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Website Design, Development, Hosting, Deployment, and Journal Submission Service

Overview


Software, Web & Mobile Development
Bethesda, Maryland, United StatesPosted: August 12, 2026Deadline: August 27, 2026

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SUMMARY


The procurement seeks a provider for an integrated journal submission, manuscript review, publishing, hosting, and website platform. Required capabilities include XML publishing, repository and container support, advanced search, multimedia hosting, social integration, and broad supplemental-file support.

KEY REQUIREMENTS


CONTRACT DURATION


12 months

TIMELINE


Intent to quote due by August 14th, 2026.

Questions/Requests for Clarifications due by August 19th, 2026.

Quotes due by August 27th, 2026.

Period of Performance: September 28th, 2026 through September 27th, 2027.

QUESTION DEADLINE


August 19, 2026

CONTACTS


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Issuing Agency


National Institutes Of Health

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DESCRIPTION


The vendor will provide website design, development, hosting, deployment, and journal submission services. The solution must include a fully integrated journal submission, manuscript review, and web publishing and hosting platform operated on a separately hosted third-party journal publishing platform.

The platform must support single-source XML publishing, Git-style repositories for individual papers, containerized software environments, customizable user interfaces, full-text search with facets and taxonomy, and social media integration. It must host HTML and XML content, provide downloads for various content types, support streaming audio and video with optional video hosting, and accept figure files in formats including PDF, TIFF, EPS, BMP, PNG, and JPG.

The system must also allow authors to upload supplemental materials such as text documents, figures, tables, video, audio, software, computational notebooks, source code, and datasets.

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Frequently asked questions


When is the submission deadline?
Submissions are due August 27, 2026. Questions must be submitted by August 19, 2026.
Who issued this RFP?
It was issued by National Institutes Of Health. The work is located in Bethesda, Maryland, United States.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?
  • Experienced digital publishing and scholarly journal platform provider
  • Demonstrated expertise in manuscript submission, peer review, and web publishing systems
  • Strong capabilities in XML publishing, Git-based repositories, containers, and cloud hosting
  • Experience supporting multimedia, datasets, software, code, and supplemental research materials
  • Able to deliver customizable, searchable, integrated web platforms for academic or research organizations

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