7B--Illumina DRAGEN Processors and Licenses

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center is issuing a Notice of Intent to Sole Source for Illumina DRAGEN server processors and licenses on behalf of the National Cancer Institute, Center for Biomedical Informatics and Information Technology (NCI CBIIT). The government intends to negotiate a firm-fixed-price non-competitive acquisition with Illumina, Inc. for specialized bioinformatics computing equipment and software. The specific requirements include two annual software licenses for Level 2 DRAGEN Server processors with 250,000GB throughput capacity, along with two annual DRAGEN Server Advance Exchange Support Plans featuring remote technical support during standard business hours. Interested parties must demonstrate they are authorized Illumina resellers with the capability to fulfill these specialized requirements. The pre-solicitation notice was posted on August 4, 2025, with responses due by August 19, 2025.

This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and appears targeted specifically at Illumina, Inc. as the sole source provider. The acquisition will support data analysis workloads in the bio-computing space, with one license designated for the Frederick Research Computing Environment and another for the Biowulf Supercomputer. Performance will occur at contractor facilities rather than government locations. While specific contract values are not disclosed in the notice, the procurement involves high-performance computing hardware and perpetual license software classified under PSC code 7B20. The annual licensing structure suggests this is a recurring operational requirement for NCI CBIIT's computational biology initiatives.