Rocky Linux Software Support Renewal
Past New Requirement Updated
- Agency
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National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $25,000 to $250,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Anticipated award
- NAICS code
- 511210 Software Publishers
- Points of contact
Forecast details come from HHS's procurement forecast. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) forecasts a new requirement for licensed technical support and maintenance renewal for the Rocky Linux operating system on its NCATS High-Performance Computing cluster, with an estimated solicitation release and award date of June 1, 2026. The cluster supports imaging analysis, N3C data processing, Multi-Omics studies, virtual screening, and molecular dynamics simulations, and NIH states that without licensed support the system faces extended outages and data corruption risk and cannot be shut down. No set-aside is used, and the requirement falls under NAICS 511210, Software Publishers.
The estimated award value range is $25,000 to $250,000. Point of contact is Justin Borden, Contract Specialist, at justin.borden@nih.gov or +13014809887, with Dimitrios Metaxotos listed as a second contact at metaxotd@mail.nih.gov.
Forecast text
The NCATS High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster supports critical biomedical research activities-including imaging analysis, N3C data processing, Multi-Omics studies, virtual screening, and molecular dynamics simulations-that directly enable the development of diagnostics and therapeutics essential to public health and safety.
If the system fails and we do not have licensed technical support for the Rocky Linux operating system, there is a reasonable likelihood that system downtime or technical failure would significantly impede HPC functionality. Without a maintenance contract, the HPC becomes at risk of extended outages and data corruption. We cannot turn it off, as doing so would interrupt vital, continuous biomedical analyses that inform disease treatment strategies and emergency health responses.
Failure to maintain operational continuity would delay or halt time-sensitive research outputs that directly support the safety of life and protection of health. The threat to both life and property is therefore at risk, and immediate action is required to ensure uninterrupted system operation and data integrity.
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