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Synopsis No. 75N94026Q00001

NICHD, Office of Acquisitions

Title: Globus Standard Subscription Renewal

Presolicitation

SYNOPSIS

General Information

Document Type: Presolicitation

Synopsis Number: 75N94026Q00001

Posted Date: November 12, 2025

Original Response Date: November 21, 2025

Current Response Date: November 21, 2025

Set Aside: N/A

NAICS Code: 513210 Software Publishers

Contracting Office Address

NICHD

6710B Rockledge Dr.

Bethesda, Maryland 20892

Description

INTRODUCTION

THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS

TO AWARD A CONTRACT OR PURCHASE ORDER WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL

OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Child Health and Human

Development (NICHD), Office of Acquisitions (OA) intends to negotiate and award a contract without providing for full and open competition (Including brand-name) to:

University of Chicago

401 N. Michigan Ave, Suite 900

Chicago, IL 60611

NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) CODE

The intended procurement is classified under NAICS code 513210 with a Size Standard $47.0M.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

The resultant contract will include all applicable provisions and clauses in effect through the

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2005-99-1, July 16, 2018. This acquisition is conducted under the procedures as prescribed in FAR subpart 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures at an amount not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold ($250,000).

STATUTORY AUTHORITY

This acquisition is conducted under the authority of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1 (b) (1), Soliciting from a single source and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Contracts awarded using

FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-

Competition Requirements.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title: Globus High Assurance Subscription Renewal

2. Background Information: Globus is used for the intramural NIH campus and is managed by

High-Performance Computation Biowulf Cluster as a centralized service for the NIH scientific community. Many NICHD scientists in the intramural NICHD community routinely transfer data to and from Helix/Biowulf and other major computational centers on campus, and it is vital for them to have appropriate, secure, and user-friendly tools such as Globus. Globus at the University of Chicago proprietary software is the only commercially available product that can properly maintain all the essential functionalities required in support of the intramural scientists need to transfer data to and from Helix/Biowulf.

Period of Performance: November 24, 2025 through November 23, 2026

CLOSING STATEMENT

This synopsis is not a request for competitive proposals. However, interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to this notice. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties' bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include a technical proposal, a cost-price proposal, the period of performance, the

Unique Entity ID (UEI), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management

(SAM) www.sam.gov.

A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. The information received will normally be considered solely for the purposes of determining whether to proceed on a non-competitive basis or to conduct a competitive procurement.

All responses must be received by November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM Eastern time and must reference solicitation number 75N94026Q00001. Responses may be submitted electronically to

Mr. Michael Falzone, Contracting Officer at Michael.falzone@nih.gov. Fax responses will not be accepted.

"All responsible sources may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency.”

http://www.sam.gov/