Description
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks a non‑competitive, firm‑fixed‑price contract with Metabolon Inc. to perform plasma metabolomic profiling on 369 archived blood samples (plus 12 reference samples) from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA). The contractor will provide all reagents, tools, and expertise to run global metabolomics and short‑chain fatty acid (SCFA) panels, deliver raw and processed data for over 1,000 metabolites, and supply a detailed data report and quality‑control documentation. NIH will supply the plasma samples and retain unlimited rights to all data. The period of performance is one year from award.