Notice OF INTENT Globus

NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI) – Globus Standard Subscription Renewal Product Service Code (PSC): 7A21 – IT AND TELECOM BUSINESS APPLICATION SOFTWARE (PERPETUAL LICENSE SOFTWARE) NAICS Code: 513210 Software Publishers - Size Standard $47M Place of Performance: Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Solicitation Number: 7571TE27Q00015
Description
This is a Notice of Intent, not a request for quotation. No solicitation will be issued, and no quotations will be requested.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Office of Scientific Computing requires continuing license and subscription to the Globus Data Transfer System in order to support transmission of large files between the NIEHS High Performance Computing environment and NIH Biowulf as well as extramural collaborators. Globus has been in use at NIEHS for more than five years and has often been the only available option for encrypted transfers of sensitive data sets. The requirement includes the following Globus software support and maintenance subscriptions:

1. Globus Standard Subscription Renewal

2. Connector Open Access (Standard Level)

Justification for Sole Source
The proposed contractor is The University of Chicago ([email protected]). The University of Chicago is the developer of Globus software and maintains the shared computing resources required to confirm user identities across different organizations and facilitate direct file transfers between disparate computing systems. Historically, Globus software license and subscription has only been available directly from the University of Chicago.
Market research has been conducted via searches of SAM.gov and the NITAAC CIOCS catalog. Nearly all contracts to procure Globus subscriptions have been awarded to the University of Chicago, however, two instances of alternative vendors appeared in the search results: New Tech Solutions under NITAAC CIO-CS and a direct award to AlxTel, Inc, a contractor with a history of very few Federal awards. Based on this information it is not clear that a broader solicitation is likely to result in multiple competitive offers.

Fair and reasonable cost can be established through comparison with prices paid by NIEHS for Globus software license and subscription in previous fiscal years. These prices have remained stable year-over-year and the current quote reflects a small increase over the FY25 total.
Authority
This acquisition is being conducted under FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Products and Commercial Services. For purchases not exceeding the Simplified