This is a pre-solicitation and a notice of intent to award a sole-source, fixed price purchase order to Subject7, Inc., 11121 Stackhouse Court, Potomac, MD 20854, for commercial items prepared in accordance with FAR Parts 12 and 13.5. It is the intent of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Library of Medicine (NLM) under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 to procure for the Office of Extramural Research (OER), Office of Research Information Systems (ORIS), electronic Research Administration (eRA) Subject7 Proof Software Licenses.
This software is unique and proprietary to Subject7.

The eRA Program has moved to an Agile development methodology it has become critical to implement automated functional testing because of the necessity to execute frequent regression tests. Proof is a web-based test automation authoring and execution platform from the company Subject7. It is fairly unique among test automation tools in that it is wizard-driven, and does not require any scripting or coding. (The Proof platform sits on top of Selenium, which is an open-source test automation platform.) The users work in a graphical environment, rather than using code editors. Since users do not have to program scripts for each and every test case in a native language, it is ideal for use by the 30+ existing eRA testers who do not generally have coding skills.

The North American Industry Classification System Code is 541519 and the business size standard is $27.5 million. This is not a small business set-aside.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, the Government shall consider all responses received within five days of this posting. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement. A determination not to compete this requirement, based upon responses to this notice, is solely within the discretion of the Government. Written responses to this synopsis shall contain sufficient documentation to establish a bonafide capability to fulfill the requirement.

This is not a Request for Quotation (RFQ), nor is a RFQ available; however, all responsive sources may submit a capability statement in a timely manner which will be considered by NLM. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed requirement based upon 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. Firms interested in responding to this notice must be able to provide the referenced service as specified above. Responses must be in writing and must be received electronically at the Government infrastructure by 12:00 PM EST on Monday, August 1, 2016. Capability Statements must include pricing information and should reference: NIHLM2016846 - Subject7 Proof Software and should be submitted to [email protected].

FEDERAL ACQUISITION REQULATION (FAR) CLAUSES
The following provisions and clauses apply to this acquisition and are incorporated by reference. Full text may be found at https://www.acquisition.gov/Far.
FAR 52.212-1 Instructions to Offerors-Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-2 Evaluation-Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-3 Offeror Representations and Certifications-Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-4 Contract Terms and Conditions-Commercial Items
FAR 52.212-5 Contract Terms and Conditions Required to Implement Statutes and Executive orders

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