General Information: This is an RFI as defined in FAR 15.201(e) to identify vendors that can provide the capabilities described herein. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes and does not constitute a solicitation. All information received in response to this RFI will be treated as business confidential information. Nonetheless, submitters should properly mark their responses if the information is confidential. Responses to the RFI will not be returned. Responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. Responders are solely responsible for all expense associated with responding to this RFI. RFI Response and due date: 30 August 2022. 12:00pm Eastern+ Instructions to Responders: Responses from all capable and qualified sources are encouraged to respond to this request. White papers should adhere to the following formatting and outline instructions: 1. All submissions shall be made electronically and be in one of the following formats: Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF. 2. Cover Page (1page) Title Organization Responders technical and administrative points of contact (names, addresses, phone, fax number and email addresses) Topic area(s) addressed 3. Completed Attachment 1 and Attachment 2. Please note that the response shall provide sufficient technical data to determine how you fully meet the requirements as specified in Attachment 2. Please note that responses are due no later than 30 August 2022, 12:00pm, Eastern. The preferred method of submission is via email, SUBJECT: MOE Software Platform. The point of contact for this action is Dawn Jennings, Contract Specialist,
contact@example.gov. Only electronic responses are requested. No evaluation letters and/or results will be issued to the respondents. At this time no solicitation exists; therefore, please do not request a copy of the solicitation. NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE. It is the responsibility of any potential offeror to monitor this site for the release of any solicitation or synopsis. Background/Overview: The purpose of this requirement is to supply WRAIR with a Drug Discovery Software Platform, which integrates homology modeling of protein targets, drug discovery, design and lead optimization of antimicrobial small molecules against number of microbial targets, performs molecular simulation, modeling using x-ray diffraction data, and visualization for presentation and publications. BDB currently uses legacy data that can only be accessed using Molecular Operating Environment (MOE).
