NIH-NINDS-RFQ-20-5564229

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Post Date/ Solicitation Issue Date
Closing Response Date
Proposed Award Date
Project Title
GraphPad Prism License Renewal
Contracting Office
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Contact Points

Primary Contract Specialist

Evan
Feely
evan.feely@nih.gov

Secondary Contracting Officer

Sneha
Singh
sneha.singh@nih.gov
NAICS Code Number
511210
Software Publishers
Small Business Size Standard
$38.5 million
FPDS Classification Code
7030
Estimated Period of Performance
N/A
Delivery of Goods
01/01/2020
Set-Aside Status
Full Set Aside
Set-Aside Type
Small Business (SB)
Competition Status
Brand Name Only
Single-Sole Source Determination
This requirement is restricted to GraphPad Prism 8 brand-name licenses. While Prism is proprietary to GraphPad Software, LLC, it may be distributed through authorized resellers. Alternatives to Prism have been considered but no other software provides its level of analytical, statistical, and editing capabilities, nor can they be modified to obtain the level of functionality required by NINDS researchers.

Furthermore, if another software were purchased from a different vendor, there would be a disruption of service across NINDS as existing software would need to be uninstalled and new software installed. Staff would also need to be retrained and data compiled with the existing software would be unusable.

Continuation of these software licenses allows uninterrupted access to Prism, an essential service to the scientists who rely on it to perform their research. Any interruption of this service would have a detrimental effect on the work of all of the research staff that uses it on a daily basis. For these reasons, this requirement is restricted to GraphPad Prism 8 brand-name licenses.
Background/Description of Requirement

The purpose of this acquisition is to procure a subscription renewal of 600 licenses for GraphPad Prism 8 software so that researchers for the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) in main campus buildings 10 and 35 can continue to use biostatistics to analyze their biological experimental data. This renewal will allow anyone with an @ninds.nih.gov e-mail address to download the latest version of Prism.

It will also allow NINDS researchers to convert raw data to a graph (or layout) ready for presentations, posters or publications, send completed graphs or layouts to PowerPoint or Word, and export to TIFF, EPS, JPG, or PDF file formats, which will ensure that all reports satisfy the submission requirements for scientific journals.

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.