A03- RFI GraphPad Software (1).docx

Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) Notice

Requiring Activity Name: The US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID)

Subject: USAMRIID has a need to renew GraphPad Prism Statistical Analysis Software License currently utilized by USAMRIID to perform statistical analysis in support of the various ongoing research efforts.

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 15.201 -Exchange with industry before receipt of proposals, this Sources Sought is for information and planning purposes only and at this time shall not be construed as a solicitation or as an obligation or commitment on the part of the Government nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents.

This Sources Sought Notice is a Market Research tool used to determine the availability and adequacy of potential sources, prior to determining the method of acquisition and issuance of a solicitation.

The NAICS code for this requirement is 544210 – Software Publishing

DISCLAIMER: This Request for Information (RFI)/Sources Sought (SS) Notice is NOT a Request for Proposals (RFP) or a Request for Quotations (RFQ). This RFI is issued solely for market research information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation.

Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Neither unsolicited proposals nor any other kind of offers will be considered in response to this RFI. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No contract will be awarded from this announcement. No reimbursement will be made of any costs to provide information in response to this announcement or any follow-up information requests; responders are solely responsible for all expenses associated with responding to this RFI. Availability of any formal solicitation will be announced under a separate announcement.

All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as confidential business information. Submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. All information received in response to this RFI that is marked Proprietary, will be handled accordingly.

At this time, questions concerning the composition and requirements for future solicitation will not be entertained.

RFI/SS Notice Response and due date: 10 March 2026, 1300, Eastern Time

Background: USAMRIID has a need for the renewal of 190 GraphPad Prism Statistical Analysis Software Licenses. These licenses shall integrate seamlessly with the already existing GraphPad software which operates on a Standard Windows Platform. This software is used on individual desktop systems throughout USAMRIID.

Instructions to Responders: Responses from capable and qualified Small Business sources are encouraged to respond to this request.

Review the Minimum Essential Characteristics (MECs) listed below. Respondents should address how they best can fulfil the requirements set forth in the MEC’s in their capabilities statement. Capability Statements or any other proprietary information relative to this RFI should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions:

1. All submissions shall be made electronically and be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF and shall not exceed 10 pages (Cover page excluded from page count).

2. Cover Page

· Title

· Organization

· Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses)

· Topic area(s) addressed

· Respondents shall be registered in www.sam.gov under the NAICS code of 544210.

· List all ordering vehicles held by respondents and associated contracting numbers (e.g. OMNIBUS IV,CHESS, GSA, etc.)

3. Response shall address whether the respondent is offering similar or like supplies/services in the commercial market to the general public.

4. Please note that the response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requirements as specified in the MEC’s.

The requested information shall be submitted by the date and time specified above, via email, to Ryan Jorgensen, Contract Specialist, at ryan.r.jorgensen.civ@health.mil and Tonya Kreps, Contracting Officer, at tonya.r.kreps.civ@health.mil . Only electronic responses will be accepted. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. Currently no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

Minimum Essential Characteristics (MECs) The Contractor shall provide licenses for 190 systems for scientific graphing comprehensive curve fitting (nonlinear regression), understandable statistics, and data organization software meeting the following Minimum Essential Characteristics:

1. Shall be able to perform the following statistical comparison tests:

· Paired or unpaired t tests.

· Nonparametric Mann-Whitney test, including confidence interval of difference of medians.

· Kolmogorov-Smimov test.

· Wilcoxon test with confidence interval of median.

· Ordinary or repeated measures one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey, Newman Keuls, Dunnett, Bonferroni or Holm-Sidak multiple comparison tests, the post-test for trend, or Fisher's Least Significant tests.

· Greenhouse-Geisser correction.

· Kruskal-Wallis or Friedman nonparametric one-way ANOVA with Dunn's posttest.

· Fisher's exact test or the chi-square test. Calculate the relative risk and odds ratio with confidence intervals.

· Two-way ANOVA, with repeated measures in one or both factors. Tukey, Newman Keuls, Dunnett, Bonferron, Holm-Sidak, or Fishers LSD multiple comparisons testing main and simple effects.

· Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. Compare curves with the log-rank test (including test for trend).

2. Shall be able to perform the following column statistics:

· Calculate info, max, quartiles, mean, SD, SEM, CI, CV.

· Mean or geometric mean with confidence intervals.

· Frequency distributions (bin to histogram), including cumulative histograms.

· Normality testing by three methods.

· One sample t test or Wilcoxon test to compare the column mean (or median) with a theoretical value.

· Skewness and Kurtosis.

· Identify outliers using Grnbbs or ROUT method.

3. Shall be able to perform Linear regression and correlation.

4. Shall be able to perform Nonlinear regression.

5. Shall be able to perform Clinical (diagnostic) lab statistics.

· Bland-Altman plots.

· Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves.

All software licensing, warranty, and services associated with the equipment shall be in accordance with Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) terms and conditions.

Delivery Requirements:

None

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