Using the NIH BPA

• NIH BPA
• NIH BPA Advantage
• Using the NIH BPA
• NETE NIH BPA Contact

Check List for Requesting the NIH BPA

• Requisition or Funding Document
• Supporting Documentation (clearances, statements of work, justifications etc.)
• Check required sources
  • Agency Inventory
  • Excess from other agencies (see FAR 8.1)
  • Federal Prison Industries (FPI) (See FAR 8.6)
  • Ability One (See FAR 8.7)
  • Mandatory Federal Supply Schedules
  • Other Federal Supply Schedules (NIH FSS BPAs, Strategic Sourcing BPAs, GWACs, etc.)
  • Open Market Commercial Sources, including NIH O/M BPA's
• Competition
  • All open market awards that are expected to exceed micro‐purchase threshold require competition.  Reasonable competition requires soliciting price quotations either orally or in writing from at least three vendors and documenting your files accordingly for open market awards
  • Federal Supply Schedule awards that are expected to exceed the micro‐purchase threshold require price comparison among three vendors under that schedule.  You should document your files with the price list from all three schedule vendors

NIH BPA Contact

NIH BPA Program, DSAPS, OALM,
6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 6B05
Rockville, MD 20892

Contract Information