Presolicitation
ASIT.TO 1 year software support from ArgonSoft (Notice of Intent to sole source)
Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health · Sol. NOI-CC-26-000808
The agency plans to award to one named company. Others can only submit a capability statement to challenge it.
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NIH's Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, intends to buy one year of software support for its ASIS.TO laboratory information management system from ArgonSoft without full competition. The notice says ArgonSoft owns the software and is the only vendor who can support it. This is a notice of intent, not a request for proposal.
Watch out for
- Sole-source notice. NIH says only ArgonSoft can support this proprietary software, so a small business will rarely win unless it shows it can also provide the service.
they are the sole source vendor that can provide the software maintenance of this customized proprietary software
- Dates do not match. The text asks for responses by 01/15/2026, while the SAM.gov deadline is 2026-11-05 and the support period already started on January 1, 2026, so confirm with NIH whether this is still open.
by 9:00 AM eastern standard time on 01/15/2026
Read from the notice text only.
Full brief
What they want
- One year of gold system support for the ASIS.TO laboratory information management system
- Installation of mandatory updates and a minor upgrade package
- IQ/OQ (installation and operation qualification) tests of the running installation
- Contract type
- Sole-source purchase (other than full and open competition) under FAR 13.106-1
- Period of performance
- January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026 (estimated)
- Place of performance
- NIH Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD
- How they'll choose
- Not competed unless responses change the Government's mind; the decision is the Government's
- Offers due
- SAM.gov field shows 2026-11-05 at 9:00 AM Eastern, but the text says 9:00 AM eastern standard time on 01/15/2026
- How to submit
- Email a capability statement to lu-chang.lu@nih.gov
What to include when you submit
- Put NOI-CC-26-000808 in the email subject line
Current contractor
ArgonSoft installed the LIMS under agreement # 75N90023P00826 and is the named sole source.
Not in the notice text
- Estimated value
- Which response date is correct (01/15/2026 in the text or 2026-11-05 in the SAM.gov field)
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Key facts
- Response due
- Nov 5, 2026, 2:00 PM UTC
- Posted
- Jan 12, 2026
- Notice type
- Presolicitation
- Solicitation
- NOI-CC-26-000808
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health
- Office
- National Institutes of Health - CC
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- NAICS
- 513210
- Product/service code
- DA10
- Business type
- IT, software & telecom
- Place of performance
- Bethesda, MD, 20814
- Contracting contact
- Lu Changlu-chang.lu@nih.gov
Full notice text from SAM.gov
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