The NIH Office of Research Facilities (ORF) is the steward of NIH facilities and is responsible for the planning, design, construction, acquisition, maintenance, and operation of NIH owned facilities, which includes:

• NIH Main Campus, Bethesda, Maryland
• NIH Animal Center, Poolesville, Maryland
• Fort Detrick Campus, Frederick, Maryland
• Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
• Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML), Hamilton, Montana
• Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch, Phoenix, Arizona
• Bayview Campus, Baltimore, Maryland
• Rental Facilities maintained by NIH

The selected contractors shall perform both design-bid-build (DBB) and design-build (DB) construction methodologies, and shall provide all labor, supervision, tools, materials, equipment, transportation, and management necessary or incidental to provide planning, construction, alteration, and rehabilitation for NIH.  The selected contractors must exhibit demonstrated experience, capability, and resources in projects of comparable size and complexity, with comparable clients.  Most significantly, selected contractors shall have a demonstrated track record of performing such projects with a high degree of customer satisfaction. The selected contractors shall be responsible for, and capable of, performing all associated decommissioning, demolition, removal of hazardous material, and construction of projects. Work under the MACC shall be performed in the general construction category which may include, but not limited to maintenance, repair, painting, alteration, architectural (when done during design-build), mechanical, electrical, plumbing, heating/air conditioning, civil, earthwork, fencing, structural, steel fabrication and or welding, roofing, building renovations, new building construction, demolition, United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Leadership in energy and Environmental Design (LEED) projects. Work may also include design/build projects as well as new construction for lab and hospital spaces. Most of the work will be done in occupied spaces.

The selected contractors shall be capable of controlling dust and flying debris, protecting all adjacent areas (as the work area will be occupied is most instances), and following all NIH Fire and Safety Regulation and Procedures. All offerors submitting a proposal to the solicitation must be fully qualified and licensed and have qualified subcontractors (as applicable) for asbestos and hazardous waste abatement; be capable of supporting a field office as required by specific project at NIH Bethesda Campus. Failure to meet these qualifications may result in a determination of technical unacceptability. Utility shutdowns once scheduled shall be strictly adhered to as continuity of utilities is imperative.

Projects may include, but are not limited to the following areas:

• Renovation and new construction of clinical and patient care units and all related areas to include general and specialized hospital spaces, including surgical areas, training, and pharmacies.
• Renovation of general or highly specialized biomedical research laboratory spaces and all associated support areas to include aseptic production and cGMP facilities.
• Renovation and new construction of general or highly specialized animal spaces and all associated support areas. These areas shall be designed and constructed in strict accordance with the American Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) Requirements.
• Renovation or retrofit and new construction of Biosafety Level (BSL)-3 and BSL-4 laboratory and animal spaces and all associated spaces. These areas shall be designed and constructed in strict accordance with the 5th edition of the Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL).
• Renovation and new construction of office, administrative, public and all associated support areas.
• Replacement, repair and relocation of both interior and exterior utility systems, HVAC systems, controls, substations, High/Low Voltage, fire protection, and communication systems.
• Repairs, alterations, and new construction of Parking Garage, Data Centers, and Elevator
• Installation of Medical and Research Equipment such as MRI, Electron Microscope, and Freezers.
• Renovation and new construction of Building Envelope
• Renovation and new construction of Central Utility Plant (CUP)