Project Information

Bid Title

Continuing Access to Harvard Longitudinal Survey Data

Issuing Agency

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Location

Maryland

Published Date

Jul 22, 2026

Closing Date

Aug 7, 2026

Government Level

Federal

Status

Closed

Ref. #

FDA_7222026

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Set Aside

8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)

Project Description

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Continuing Access to Harvard Longitudinal Survey Data

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Contract Opportunity

Notice ID

FDA_7222026

Related Notice

Department/Ind. Agency

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF

Sub-tier

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION

General Information

• Contract Opportunity Type: Special Notice (Original)
• Original Published Date: Jul 22, 2026 12:35 pm EDT
• Original Response Date: Aug 07, 2026 03:00 pm EDT
• Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
• Original Inactive Date: Aug 22, 2026
• Initiative:

Classification

• Original Set Aside: 8(a) Sole Source (FAR 19.8)
• Product Service Code:
• NAICS Code:
• Place of Performance:
  Rockville , MD 20852
  USA

Description

Cross-sectional data sets, such as derived from the National Health and Nutritional Examination Survey (NHANES), are readily available at no cost over the web, and analyses of such data sets can help suggest potential associations between dietary intake exposures and health outcomes. However, because cross- sectional surveys collect exposure and outcome data at the very same point in time, they cannot help us understand if exposures through routine dietary intake and other exposures related to regulated products preceded diagnosis of adverse health conditions.

Longitudinal data – often collected repeatedly from participants in prospective cohort studies conducted over several years – help to reveal relationships between dietary and environmental exposures and the development of health conditions over time. The FDA Human Foods Program (HFP)/Office of Surveillance Strategy and Risk Prioritization (OSSRP)/Division of Evaluation and Population Health Science (DEPHS)/Epidemiology and Medical Sciences Branch (EMSB) is interested in obtaining such longitudinal data from the ongoing President and Fellows of Harvard College/Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) longitudinal studies:

• Nurses’ Health Study original cohort (NHS: ~122,000 participants, since 1976)


• Nurses’ Health Study II (NHSII: ~116,000 participants, began in 1989)


• Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS: ~100,000 men, since 1986)


• Growing Up Today Study (GUTS: children of NHS participants, including 16,882 girls and boys; since 1996)


• Growing Up Today Study 2 (GUTS2: children of NHSII participants, including 10,923 girls and boys; since 2004)

Analyses of longitudinal data from these studies will help monitor diet and lifestyle risk factors, allow for scientific evaluation of potential causal links between these factors and chronic disease incidence, and enhance understanding of individual and intergenerational relationships between dietary intake, lifestyle exposures, and chronic conditions/long-term health effects throughout the lifespan, among parents and offspring, including evaluating grandmother-maternal-child outcomes. This information will help the FDA improve dietary policy and consumer education to protect and promote public health.

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Contact Information

Contracting Office Address

• 5630 Fishers Lane
• Rockville , MD 20841
• US

Primary Point of Contact

• Samad Sahil
• samad.sahil@fda.hhs.gov

Secondary Point of Contact

History

• Jul 22, 2026 12:35 pm EDTSpecial Notice (Original)

Commodity Codes

• FSC BSpecial Studies and Analyses - Not R&D

• NAICS 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
• NAICS 541519Other Computer Related Services
• NAICS 541690Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services
• NAICS 541990All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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