Renewal of subscription to LigandScout Expert Remote Execution, unlimited seats floating license
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- 25-004569
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 5132 Software Publishers
- Place of performance
- Maryland 20852, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health, is procuring a renewal subscription for LigandScout Expert Remote Execution software with unlimited seats floating license. This specialized software package supports pharmacophore-based modeling and drug design, providing capabilities for structure-based and ligand-based pharmacophore modeling, binding affinity estimation, automated creation of pharmacophores from MD trajectories, and comprehensive drug discovery and development tools. The software includes Inte:Ligand Expert KNIME Extensions and enables 3D pharmacophore modeling, virtual screening, molecular design, and structure-activity relationship analysis for chemists and researchers. The contract requires the vendor to provide maintenance updates, email support, and renewal information to specified NCATS contacts. The solicitation was posted on August 18, 2025, with a response deadline of August 31, 2025.
This procurement does not utilize any set-aside designations and is classified under NAICS code 5132 (Software Publishers) and PSC code 7A20 (IT and Telecom - Application Development Software). The license period is optimally structured to run from September 26, 2025, through September 25, 2026, providing one year of unlimited simultaneous usage across NCATS and Amazon Cloud CPUs. The place of performance is located in Rockville, Maryland 20852. No incumbent contractors or specific award values are mentioned in the solicitation materials. The unlimited seats floating license arrangement allows for flexible usage across the organization's research teams without restrictions on the number of concurrent users.
Notice text
The NCGC requires a new license for LigandScout software. LigandScout is one of the leading commercial software packages in the field of pharmacophore-based modeling and drug design that meets industrial standards. It includes, structure-based and ligand-based pharmacophore modeling, binding affinity estimation, automated creation of pharmacophores from MD trajectories, automated recognition of ligand-protein interactions, pharmacophore-based ligand clustering, lead discovery, optimization and visualization. Through recent publication and conference presentations, LigandScout provides most reliable pharmacophore-based analysis for structural data of macromolecule–ligand complexes which across multiple disciplines support successful drug research and development.
The software is the most up-to-date package of various modules to support Structure and ligand- based drug discovery.
Inte:ligand software is a well-established package of modules for drug discovery and development scientists. It is a comprehensive suite that can accelerate both lead discovery and lead optimization. It includes a comprehensive set of life sciences related modules that includes chemistry, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics
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