Notice of Intent to Sole Source for FDA-iRISK® System for Food Safety Risk Assessment - Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ)
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The Food and Drug Administration intends to sole source a three-year Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract to Risk Sciences International for the ongoing management, technical support, enhancements, and operations and maintenance of the FDA-iRISK system, which includes both the public-facing FDA-iRISK 5.0 and the institutional FDA-iRISK 5.1i versions. This peer-reviewed food safety modeling tool enables users to evaluate and rank risks from microbial and chemical hazards, predict the effectiveness of control measures, and express outcomes in public health metrics, making it a critical asset for FDA regulatory and research activities as well as for external stakeholders in the scientific community. Risk Sciences International is identified as the sole provider capable of meeting the technical requirements due to its exclusive ownership and deep institutional knowledge of the FDA-iRISK system’s architecture and functionality. The procurement is being conducted under FAR 6.302-1 for other than full and open competition, with the NAICS code 541511 for custom computer programming services, and no solicitation document is available for competitive bids. The agency will consider any information submitted by other potential providers by 9:00 AM Eastern Time on July 24, 2026, at Natasha.Abbington@fda.hhs.gov, but an award to Risk Sciences International is expected approximately 15 days after the notice date unless another vendor demonstrates superior capability. This is not a request for proposals, and responses are being solicited solely to inform the government’s decision on whether to pursue competitive award, with final selection based on agency discretion and determinations of cost, technical merit, and program continuity.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hereby issues a notice of intent in accordance with FAR 5.201. Pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, FDA will sole source with Risk Sciences International, 1505 Laperriere Avenue, Suite 343, Ottawa, ON K1Z 7T1, Canada for management and technical activities for continued system enhancements and operations and maintenance (O&M) of the FDA-iRISK capability. The FDA-iRISK capability includes the web accessible public version (FDA-iRISK 5.0) as well as the FDA-iRISK institutional version (currently version 5.1i).
As a peer-reviewed, robust food safety modeling tool that enables users to compare and rank risks from multiple microbial and chemical hazards and predict effectiveness of prevention and control measures, expressed as public-health metrics, FDA-iRISK (both the public version and the institutional version) has been and can continue to be a valuable component of our portfolio of risk assessment tools to inform FDA and stakeholder decisions related to food safety and nutrition.
Implementing this new 3-year IDIQ3 contract will allow FDA’s Human Foods Program (HFP) to continue to maintain the capability of FDA-iRISK in a continued state of readiness, ensuring its availability and usability to current and new users as a risk assessment tool for FDA regulatory and research purposes and for use by stakeholders in the scientific community, and to support FDA collaboration with other organizations using the FDA-iRISK system. Risk Sciences International is the only Contractor able to meet the requirement of this procurement. The NAICS code is 541511, Custom Computer Programming Services.
This notice is not a request for competitive quotes or proposal. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be accepted. Respondents may submit information pertaining to their capabilities to perform the services required above within a timely manner at Natasha.Abbington@fda.hhs.gov, which may be considered by the agency.
A determination to compete this procurement from the responses received shall be based upon the discretion of the Government. It is anticipated that an award will be issued the Risk Sciences International approximately fifteen (15) days after the date of this notice unless, the Government determines another vendor has the capabilities of meeting this requirement and is more advantageous to the Government. All responses to this notice of intent shall be received no later than 09:00 AM Eastern Time (EDT) on July 24, 2026 via email at Natasha.Abbington@fda.hhs.gov.
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