NextMove Software License Renewal and Reinstatement

The Department of Health and Human Services, through the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, intends to award a firm-fixed-price contract to NextMove Software Limited for the one-year renewal and reinstatement of proprietary chemical informatics software licenses including HazELNut, LeadMine, CaffeineFix, SmallWorld, and Pistachio. This acquisition is a brand-name, all-or-none requirement, with no substitutions permitted, and is evaluated under the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable methodology, where technical acceptability is a mandatory threshold and award is made to the lowest-priced offeror who fully meets the specified requirements. The software supports critical preclinical and translational research by enabling the export, analysis, and mining of chemical reaction data from electronic lab notebooks, scientific literature, and patent databases, ensuring uninterrupted access to tools essential for assay development, screening, and chemical data analysis. The period of performance is one year, with performance expected at Bethesda, Maryland, while the contractor’s location is in Cambridge, United Kingdom. Payment must be submitted electronically through the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform, and the contracting office is located in Rockville, Maryland. The contractor must be registered in the System for Award Management and certify compliance with requirements related to delinquent federal tax liability and felony convictions under FAR clauses 52.204-7 and 52.209-11. No monetary value is specified as this is a notice of intent and not a solicitation for quotes, though the contract type is firmly established as firm-fixed-price with no options or line-item pricing provided. No packaging, marking, or delivery specifications beyond the place of performance are included, and no socioeconomic set-asides apply to this procurement.