Rapid Assessment Machine Learning Software License

The Food and Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is soliciting quotes for ADMET Predictor software licenses through Request for Quote RFQ-75F40126Q00059. The procurement seeks eight software modules including Physicochemical and Biopharmaceutical, MedChem Designer, Chemistry, Toxicity, Metabolism, HTPK Simulation, ADMET Modeler, and MedChem Studio to support toxicology data mining and assessment of potentially harmful constituents in tobacco products. Contractors must provide brand name or equal software products along with updates, maintenance, training, and technical support through multiple channels including telephone, web-based, and email assistance. The solicitation incorporates FAR Part 12 and Subpart 13.5 procedures for commercial products with extensive security, privacy, and conflict of interest requirements. Responses are due February 16, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET, with evaluation based on firm fixed pricing for the base and optional performance periods.

This is an unrestricted solicitation with no set-aside designations, and the government has not identified any incumbent contractors in the available documentation. The contract will be structured as a firm fixed price purchase order with a twelve-month base performance period running from February 20, 2026 through February 19, 2027, followed by four optional one-year renewal periods through February 19, 2031. The contractor must provide license renewals for all eight specified software modules with separate pricing for each module across all contract periods, though specific budget ranges are not disclosed in this notice. The work will be performed at the FDA's facility located in Silver Spring, Maryland 20993. Payment terms require Net 30 days after government acceptance with no advance payments permitted, and the classification falls under NAICS 513210 (Software Publishers) and PSC 7A21 (IT and Telecom - Business Application Software).