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This document is an amendment to a solicitation providing clarification to vendor questions regarding a centralized information technology system for the NIH Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network. The incumbent contractor is Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc. under a one year, $296,460 firm fixed price contract to provide commercial off the shelf software with minor modifications and specified support services. Key requirements include a cloud-hosted FedRAMP certified database to store and visualize chemical structures, bioactivity, pharmacology, and toxicology data for each compound. An estimated volume of new data may be added each year as detailed in the statement of work. The Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health National Institute on Drug Abuse is the contracting agency.

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Amendment 1 75N95021Q00001

The purpose of this amendment is to answer vendor questions.

1. Is there an incumbent for this effort? if so, could the Government provide the incumbent information?

Yes, Collaborative Drug Discovery, Inc, HHSN271201600012C.

2. What is the Spend to date on the contract?

The base contract of 12 months was awarded in the amount of $296,460.00.

3. How many FTEs work on this contract?

This is a firm fixed type contract and not level of effort. The vendor shall provide commercial off the shelf software with minor modifications and support services as detailed in the statement of work.

4. Can the database be hosted on Cloud? if so, does the Government have any preference of vendors? for example, AWS or Azure or Google?

The database can be stored on Cloud. The data storage, a highly sensitive research work should be certified secure.

5. Does the Government require a FEDRAMP certified hosting environment?

Data can be stored on the cloud, therefore FedRAMP certified environment is a requirement.

6. What is the volume of data anticipated?

Please refer to item “2. Chemistry-related Requirements” section “a)” in the statement of work.

7. Is there a preferred technology stack for the web-based system? For example: Java or Dot Net.

No

8. Is there a preferred software for Database? For example: Oracle, SQL Server

9. Does the Government expect a full-blown Visualization tool on top of the database?

It is unclear what full-blown visualization means. We required the visualizing of chemical structures and bioactivity, pharmacology, and toxicology data of each compound in the database.

10. What is estimated volume of new data to be added per year?

Estimates are provided in the statement of work in item “5. Anticipated Usage.” This will depend on the team and complexity of work.

11. Will “discontinued” projects be transitioned to new system?

12. How long does each project typically remain active?

It varies with each project, minimum 1 year.

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