WASHINGTON: The National Institutes of Health has selected a roster of companies to perform public information and communication services following an RFP process that took two years.

All selected companies, ranging from PR firms to IT and software developers, are small businesses. The federal agency picked 22 organizations for the multiple indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) communications contracts. In fiscal year 2013, the companies will be eligible to compete for $100 million in work, as well as an additional $400 million ...