NOI - Pivot-RP Institutional Subscription
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 75N98026Q00561
- Agency
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Office of Logisitics and Acquisition Operations
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 519290 Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, is issuing a Notice of Intent to award a non-competitive purchase order for an institutional subscription to Clarivate Analytics' Pivot-RP research funding intelligence platform, with responses due June 16. This is a brand-name, sole-source procurement under FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii) and 41 U.S.C. 1901, foreclosing full and open competition.
The award will be made to Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108, on behalf of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), Office of Translational Science (OTS) Grant Clearinghouse (GCH) initiative. Delivery is via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) digital access to NHLBI at 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. The NAICS code is 519290, Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services, with a small business size standard of $47 million. The PSC code is DA10, IT and Telecom—Business Application/Application Development Software as a Service.
The base period runs from June 30, 2026 through June 29, 2027, with one twelve-month option period from June 30, 2027 through June 29, 2028. The subscription shall provide full platform access to all users, including weekly-updated editorially curated global funding opportunities, researcher profiles linked to ORCID and Web of Science, AI-enhanced recommendations, onboarding and training, administrator tools, technical support, analytics dashboards, and assistance with institutional newsletters and internal opportunity postings. NHLBI determined Pivot-RP the only platform meeting programmatic and technical requirements following a formal pilot and market scan (December 2024–May 2025) of alternatives including GrantForward and InfoReady. Responses must include unit and list price, shipping and handling, delivery timeframe, F.O.B. point, product descriptions, UEI, TIN, business size certification, and active SAM registration. Submit responses electronically to nicholas.capobianco@nih.gov.
Notice text
(i) This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; proposals are being requested, and a separate written solicitation will not be issued.
(ii) The solicitation number is 75N98026Q00561. This solicitation is issued as a Notice of Intent (NOI) for a non-competitive combined synopsis/solicitation to award a contract or purchase order without providing for full and open competition (brand-name).
This acquisition is conducted under the authority of FAR 12.603, Streamlined Solicitation for Commercial Products or Commercial Services, and is not expected to exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. Additional authority includes 41 U.S.C. 1901 and FAR 6.302-3(a)(2)(ii).
The National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of the Director, Office of Acquisitions, intends to negotiate and award a firm-fixed-price purchase order, with a base period and one (1) twelve-month option period, on a non-competitive basis to Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC, 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108 for an institutional subscription to the Pivot-RP research funding intelligence platform in support of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), Division of Intramural Research (DIR), Office of Translational Science (OTS) Grant Clearinghouse (GCH) initiative. Pivot-RP is the only platform that combines a curated, human-edited funding opportunities database with advanced semantic search, researcher profile-based recommendations, and institutional communication tools required by NHLBI. Following a formal pilot and market scan (December 2024 ¿ May 2025) of alternatives including GrantForward and InfoReady, Pivot-RP was determined to be the only platform that fully meets NHLBI's programmatic and technical requirements.
(iii) The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular 2026-01, effective date 03/13/2026.
(iv) The associated NAICS code is 519290 ¿ Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services, and the small business size standard is $47.0 million. This requirement is not set aside for small business.
Files
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| Sol_75N98026Q00561.pdf |
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