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FDA - Intent to Sole Source Molecular Operating Environment
Contact and place of performance
Carlton Taylor
Silver Spring, MD 20993
USA
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE The U.S. Food and Drug Administration intends to award a sole source contract to Chemical Computing Group ULC to enhance the Division of Applied Regulatory S...
View moreOnly one source, Chemical Computing Group ULC, is capable of fulfilling the Government’s requirement to provide the molecular modeling software package to communicate and provide customizable molecular docking models, computational models updating chemical descriptors, support chemical database management, and provide modeling diverse types of molecules and molecular interactions (organic, metallic, biomolecules).
This notice is not a solicitation or a request for offers. Any potential sources other than Chemical Computing Group ULC may submit a capability statement via email to Carlton Taylor, at [email protected] by 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday June 16, 2026.
Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. Oral communications are not acceptable in response to this notice.
A determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. A solicitation will not be issued.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), under the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, intends to award a sole-source contract to Chemical Computing Group ULC for the Molecular Operating Environment (MOE) software platform. This molecular modeling and cheminformatics suite enables the Division of Applied Regulatory Science to perform three-dimensional structural analysis and representation, which is required for evaluating adverse drug reactions that cannot be addressed through two-dimensional methods. The software fulfills agency requirements for customizable molecular docking models, computational models for updating chemical descriptors, chemical database management, and the modeling of diverse molecular interactions involving organic, metallic, and biomolecules.
The procurement is classified under NAICS 513210 Software Publishers and PSC 7A20 IT and Telecom - Application Development Software (Perpetual License Software). This requirement has no set-aside, and the primary place of performance is Silver Spring, Maryland. The anticipated schedule includes a one-year base period beginning June 29, 2026, followed by four one-year option periods extending through June 28, 2031.
This combined synopsis/solicitation, identified by solicitation number 7571TE26Q00038, is a single-source procurement conducted because Chemical Computing Group ULC is the only responsible source capable of meeting the technical requirements due to specialized licensing and software capabilities. While no formal solicitation will be issued, potential sources may submit capability statements to Carlton Taylor by the response deadline of June 16, 2026, at 12:00 PM EST. The government will use any received information solely to determine whether a competitive procurement is warranted.
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