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This is a Presolicitation notice.
The agency is announcing an upcoming solicitation. Watch for the actual RFP/RFQ to be posted later.
The National Institutes of Health needs a small business to distribute NIH news releases to journalists and the public.
Key Details
The NIH needs a small business to provide the following services:
- Maintain a dedicated NIH news site accessible to journalists, researchers, universities, medical centers, and the public.
- Provide intermittent promotion of the NIH site through web banners.
- Distribute submitted content through news feeds and daily email updates to its vetted global journalist-member network.
- Provide access to a secure area for posting embargoed materials exclusively for journalist-members.
- Allow posting of up to 100 NIH experts on the platform to increase press access to NIH subject matter experts.
- Provide monthly reports to the NIH Office of the Director showing all NIH press releases posted within the past four months and the number of visits each has received.
- Provide real-time and on-demand traffic reports through the PIO-member dashboard for NIH OCPL to monitor the reach of submitted content.
- What's the contract structure and timeline?
The notice doesn't say.
- How will they pick the winner?
The notice doesn't say.
- When and how do you bid?
Bid by August 1, 2026, at 1:00 PM ET through SAM.gov.
Who can apply
- Any certified small business may apply.
If you're interested, do this first
- Check that your small business certification is still active in SAM.gov.
Primary point of contact
Name
John Burton
Email
burtonjo@mail.nih.gov