Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum
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Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intends to award a sole-source, firm-fixed-price purchase order to National Academies for the Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum. This presolicitation notice indicates the FDA's plan to continue supporting the Food Forum, which serves as a critical platform for discussing food, nutrition, and food safety issues among diverse stakeholders. Responses/inquiries are due June 20, 2026.
Scope of Work
The National Academies Food Forum facilitates discussions on complex issues related to food, food safety, food technology, nutrition, and food science. It brings together representatives from government, industry, academia, and public interest groups to identify high-priority problems, improve understanding of their causes, and explore approaches for resolution. Technical areas previously explored include science communications for healthy diets, global food supply chains, microplastics, the human microbiome, reducing nutrition-related risk factors, optimizing health, providing healthy and safe foods for older adults, reducing sodium, managing food safety practices, nutrition standards for schools, biomarkers, and nutritional risk assessment.
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order (Sole Source)
- Duration: 1-year base period with four (4) option periods
- Set-Aside: None (Sole Source to National Academies, in accordance with FAR 6.103-1)
- NAICS: 541720 - Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
- Response Due: June 20, 2026
- Published: June 4, 2026
Additional Notes
This notice is a presolicitation and not a request for competitive proposals. The FDA intends to award this contract on a sole-source basis to the National Academies due to their unique role in establishing and managing the Food Forum since 1993. Interested parties may submit inquiries regarding this sole-source determination.