75N95022Q00178

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
Acquisition of Data Analysis Scientific Software
Contracting Office
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

Sarah
Adan
sarah.adan@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
511210
THIS IS A PRE-SOLICITATION NON-COMPETITIVE (NOTICE OF INTENT) SYNOPSIS TO AWARD A CONTRACT WITHOUT PROVIDING FOR FULL OR OPEN COMPETITION (INCLUDING BRAND-NAME).

The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with GraphPad Software, LLC for Data Analysis Scientific Software .

Small Business Size Standard
$41.5 million
Estimated Period of Performance
1 year
Delivery of Goods
Within two (2) weeks after award
Competition Status
Brand Name Only
Vendor Name
GraphPad Software, LLC
Vendor Address
2365 Northside Drive, Ste. 560,
San Diego, CA 92108
Brand Name
Prism GraphPad
Single-Sole Source Determination
The determination by the Government to award a contract without providing for full and open competition is based upon the market research conducted. Specifically, GraphPad Software, LLC is the only vendor in the marketplace that can provide the products required by NCATS.
Background/Description of Requirement
The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) has purchased Prism GraphPad in the past, which allows scientists to take raw data to a graph (or layout) ready for presentations, posters, or publications. Prism offers t tests, nonparametric comparisons, one and two-way ANOVA, analyst of contingency tables, and survival analysis. Prism will allow NCATS’ scientists to place data for multiple data sets side-by-side on an organized data table and is now used much more broadly by all kinds of biologists, as well as social and physical scientists. NCATS is in need of this software for its scientists’ use in daily data analysis operations. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: The vendor shall provide a scientific data analysis software that can complete the following tasks: • Calculate min, max, quartiles, mean, SD, SEM, CI, CV • Calculate slope and intercept with confidence intervals • Calculate and graph residuals • Identify outliers using Grubbs or ROUT method • Report the covariance matrix or set of dependencies Quantity: 250 annual licenses

Interested parties may identify in writing their interest and capability in response to this requirement. Responses to this notice shall contain sufficient information to establish the interested parties’ bona-fide capabilities for fulfilling the requirement and include: unit price, list price, shipping and handling costs, the delivery period after contract award, the prompt payment discount terms, the F.O.B. Point (Destination or Origin), the Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS), the Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN), and the certification of business size. All offerors must have an active registration in the System for Award Management (SAM) www.sam.gov.

All responses must be received by closing date and must reference the announcement. Responses may be submitted electronically to the attention of the contract specialist. Fax responses will not be accepted.

All responsible sources may submit a bid, proposal, or quotation which shall be considered by the agency.