Cancer Research Data Commons Data Discovery Portal

The Department of the Interior's Interior Business Center is procuring development, deployment, and maintenance of a Data Discovery Portal for the Cancer Research Data Commons on a sole-source basis from Jataware Corp., with quotes due June 10, 2026 and questions due May 26, 2026. Only Jataware Corp. (UEI: XM8DC8MEXQ41) is eligible to respond under RFO 12.201-1, Simplified Procedures 41 U.S.C. 1901.

Place of performance is NCI CBIIT offices in Rockville, Maryland, with telework permitted via secure VPN during standard government business hours (8:00 AM–5:00 PM ET Monday–Friday, with core hours 9:30 AM–3:00 PM ET Monday–Thursday and 9:30 AM–2:30 PM ET Friday). The NAICS code is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services, with a $3.4 million size standard. The PSC is DA01, IT and Telecom—Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor).

The portal will integrate AI-powered search with traditional faceted search functionality across seven CRDC repositories using the Cancer Data Aggregator as primary metadata source. The base period spans two non-severable years with two optional one-year periods for operations and maintenance. Key deliverables include an operational Jataware-hosted BeakerHub MVP instance (Year 1, Q1), a pilot faceted search portal (Year 1, Q2), a CBIIT-hosted BeakerHub test environment (Year 1, Q3), an MVP pilot release (Year 1, Q4), FISMA Low security compliance and ATO documentation (Year 2, Q1), and a production release (Year 2, Q3). The portal must comply with FISMA Low security requirements, support GA4GH standards and NIH Researcher Auth Service for authentication, and provide lightweight analytics and visualizations for open access data.

Contractor personnel require a Project Manager II with eight years of progressive project management experience and five years managing Federal Government contracts, and a Subject Matter Expert II Lead with ten years of specialized professional experience and five years providing technical leadership on Federal or large-scale research programs. All contractors and subcontractors must execute an NIH Contractor Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to performing work. The contract incorporates FAR clauses 52.212-1, 52.212-4, and 52.212-5. Quotes must include four volumes: Technical (limited to 10 pages with draft Project Management Plan, key personnel resumes, and completed Section 508 VPAT), Price (with completed Pricing Template), and Volumes III and IV for technical or price assumptions, conditions, or exceptions. Award will be made to Jataware Corp. if the quote is technically acceptable and priced reasonably.