Notice of Intent to Sole Source for ChemTunes ToxGPS suite software

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Program Support Center Acquisition Management Service and on behalf of the Food and Drug Administration, intends to award a sole-source purchase order to ALTAMIRA LLC for the ChemTunes ToxGPS suite software, a chemoinformatics platform and toxicity database specialized for cosmetic chemical safety assessment. This action is being conducted under RFO 12.102(a) to acquire the software for predictive toxicology modeling and cheminformatics tools required to evaluate the safety of cosmetic ingredients, including maintenance and support for the existing Cosmetic Chemical Safety Assessment Software. The contract will include a base performance period with four optional extension periods authorized under FAR 52.217-9, and the work will be performed at College Park, Maryland, with the contracting office located in Rockville, Maryland. The solicitation number is 7571TE26Q00040, and the NAICS code is 541519 for other scientific and technical consulting services. This notice is not a request for competitive quotes but a formal declaration of intent to award, allowing other potential offerors to submit capability statements for consideration prior to the June 17, 2026 deadline. All submissions must be emailed to Chantal Cornelius at chantal.cornelius@hhs.gov, with Jesse Weidow designated as a secondary point of contact. No pricing details, evaluation factors, inspection criteria, or special contractual requirements are specified in this pre-solicitation notice, as no formal bid process is being initiated at this stage.