Public Information & Communication Services Contract III (PICSIII)   8

Background
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Logistics and Acquisition Operations (OLAO), through this procurement intends to award multiple Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contracts for acquiring a wide range of services for the NIH, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Operating Divisions (OPDIVS). The Contractor shall provide all the necessary services, qualified personnel, facilities, and financial capability needed to perform the services required in this Statement of Work (SOW). The Public Information and Communication Services III (PICS III) contract vehicle offers Institutes and Centers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) communications and outreach; graphic design; web database; materials development; distribution and exhibit support.

Work Details
This master contract will enable the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Operating Divisions (OPDIVS), and on a case-by-case basis, other Federal agencies to achieve and maintain high quality performance in the areas of media, communication, and information dissemination and technology by purchasing superior communication goods and services. The contract includes activities associated with recruiting and hiring qualified contractor staff, maintaining in-house skills, teaming and/or subcontract arrangements, screening and processing prospective contract staff to ensure personnel hiring and security requirements are met, management of contractor's facilities, utilizing electronic means to conduct business transactions under this contract, ensuring physical security requirements are met, planning for travel arrangements for approved travel by contractor personnel, procuring items/services on behalf of the government with competitive price analysis, tracking and reporting on Government-furnished property (GFP), preparing proposals in response to a request for proposal and/or SOW, submitting the proposals, negotiating task order requirements. The contract also covers access to training and materials for persons with impairments, restrictions and equivalencies in labor categories, corporate area management structure responsibilities throughout the lifecycle of each task order. It also specifies labor category descriptions/experience for principal task areas such as Program Manager, Deputy Program Manager, Project Manager, Meeting Planner, Jr. Meeting Planner, Web Designer, Web Developer, IT Specialist, Scientific Writer, Sr. Writer, Jr. Writer, Editor.

Period of Performance
The final contract will contain the price/cost provisions agreed upon by and the Offeror. Offerors shall complete the Section B Pricing Table Template providing their FULLY-burdened labor rates for all 5 years of the base period. The established labor category rates in the Section B Master IDIQ Pricing Table are ceiling rates. Offerors may discount these rates at the task order level but shall not exceed the ceiling rates. This is a Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity MA IDIQ) contract as contemplated by 16.504. The guaranteed minimum amount for the contract(s) to be awarded is $250.00 and the maximum contract amount for the 5 year base shall not exceed $1,000,000,000.00.

Place of Performance
The geographic location(s) where the services will be performed are not explicitly mentioned in the provided information.