Notice of Intent to Sole Source – GraphPad Software
Closed Special Notice Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25-004856
- Agency
-
NIH Clinical Center
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 513210 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Maryland 20892, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has issued a Special Notice announcing its intent to sole source a purchase order for GraphPad Prism software licenses. The notice, posted on June 2, 2025, with a closing date of June 23, 2025, pertains to a fixed-price procurement for 350 activations of a Prism Group Academic Yearly Subscription. The solicitation is being conducted under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 - Simplified Acquisition Procedures, which allows for single-source procurement when only one source is reasonably available. GraphPad Software, located in Boston, MA, is identified as the sole vendor for this proprietary software. The procurement will be executed at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
The primary objective of this Special Notice is to renew existing software licenses through a non-competitive acquisition process. Interested parties are invited to submit comments or identify alternative capabilities in response to the notice, with the understanding that the government retains sole discretion in determining whether to proceed with competition. Contractors wishing to provide input must submit comments referencing the posting number to Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist, via email at Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by June 23, 2025, at 4:00 PM EST. The procurement is classified under Product Service Code 6515 for medical instruments and equipment, and NAICS Code 339112 for surgical and medical instrument manufacturing. Potential vendors should note that this is a notice of intent, not a request for quotation, and no solicitation document will be issued. The notice emphasizes that the proposed vendor is the exclusive source for this copyrighted software.
Notice text
The purpose of this acquisition is to renew GraphPad Prism software licenses at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center (CC).
• Product Service Code: 6515 – Medical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies
• NAICS Code: 339112 – Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
• Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
POTS: 25-004856
Description:
This is a notice of intent, not a request for a quotation. A solicitation document will not be issued and quotations will not be requested.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intends to award a fixed price purchase order to GraphPad Software, located at 225 Franklin St FL 26, Boston, MA 02110, on a firm fixed price sole source award basis to renew GraphPad Prism software licenses at the NIH CC.
Below is a description of the item(s):
Description: Prism Group Academic Yearly Subscription, 350 activations
Units: EA
Quantity: 1
The proposed vendor, GraphPad Software, is the only source available to provide this proprietary software, each component of which is copyrighted.
This acquisition is being conducted using policies unique to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 13 – Simplified Acquisition Procedures, Subpart 13.106-1(b)(1), For purchases not exceeding the simplified acquisition threshold (SAT), contracting officers may solicit from one source if the contracting officer determines that the circumstance of the contract action deem only one source reasonably available. Contracts awarded using FAR Part 13-Simplified Acquisition Procedures are exempt from the requirements of FAR Part 6-Competition Requirements.
Interested parties may identify their interest and capabilities in response to this posting. The determination by the Government not to compete the proposed requirement based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Comments to this announcement, referencing this posting number, may be submitted to the NIH, Clinical Center, Office of Purchasing and Contracts, prior to the closing date specified in this announcement, to the attention of Kristin Nagashima, Contract Specialist via email to Kristin.nagashima@nih.gov by June 23, 2025 at 4pm EST.
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