Notice of Intent for NIH/NCATS ChemAxon Licenses Renewal
Health and Human Services (all) · OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATION (ASA)
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Where this opportunity stands
Every notice posted under solicitation PCA-OD-07793 in this department, oldest first.
Next steps for this stage
Standard steps for the notice type; not advice about this buyer.
- Answer the notice: this is when the requirement can still be shaped.
- Contact the contracting officer named on the notice.
- Check who won similar work; they are the likely bidders.
What the notice says
THIS IS A NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT, NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE QUOTES. A REQUEST FOR QUOTE (RFQ) WILL NOT BE ISSUED AND QUOTES WILL NOT BE REQUESTED. The National Institute of Health on behalf of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) intends to award a firm fixed price sole source contract under the authority of FAR 12.102(a), only one source being available to meet the Government's needs, to: Chemaxon LLC 4 Radnor Corporate Center Suite 350 Radnor, PA 19087 NCATS hereby submits a notice of intent to award a sole source firm fixed price pur… (show all)
chase order for the renewal of the existing ChemAxon Software License Suite, including associated maintenance, upgrades, and technical support, for a twelve (12) month period of performance commencing within thirty (30) days of award. This is not a new requirement. NCATS has used the ChemAxon software suite since at least 2020 under a prior contract for which multiple option periods were exercised. Although that contract is now expired, the requirement remains current and ongoing. Continued access to the software is necessary to avoid interruption to established scientific and informatics workflows that support NCATS translational research and small-molecule discovery activities. The ChemAxon Software License Suite supports daily operations involving chemistry data management, chemical structure drawing, compound registration and evaluation, structure searching, standardization, property prediction, virtual synthesis, and related cheminformatics workflows. These capabilities enable NCATS to integrate chemistry information with biological and assay data in support of its mission to advance the development, testing, and implementation of diagnostics and therapeutics. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this requirement is 513210 Software Publishers business size $47M. The period of performance will be for one (1) 12-month base period from date of award to September 10, 2026 � September 9, 2027. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals, and no solicitation document exists for the requirement. This hereby constitutes a synopsis of the requirement. CLOSING STATEMENT The determination not to compete this proposed contract action is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. The Government will not be responsible for any costs incurred by responding to this notice. This is NOT a request for quotes or proposals. Questions or comments to this Notice of Intent should be directed to the Primary Point of Contact Leah L. Hinson via e-mail only Leah.Hinson@hhs.gov (no phone calls/voice mail). Messages regarding questions will not be accepted and will not receive a response). Please indicate in the subject of your email: Notice of Intent Question Submission � PCA-OD�07793 ChemAxon Software License Suite Renewal. Contracting Office Address: Office of Mission Acquisition Solutions (OMAS) Office of Acquisitions (OA) | Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR) U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Primary Point of Contact: Leah L. Hinson- Leah.Hinson@hhs.gov
Who won similar work
9 award notices on SAM.gov in the last 24 months. Matched by: Same agency (Health and Human Services (all)), same product/service code (PSC) 7A21.
Single-winner award sizes (9): middle half $122K to $5.1M, median $400K; range $24K to $9.2M.
| Winner | Awards | Value | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARTNER, INC. · $IT · $5.9B | 1 | $9.2M | Sep 23, 2025 |
| THOMSON REUTERS SPECIAL SERVICES LLC | 1 | $8.0M | Oct 7, 2025 |
| CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP | 1 | $5.1M | Jul 30, 2025 |
| Nationwide Pharmaceutical LLC | 1 | $678K | May 29, 2025 |
| NETCOMM INC | 1 | $400K | Apr 2, 2025 |
| THINKTRENDS, LLC | 1 | $162K | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Unique Technology Systems LLC | 1 | $122K | Feb 17, 2026 |
| BADGER HEALTH & ASSOCIATES LLC | 1 | $27K | Aug 8, 2025 |
| A-TUNE SOFTWARE INC. | 1 | $24K | Sep 17, 2025 |
Value counts single-winner awards. "Shared" awards are multiple-award contracts that list every winner with the same total ceiling; that ceiling is not one company's win, so it is not added in. Revenue next to a ticker is the company's last annual revenue from its 10-K.
- $IT reported $5.9B revenue in FY2025. The median single-winner award in these 9 past awards, $400K, is under 0.1% of that. 10-K
One award's total value against one year of revenue; many awards are paid over several years.
- Feb 17, 2026Unique Technology Systems LLC$122KGeneious Prime Enterprise Licenses
- Oct 7, 2025THOMSON REUTERS SPECIAL SERVICES LLC$8.0MHHS Office of National Security (ONS) and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) software subscription package
- Sep 29, 2025THINKTRENDS, LLC$162KThinkTrends Software Support
- Sep 23, 2025GARTNER, INC.$9.2MSeated Subscriptions and Consulting Support
- Sep 17, 2025A-TUNE SOFTWARE INC.$24Ktick@lab rX (SaaS) Edition
- Aug 8, 2025BADGER HEALTH & ASSOCIATES LLC$27KJicarilla Service Unit Clearinghouse Services
- Jul 30, 2025CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP$5.1MServiceNow Enterprise Software Licenses
- May 29, 2025Nationwide Pharmaceutical LLC$678KUpToDate Subscription Renewal
- Apr 2, 2025NETCOMM INC$400KBeacon Cloud FedRamp Suite Finance and Human Resources Tracking Software
Competitive landscape
For the 8 most frequent past winners above. Lobbying is matched by the company's exact name or exact ticker; agencies are as named on the filings.
- 0 of these past winners lobbied Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) since 2024 (0 filings)
- 0 of their lobbyists list a past Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS) job
- No corporate PAC money from them to the overseeing committees since 2024
- 0 foreign-agent (FARA) registrations
Policy around it
Bills the past winners named while lobbying this agency's issues, rules from the department, and executive orders that name the agency, last 12 months.
- 0 bills named on the past winners' lobbying filings
- 252 rules from the department in the last 12 months
- 0 executive orders naming the agency in the last 12 months
Market
For past winners matched exactly to a listed company. Insider trades are open-market buys and sells (Form 4) in the last 90 days, shown as facts; our own study found insiders do not reliably buy ahead of awards. A sale marked 10b5-1 was made under a trading plan set up in advance.
- 1 of the past winners are listed companies
- 0 insider buys and 5 insider sells at them in the last 90 days
Sources: SAM.gov notices and award notices; Senate LDA lobbying filings; FEC filings; FARA; Federal Register; congress.gov; SEC Form 4. Every row above links to its record.
Companies are matched to tickers by exact name only. A company we could not match shows no market rows; that is a miss, not a finding.