SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- IUPAC International Chemical Identifier Membership - J&A
- Notice Date
- 9/13/2016
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 511210
— Software Publishers
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4301218
- Archive Date
- 10/4/2016
- Point of Contact
- Anne Mineweaser, Phone: 301-827-7683
- E-Mail Address
-
mineweasera@mail.nih.gov
(mineweasera@mail.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Justification The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with InCHI Trust, LTD. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), has a number of deparments using this membership that is only provided by the Trust. The InChI Trust is a not-for-profit member-owned charitable organization, expanding and developing the unique InChI open-source chemical structure representation algorithm. The InChI Trust develops and supports the unique non-proprietary IUPAC InChI standard and promotes its uses to the scientific community. InChI is just one of many pieces of a larger mission that support the NIH BD2K (bd2k.nih.gov) project (under the direction of the Associate Director for Data Sciences) by providing a unique way to locate and link biomedical and related data funded by NIH and others. The internationally recognized and endorsed InChI standard is the only available standard way to for linking chemical/drugs with the data in the scientific community. Only participation by membership in the InChI Trust will ensure that the needs of the NIH and the BD2K are met in a timely manner. Responses The proposed acquisition action is for items and services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1 (b). If you believe you can provide the services requested, please forward capability statements to anne.mineweaser@nih.gov referencing notice number NIH-OLAO-OD3-NOI4301218, by COB on September 19, 2016. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract acquisition based upon responses to the notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. This notice does not obligate the Government to award a contract or otherwise pay for the information provided in response. The Government reserves the right to use information provided by respondents for any purpose deemed necessary and legally appropriate. Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed. Information provided will be used to assess tradeoffs and alternatives available for the potential requirement and may lead to the development of a solicitation. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Any solicitation resulting from the analysis of information obtained will be announced to the public in Federal Business Opportunities in accordance with the FAR Part 5. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation. No proprietary, classified, confidential, or sensitive information should be included in your response. The Government reserves the right to use any non-proprietary technical information in any resultant solicitation(s).
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIH, 9000 ROCKVILLE PIKE, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN04270100-W 20160915/160914000235-311160c68ac2ba08c6e46ea0a805aa27 (fbodaily.com)
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