NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE – Datavant Inc Continuation Support End-to-End Data Delivery

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration has issued a Special Notice of Intent to Award a Sole Source Contract to Datavant Inc for continuation support of end-to-end data delivery services. This notice pertains to supporting the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) data ecosystem associated with the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) platform. The contract value will not exceed $7.5 million with a performance period of up to eight months, utilizing Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The government anticipates awarding this contract by September 26, 2025, and has determined that Datavant Inc is the only responsible source capable of meeting the agency's requirements. This is not a competitive solicitation or request for proposals, and no solicitation package is available for distribution.

The primary objective of this sole source award is to ensure continued operation of the N3C platform's critical data infrastructure, which relies specifically on Datavant's proprietary tokenization engine for deidentification, harmonization, and data delivery functions. The government has determined that the data partners comprising the platform are linkable only through Datavant's Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage (PPRL) technology, making them the exclusive source for these services. Vendors who wish to challenge this sole source determination have until September 8, 2025, to submit responses and must provide clear evidence that competition would be advantageous to the government. However, the government retains sole discretion in determining whether to compete the proposed contract. Interested parties should contact Darnell Harkless at darnell.harkless@hhs.gov, though the notice explicitly states that email requests for solicitation packages will not be honored since this is not a competitive procurement opportunity.