Notice of intent to Sole Source Hosting of PRISM Simulation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intends to award a sole source firm fixed price purchase order to FORIO CORPORATION. The purpose of the project is to provide the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP) one year hosted by the PRISM platform that supports the health interventions simulation analysis. NCCDPHP has developed the PRISM simuation package in th FORIO enviroment and now it needs to be hosted or as external Amazon Web Services platform for CDC partners to use the generate long-term impacts. Forio is the only vendor that can provide hosting support for Forio developed modeling simulators and the Exclusive licensing agreements/Proprietary data. This contract action is for supplies or services for which the Government intends to solicit and negotiate with only one source under the authority of FAR 13.106-1(b) (SAP) and 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). Interested persons may identify their interest and capability to respond to the requirement or submit proposals. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations; however, all quotations/responses received within five (5) days of the issuance of this notice will be considered by the government. A determination by the government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Any quotation/response should be emailed to contract specialist at [email protected] by COB 5, May 22nd, 2023.