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Contracting with AIR

AIR has a number of contracting mechanisms in place that simplify conducting business with government agencies, including three Government-wide Acquisition Contracts. AIR has also been pre-qualified to bid on competitive task order requests issued under Agency-Specific Contract Mechanisms including various Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) and Indefinite Quantity Contracts (IQC).

Government-wide Acquisition Contracts

For information on all Government-wide Acquisition Contracts, please contact: Mark Kutner, Marilyn Moon, and Dan Sherman.

Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services  (MOBIS)

Contract Data

Contractor:American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Address:1000 Thomas Jefferson Street
Washington, DC 20007
Contract Number:GS-10F-0112J
Period of Performance:10/01/1999-09/30/2009
DUNS Number:04-173-3197
Security Requirements:Up to Top Secret Facility
Contact:GSAMobisGrp@air.org

AIR Services

  • Consultation Services (SIN 874-1)
  • Facilitation Services (SIN 874-2)
  • Survey Services (SIN 874-3)

AIR's MOBIS Brochure includes further information on pricing and other facets of AIR's MOBIS work.

Our Skills: AIR provides organizational assessments, high-performance work strategies, process and productivity improvements, performance measurement, program audits/evaluations, facilitation services, team development, team performance, and employee/customer surveys. AIR is committed to helping its MOBIS clients reinvent their organizations, enhance their capacity for change, and create lasting value for their customers, employees, and society. AIR works closely with clients to define achievable targets and expectations that allow them to reach desired outcomes. By combining its expertise and enthusiasm with that of MOBIS clients, AIR creates the synergy necessary to discover new paths to sustained high performance.

Our Experience: Under MOBIS, we have brought our expertise in a variety of applied research areas to a number of government agencies such as the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. For these agencies, AIR has evaluated performance measurement programs, conducted program evaluations, designed and evaluated training programs, developed items and validated tests, conducted survey research, facilitated expert panels, and employed both quantitative and qualitative research methods.

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Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions

Contract Data

Contractor:American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Address:1000 Thomas Jefferson Street
Washington, DC 20007
Contract Number:GS-07F-0101T
Period of Performance: 11/8/2006 - 11/7/2011
DUNS Number:04-173-3197
Contact:GSAAIMS@air.org

AIR Services

  • Advertising Services (SIN 541-1)
  • Public Relations (SIN 541-2)
  • Market Research and Analysis Services (SIN 541-4A)
  • Video/Film Production Services (SIN 541-4B)
  • Exhibit Design and Implementation Services (SIN 541-4C)
  • Integrated Marketing Services (SIN 541-5) (includes all of the following):
    • Web-based marketing
    • Conferences, Events, Tradeshow Planning Services
    • Commercial Art & Graphic Design
    • Advertising Services
    • Public Relations
    • Market Research and Analysis Services
    • Video/Film Production Services
    • Exhibit Design and Implementation Services
  • Other Direct Costs (ODCs) - expenses other than labor hours (SIN 541-1000)

These categories are described in more detail in the GSA AIMS Brochure.

Our Skills: Through the GSA AIMS schedule, AIR can perform a full range of communication and creative services for any federal agency (and certain other agencies such as the District of Columbia). Services we can provide under this schedule include developing and implementing consumer-driven communication interventions, eMarketing campaigns, exhibit design & services, market research, public relations, advertising, and video/film production.

Our Experience: AIR's work is thoroughly steeped in the practice of social marketing and communication research. We have developed numerous successful award-winning campaigns to increase awareness, disseminate information, and promote positive behavior-change among specific populations.

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Program Support Center (PSC) - Program and Policy Assessment

Contract Data

Contractor:American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Address:1000 Thomas Jefferson Street
Washington, DC 20007
Contract Number:233-02-0082
Period of Performance: 08/06/2003 - 08/05/2007
DUNS Number:04-173-3197
Contact:AIRPSC@air.org

AIR Services

  • Program and Policy Assessment
  • Evaluation Design Services
  • Performance Measurements
  • Technical Assistance
  • Conference Support Services

The Program Support Center in the Department of Health and Human Services manages this government-wide acquisition contract (GWAC), which was issued as a means for reducing processing time for the issuance of task orders. All Government agencies may use this vehicle to select AIR (or any PSC IDIQ contract holder) for sole source contracts.

Our Skills and Experience: Through this IDIQ, AIR has conducted research for a variety of DHHS agencies and for the Department of Defense. Research topics have included a study of patient-centered care in the military, development of a toolkit encouraging employers to provide insurance covering cardiovascular preventive services, development of continuing education cultural competency curricula for family physicians and nurses, and development of a survey instrument for measuring patients' assessments of the quality of dental care.


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Additional AIR Contract Mechanisms

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Government-wide Acquisition Contracts by Agency


General Services Administration (GSA)

GSA Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services (MOBIS)

GSA Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS)


Department of Health and Human Services

Program Support Center (PSC) - Program and Policy Assessment

Additional Contract Mechanisms


Agency for International Development (AID)

ABE/BE IQ

ABE/LINK IQC

EQUIP LWA I IQC

EQUIP LWA II IQC (AED)

 

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)


Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

AHRQ ACTION IDIQ

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

NHMCS IDIQ

MedPAC IDIQ

 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

CRC IDIQ

MRAD IDIQ

 

Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS)

PASS : IDIQ

 

Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)

MedPAC IDIQ

 

SAMHSA

CSAT IDIQ

 

Department of Education (ED)

MATO II-Umbrella Agreement

 

State of California

CMAS